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ROYAL RD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. VHS EVENING, AIIGUST Will be performed THE DAY AFTER TILE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, SARDINAPALES. Principal characters by Mr. A nd Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKIN. Characters Meadows, Addison, and Miss V ivash. t r y Messrs. Harley, THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL --- Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 23, will be performe d GENE VIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parselle, weolgar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Paul Cullenford , i ( ee ley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Be dford, Miss Woolgar and Mrs. ICceley. After which, wil IN l be presented SARDANAPAL. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with WHAT! NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 23, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mead, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE SERVED." Shylock. Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERDIG MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. The Best Ventilated Theatre in London.—Excitement exraordinary. —The increasing demands at the Box-office to witness the memo rable sped ^de of the Battle of Waterloo, renders it imperative on the management to announce its continuance t'll SATURDAY, S e ptember 3, when it must positively be withdrawn, to make room for the new dr s.sical novelty which will be produced with un paralleled splendour.—Mr. W. CO )KE will, by general desire, appear every evening on his magnificent charger Miss EMILY COOKE will positively appear on Saturday, Septem ber 3. THIS EVENING, AIIGUST 23, A n d during the week , will be pres ented (57th night the succe.c fhl National Spectacle o f THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO) , ith military effects, reviews, terrific encounters, Btc. To be followed by Mr. W. Coo ke's original Scen es in the CIRCLE, i ntro ducing Mr. Alfred Cooke (the Premier Rider) as the Spirit oi the Oracle, or the Warrior of the Sun. o r, LIFE ON THE Concluding with (89th time) TH E CHASE ; TURF. /30X-office open from Ele ven till Four. Stag e Manager, Mr. W. WPs'. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 23, CHUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, Grand Military Band, Vocal and Instrumental Concert. Marvellous display of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilltani FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS. Admission, Is. HIGS WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T ~„ D A y —Morning 38 min. after 4 I Evening 57 min.aft. 4 To-Itoaßow—Morning 12 min. after 5 I Evening 30 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.--SuN OFFICS, AUGUST 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 20485. WIND, N.E.—Cloudy. 051131 0 LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1853. It seldom happens that political intelligence from one of our colonies possesses an attraction comparable in any respect to its wealth or mag nitude. A battle in Hindostau, a riot in the Canadas, a foray at the Cape of Good Hope, a pestilence in the West Indies, an execution at Ceylon, may each of them be fragments of intel ligence invested for us in the United Kingdom with a peculiar fascination. Nevertheless, en thralling though accounts of that kind doubtless appear to those who chance to be interested in the particular locality connected w ith the informa tion, that information cannot be regarded in any way as corresponding in value or importance with the capacity of the colony referred to, with its riches or its dimensions. Once in a way it so falls out that it is not by any means thus with the political news received in this country through the last despatches from Australia. According to those despatches it would seem that an address was on the 10th of last May laid before the Le gislative Council at Sydney by Sir CHARLES FITZROY in his capacity as Governor-General-- an address so remarkable in all respects as to command from the British journalist, even at this remote distance, especial and most commendatory observation. His Excellency evinces throughout every pa tion of, this able, and for many reasons memorable, document, a wise cognisance of his large and weighty responsibilities. He perceives, more over, that at the present moment he stands in his official capacity within reach of many inestimable opportunities for the advancement of .the colony in material prosperity and in social advantages, by the judicious application of its productiveness, and by the wholesome training of its population. Under the guidance of a Pro-Consul as experienced and energetic as Sir CHARLES FITZROY, it is not by any pawns likely that one of those same oppor tunities will be lost to the people of Australia. In testimony of this, it is only requisite to exa mine succinctly the various clauses or paragraphs of the Address already mentioned. It will be perceived at once from that address (given by us in our impression of yesterday) that his lilircellency the Governor-General of the colony does not re strict his recommendations to the local legislature to one or two subjects only, requiring its inter position with a view to immediate improvement. He specifies almost every question of importance which can be supposed, at this junctrre to affect the interests of the multitude of colonists settled or now settling in Australia. He commences, of course, as might have been expected, by acknow ledging with gratitude to DIVINE PROVIDENCE " the general prosperity enjoyed by all classes of the community," in doing which his Excellency takes occasion to remark with arresting impres siveness th a t never b e f ore , s i nce th e co l on y was first called into existence, has the material condi tion of its b* inh a rtants been in a condition more progressive or more satisfactory. Having thus notified the extraordinary consequences of the great gold-digging enterprise, Sir CHARLES FITZROY comnionds particularly to the attention of the Legislati ve Council the necessity of Makin g larger provision f or the comforts, the safety, and the the.general happine s s of colonists by a series o f prompt and comprehensive cc in conse(piciieo improvements. He and from o f of o f u tr the a large cr e and, d ob - intimates that, num ber of persons passing to of -Victoria, and the instances the gold fields line of the situated bery which have occurred both on. the ' leas great southern road and in the em_ i e t l r on the boundaries of that colony," h deemed it advisable rather considerably t already o in crease the amount of the district police establish_ went : but he ventures further than this by an _ pouncing it as his conviction that recent occur rences have rendered advisable a still large r and probably permanent augmentation. So much far the advanced security of life and property i n Australia. Now for the greater convenience of its geographical arrangements—the media for the readier deVelopment of its resources—the source of comfort, and riches; and happiness to its vast population. As affecting these important objects in a remarkable manner, the building of new roads and the repairing of old, are more especi lly among the prominent enterprises submitted by. Sir CHARLES FITZROY to the consideration of the Australian Legislature. He insists upon the imperative necessity of properly repairing the " principal leading thoroughfares," appointing competent road engineers, and preparing the way by the skilful management of the ordinary roads for the ultimate establishment of railway commu nication. While attending thus sedulously to the physical or material condition of the colony, with „... • E , 21" ... 5 , ... m i n n to t its improvement , his Excellency is far , indifferent to the magnitude of the iii*N., :'. - _._,, need latterly manifest for bolder and larger mea- A,w-- : --. , 7, ;::; ~ sure; tlian ever for securi n o• to the community the r .. ", :, : .7 : -131ec4si-ris;l:of intellectual and. moral advancement. ( Council of C(..„-.'.1 , i . , 'l O ,-• • : 11e remilids the Legislative .' , 4-it . , fames lately made by the Colony to the remit - • England Al ttauces to the amount of 105 .. 1 11 'VP ,0001. for lur refes of immigration —he r eca ll s to their reco llection the fact, that the public re venues of Australia exceeded in amount durin g this lat year what had been received during 1851 by no lo3s than 100,0001. !—he observ es , likewise, that " this increase arose exclusively in _ _ _ _ the gv_ttruLreveuue," the to revc.nuo hav- nification for the cost we have been put to. The fleet reviewed last week would make short work of that ; and now that every resource of diplo macy has been tried in behalf of a confessed right, it is hard to see what international law could pre vent us from forcibly grasping that member of the Spanish empire by which all this violation of treaties is perpetrated. We should be merely se i z ing the violator of international rights flagrante delicto, and holding his hands from further injury till the lawfrl authorities would themselves put down bis villanies. The slave trade has never been in so ma nageable a form as it now is. One treaty breaking nation furnishes the single market, an other treaty-breaking nation furnishes the kid napping depots. Both the nations are justly ame nable to us for their gross faithlessness. That faith lessness costs us an immense annual sum, and we have the full power to put the whole thing down by declaring further persistence in such a course a casus belli, or like NICHOLAS, only with so much right and good faith on one side, to take bail for Spain's appearance in a Court of Honour. Of course General PIERCE would bluster, and some nearer home would demand explanations ; they could be honestly and satisfactorily given. None, however, would be needed. Spain would not need another word, if she knew that England would be trifled with no longer. After the Russian affair we really do require some evidence that our fleets are not kept for mere idle pomp, and to burn gunpowder at reviews. what diminished ; and maintains, cogently enough, that by reason of the colony being in the " enjoyment of so large a measure of ma terial pmiperity," therefore, it becomes incum bent upon its rulers to adventure upon some cor responding provision for the intellectual and moral improvement of its population. A noble and generous foresight on the part of the Governor- General, which, it is to be hoped, will excite the emulative benevolence of the Australian Legisla ture Sir CHARLES FITZROY does not, however, con tent himself with merely generalising upon the prosperity of that vast colony which has been en trusted to his administration, and upon the ad visability of adopting certain measures for its social and political advancement. He specifies several of the important projects about to be laid by him upon the table of the Legislative Council. He recommends, for example, the augmenting o f the amount allotted for education, the extension of primary schools, and the encouragement of institutions calculated to promote the higher branches of science and literatti ye. Added to which, he advises the continuance of in quiries already commenced in regard to the pro per registration o f births, deaths, and marriages, so as to command in time a more accurate know ledgeofofththe e e p x o t p en ui t ati o o f n. the H m e and the aid athmeouCnotuncil in amending the law for more effectu ally preventing the desertion of seamen from mer chant vessels, a change most desirable under ex isting circumstances, as thousands have learnt to their cost by a rather calamitous experi ence. Beyond all, Sir CHARLES FITZROY proposes, as here intimated in his copious and masterly ad dress, to introduce certain bills for improving the procedure of the Supreme Court, both at common law and equity—observing that these bills have been based upon Acts of Parliament passed during the previous session at Westminster, because, con tinues his Excellency, " I deem it highly de sirable that the legislation of the colony on the subject of law reform should keep pace with the improvements adopted in England." Under the care of an administrator thus energetic, observant, and sagacious, it is scarcely possible but that the political well-being and the social welfare of the colonists will correspond with the vast material prosperity of Australia. MONEY MARKET CITY INT'NI4LIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 5,003 to 6,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was heavy. The sales com prised 100 Bahia, at 64d. ; 400 Egyptian, at 7d. to 10d. ; 300 Surat, 3id. to 41d, and the remainder American. Railway Shares were steady at rather better prices. The accounts from the Australian colonies are giving rise to a good deal of speculative reasoning as to the future value of mo n ey , and the.low rate of interest produces many apparent anomalies. In reality, however, all these things hinge upon a common pivot, and singular as recent changes may appear, stranger may yet occur. In the first stage of the gold discoveries, coin was so scarce that the precious metal was bartered away far below its intrinsic worth ; at a loss indeed to the hardworked digger, which, measured by the common standard, must appear absolutely ridiculous. The supply of the raw ma terial being in unusual excess, and that of the wrought article inconveniently scarce, of course explains this phase of affairs, and here precisely would have been the advantage of a Mint, could it have been promptly established, by effecting a vast saving of expense in trans mission to England, preventing loss of interest, o r f ofi s ts hip orta e i c n oli k ed had the usual effect of and spation. The and risk enormous p drawing into the gold market keener competitors, and at this moment the supply of sovereigns is superabundant, and the selling value of the pre cious metals enhanced to a point that destroys all profit. As a necessary sequence coin will be sent back, unless new local outsets keep pace with the production of the mines. The banks are over flowing with metallic wealth, and interest is so low that a 5 per cent. guarantee upon the con templated railway at Sydney commands 10 per cent. premium. As new undertakings are formed, this may again be changed, and when the mint is in operation there will be a new disturbing ele ment. The very fact that there is to he a mint indisposes the miner to part with his gold, and reckon ing loss of interest, he canafford to keep it untilthe local coming establishment begins. Thus there will be many further " ups and downs" before the Aus tralian money markets can bo measured by the ordinary European standard, and the dogmatic reasoning of those who take their estimate from what occurs here is as futile as it is irrational. Due allowance must be made for new and even improbable contingencies, or the whole fabric which they rear falls to the ground. There has been a flatter market for English Se curities, the result both of the renewed fall of rain and of that little reaction which usually occurs after an advance of any extent within a limited period. The foreign news offers nothing particu larly novel, and as there is every probability of occasional disquieting rumours until the Russians troops have quitted the Principalities, the mar ket will not be so firmly re-established in its former position as otherwise might be the case. If it be true, however, that the purchases for delivery are really so large as has been stated, the Bears will have a difficult task, having already s s ol p d an fr i e si e i ly c teortkifiecaeptepsricaerse down. The so T go h o e d, questionbeing g 6 is, , sil. however, even under imp roved circumstances, whether Consols are not sufficiently high ? For Transfer they have been do ne at 98 k to 984, but for Account they have not be en higher than 98 g . This is a significant pr oof th at the specula tors, as a body, are disposed to keep down the market, but that the p ublic or capita li st s h a ve more confidence, and are investing. The New 3i per Cents. have been 101 1 k , a n d th e 3 p er Cents. 99 to k. Bank Stock ke e p s very firm , at an im provement to 2281 and 229 . India Stock has bee n done at 257. Exchequer Bills have r isen to 2s. and 3s. premium, an indication that mon e y is more plentiful on the Stock Exchange at any rate. This is due partly to the purchases of stock. In Foreign Stocks there is very litt le doin g . They have, however, for the most part , ma intained their value. Grenada Deferred are about 101 i ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. 85 1 to 86 ; Russia n 5 p er Cents. 1171 to 1 18 1 ; and Sardinian, 96k to 97. and until the plans of M. Salamanca are better un derstood, there -is not much inducement to buy. Whatever they may be, not having legislative sanc tion, they will be dangerous to participators. Dutch 2l per Cents have been steady at 641. Sar• diniau have been done at par. Arrangements have just been completed for re working the Old Trewether antimony and silver lead mines, situate in Endellion, Cornwall. Up wards of 50,0001. profit was realised from the great antimony lode during two years. The company will have the engine at work on the lode to fork the water in about three weeks, when about 35 tons of antimony ore will be recovered, which was left in the adits when the old works filled with water. The lead lodes are rich in silver—more than 300 oz. of silver to the ton of ore was formerly obtained from the deep adit near Port Isaac. In 1825 the trustees of the British Museum gave 1,0001. for various specimens from these mines, which is an ample proof of the value of the various lodes. The Railway Share Market has been steady as respects some of the lines, but business is not active. Caledonian are cheaper, and North- Western are not quite so good. York and North Midland have improved, and South Wales are in favour. South-Eastern are rather better. Great Western are heavy. French Shares have been less dealt in than for some time past. The Bears having suffered considerably of late, are timid in operating further, while those who have lately bought have taken up their shares. With such splendid traffic, high as French shares rule, many parties will run all risk of political convulsions in view of the prospect of further improvement. The Gold Mine Shares have been firm, but al most noreinel. The Australian Company is better. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are at about previous rates. Land Companies' Shares are steady. The several verdicts which have just been taken by consent at the Liverpool assizes in the series of actions brought against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company for damages, amounting in the aggregate to no less than 7,300 7 ., exclusive of costs, prove that there is not the slightest necessity for extending the limits of the law in order to induce Railway Directors to ex ercise due vigilance over the lives and property committed to their charge. The heavy pecuniary loss which must necessarily follow any serious accident is surely a sufficient guarantee for the greatest possible amount of caution, without ren dering the Directors criminally responsible for any mischance ending in death, and thus, as we pointed out on a former occasion, preventing gentlemen of high position and character from bestowing valuable services, to which such serious liabilities might be attached. Some coroners' juries who, like the celebrated tailors of Tooley-street, thought the eyes of England were upon them, totally misconceived their duties. In place of un derstanding the very subordinate function in which they were engaged, they fancied themselves legislators for the time being, and thought that they might effect a revolution in the criminal code by deciding, not according to the actual law, but to what they thought the law ought to be. In consequence of this extraordinary delusion two gentlemen, Messrs. SCOTT and BEATTIE, were sub jected to the expense and inconvenience of a criminal trial during the recent assizes for the county of Surrey. The admirable observations of the Lord Chief Baron in that case, showed that there was not the slightest foundation for that vexatious charge— that the law was not to be lightly strained for the sake of gratifying the vanity and self-importance of a few obscure individuals having a morbid craving after notoriety, or pleasing certain jour nalists who have long been distinguished for the animosity towards the railway interest, displayed on every possible occasion. Mr. Justice ERLE has now added the weight of his authority to that of Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, declaring that, although " a great desire had been mani fested to make railway directors felons, by prosecuting them for manslaughter in cases of railway accidents, it had always_ been his opinion that civil actions and the costs imposed would secure proper care." The learned Judge was right. There can be no doubt that the pecu niary penalty, whilst it is far more beneficial to the surviving families of the sufferers, will be far more efficacious in preventing the recurrence of such accidents as can be averted by the adoption of even reasonable precautions—,that it is best calculated to afford the necessary protection to the community. For, in the first place, as we have already stated, the criminal test would materially deterio rate the respectability and efficiency of Boards. Men of rank and fortune would not subject them selves to the chance of being convicted as felons for matters totally beyond their own control. There could unquestionably be found persons willing to undertake any responsibility for which they were handsomely remunerated, but their ser vices would not be, by any means, so beneficial either for the shareholders or the public as those of the gentlemen who had been driven into pri vate life by the stringency of the new enactment. And it would afford very little consolation to be reaved families who mot - ailed the loss of a father or provider, to think that a director had been imprisoned for a few months on account of the calamity. Far better, as we have stated, that they should receive such pecuniary assistance as might render some compensation for the injury they had sustained, averting the privations of poverty from being added to their other sufferings. Before Lord CAMPBELL'S Act for the abolition of deodands, and affording a claim for pecuniary damages to the families of those who lost their lives by any accidents arising from the negligence of any parties whatsoever, there was an universal outcry as to the inadequacy of the criminal re sponsibility—an outcry, in which the same Journalists who have latterly been clamorous for the criminal remedy participated. The •nly remedies afforded, were first by deodand on the instrument by which the death was caused, and which, in the great majority of cases, became inoperative, as whenever a large sum would be forfeited the Ceroner's inquisition was gene rally quashed ; and secondly, by the prosecution of theparties—whicb, save in cases of crass negligence, seldom led to any heavy punishment. The civil action totally failed in the event of the death of the party, injured. Lord CAMPRELT; S Act, which removed that grievance, was haired with general satisfaction, as it was considered to provide the remedy exactly suited to the exigency of the ease ; but before it was long in operation, the grumblers were once more at work seeking for criminal en actments, We trust, however, that the ridiculous demands will now cease. If the question be seri ously mooted, it will be found that the railway Shareholders who are converted into insurers to an unlimited extent, are the persons who have the greatest right to complain ; as Mr. LAING some time since pointed out, it is an unquestionable hardship to be compelled to insure the pecuniary value of the life of a Lord Chancellor, an Arch bishop, or a successful Physician or Barrister, without receiving a farthing remuneration for the extra, risk. Some provision may have to be made to meet this difficulty, but it is the only dimtion i ll w hich a r a Q yeraeut is required, The Select Committee on the Slave Trade Treaties between Great Britain and Spain and Portugal, and the manner in which they have been carried out, is now published, and it is one which none of us can read without deep mortifica tion. We have declared the slave trade to be, what it really is, piracy; and we have given costly evidence that English feeling is thoroughly sincere in its verdict. We have made tr- Ales for its suppression, which are now carried out honestly by all the contracting parties, except Spain and Portugal. To these two faithless and corrupt Governments, bankrupt equally in finance and naval power, we have paid within a trifle of 4,000,0001. since 1815 (nearly 3,000,0001. of it to Portugal), to obtain their concurrence in the suppression of the traffic ; in addition to 225,000/. to indemnify Portuguese claimants of vessels and cargoes captured by British cruisers ; and all this in addition, again, to the enormous cost of our naval efforts for thil:T-eight years, to suppress the slave trade on the coast of Africa. Brazil is now, from the report of the commit' acting with sincerity and good faith. It is Spain, in Cuba, and Portugal, along a coast line of 1,500 miles on the eastern side of Africa, who are bearding us contemptuously, flinging our treaties in our face, laughing at the folly which threw away 4,000,0001. of money upon them. and putting us to the heavy expense of our African squadron. The language of the I? :port before-us, is as calm in giving its details as any diplomatist can desire, yet what we have stated is but an unexaggerated summary of the wain facts. It is in evidence, sec. 10, that since 1849 the Brazilian slave trade diminished from 50,000 or 60,000 annually, to 700 in 1852, and that of these the greater part had been seized by the Go vernment, showing that equal since :ity on the part o: Spain and Portugal alone is wanting. The Brazilian Government, sec. 14, not only passed stringent laws, but seized and banished some suspected Portuguese mordants. It is in evidence, sec. 16, that through our efforts the slave trade in Cuba had nearly ceased, and can therefore be stopped. Also, sec. 18 and 19, that every legal facility is now afforded by the Go vernment for the detention of slaves actually brought to Cuba, and that the Government mail ships have been employed to laud them ! That the trade has increased or decreased according to the corruptibility or integrity of the Captain- General. "In 1840 that officer received half a doubloon for each slave landed, and the trade flourished ; from 1841 to 1843 General VALDEZ refused the fee, and the trade nearly ceased ; in 1843 General O'DoNNEnn demanded a fee of three doubloons ; other governors did the same till 1850, and the tr le has been vigorous all that time. General CONCHA, who refused the fees, and took active measures to put down the trade, was recalled in six or eight months !! ! Further, sec. 20, that it was notorious that public officers of all ranks at Havannah received bribes for con nivance at the landing of slaves ; and that the BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ( Prom the Official List.) Business done Bank Stock •......... .. .. ....... ..... ..... 228 1 9 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ....... 991 9 3 per Cent. CODSOIS Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities lOlB h Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 1546 6 I n dia Stock 257 Consols for Account Bth September 9Bi Exchequer Bills, ld. £lOOO £5OO Small influence of persons of great distinction at Madrid, whose capital was largely employed in this accursed trade, was sufficient to procare the recal of any Captain-General who dared to attempt its sup pressbn ; and that by this means " the Spanish Government has been induced to violate its trea ties, and to suffer these persons to obtain large profits by this detestable traffic." There has been no want of diplomatic energy on the part of all British Governments in this matter. Lord ABERDEEN, in 1843, in a moss important dispatch to Mr. BULWEI, ',OO. 22, placed befoie the Spanish Government all the treaties it was bound by, and all. the money pafd by Great Britain, in,. the strongest light. Lord PALMERSTON'S efforts, sec. 23, a i ipear in every dispatch ; he endeavoured in vain to have the trade declared piracy, as it had been by the United States and the Brazils. Lord HOWDEN, Lord Joan RUSSELL, :the Earl of CLARENDON, all did their part. In a word, no subject has more com pletely commanded the zeal of English statesmen of every party. Yet all in vain ; though the com mittee observe, sec. 23, " History does not record a mom decided breach of national honour than the letter of the Earl of Anannr - gx establishes against Spain." Mr. CHAUFURD, her Majesty's Consul- General at the Havannah, reports, indeed, t e in his last di s p a t c h es (21 s t an d 25th J une , 1853), t hat " thereis a man if es t diff erence i n th e measures adopted by the Govei ament of Cuba to check the alarrainc, e-tent aPPear, however, that it . extent,of the slave trade." It would endangering , is only the alarming that ix checked.. a forcible intervention, per haps,brings intelligenCik.ed• By the Atlantic, which August, We learn thatr. NOW York to the 6tlit of arftinfamous, Lady Suffolk, of the famous, or rath er in the i3t optidor who had been arrested wa,,sooo slaves at a the horrible kidnappine, eorfthle3 hi t s house scandal caused by placed in frolic on board the vessel, t' sham confinement, and had rettnuinendel:tou that in Havannah, holding quite a his friends and the principal slaveholderss or m e la o ! day. The same communication mentions 172 negroes, seized on his estate at Alava, had been returned to him, and that the sailors of a vessel which had just landed 450 slaves w ere being dealt with in the customary easy style. It would therefore seem that doubloons are still doing their work, and that Spain in Cuba is still, for the sake of retaining for her Governors there the price of blood, is still violating all our treaties with her, perpetuating a horrible traffic, in which she now stands nearly alone, for it is she who alone finds the market ; and repaying us, for all the money 7ve1W,... paid her, by compelling us still to main .tA. e6Stly African navy—a navy which some will think h a d b e tt er b e emp l oye d aga i ns t the Go l v v e u rri m m i e g n h t t w e e h r i t e a h i n t l r y e a t a t s k e u s p t o l s i s u e s s . s i the lq,nguage of Count NE'. on of Cuba, in ..),...„,_ s.ELnory.., as "a mate ._ 23p 23p 2 3p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .................. • Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Ce nt .............. 100 x Grenada Bonds, Deferred .................... 103 Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. ............... Ditto for the Account ............... • 85t R uss ian Bonds, 5 per . Cent . , * 1171 Ditto 4A per Cent. ... . .. . ................... 102 Sardinianiionds, 5 por Cent. Spanish New Deferred , 3 p er Cent 23s Spanish Committee Colt. of Coup. not fun 6l a p a Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2 1 per Cent. HALF-PAST TWO. -.---- Dublin the MOSt active preparations are being made ~.. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—.III all gird the glieOil it fighi heart* Weledine to the Irish me tropolis. The arrangements for het' Majesty's reception stated that thefti iiill b 4 l a stand review of the troops in the Pheenik-park On the occasion of het Mf9:esty's visa: PAINTING VUdItINGtHAII PADACIL—On account Of the rapidly decaying natiike Of the Fttsonework in the new front of Buckingham Palace, which hag jrist been exten slvely repaired, further examination has determined he authorities that the only efficient protection for it izi future will be a coating; of paint on the outside. A new scaffolding has, therefore, been erected, and the work li sa irs ca e l l a s t t l h ,, e d ll hib uch esis of Kent, attended was commenced on Saturday last. highness DUCHESS OF KENT IN EDINBUROIL—T-Ter Royal Lady Couper,, and the Hon. Lady Augusta Bruce, are turda re sidence of the DuchessY Of urg 1 shortly before four y afternoon. The dis t in gu is hed and party passed the o'clock l o S c i kr GeorgeonSa -night at Newcastle Abergeldie, the it is stated to be their intention to resume the journey t Mn. ROEBUCK, M. Kent, tl o y n im T p u r e o s y d e a d y amsotroning. enable Highland Mr. Roebuck's healthPis.— so We are glad to learn that him to accept the invitation the Cutlers' feast. — Sheffield Independent. MASTERS EXTRAORDINARY IN CHANCERY.—An act of Parliament has just been printed (16 and 17 Victoria, chap. 78), abolishing Masters Extraordinary in Chan cery, and giving them a new title of " Commissioners to Administer Oaths in Chancery in England." THE NEW ACT ON TRA.NSPORTATION.—The new Act THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 23, 185 3. INDIA AND CHINA. (BY SUBJIABINE TELEGRAPH.) TRIESTE, AUG. 22. The steamer Bombay arrived at half-past two I p.m., in 111 hours from Alexandria. The India mail has arrived at Alexandria with dates from Calcutta, July 16 ; Bombay, July 20 ; Hong Kong, July 7. The King of Ava, being starved into submission, has sued for peace, set the British prisoners at liberty, and requested that the river blockade may cease. The Governor-General has assented, and pro claimed peace, although a formal treaty has not been concluded. Trade in India is dull ; the markets easy. In China the Imperialist forces had attempted to regain Ching-Kiang-Foo, but without success, notwithstanding foreign aid. The markets were dull. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Fortesque.) MAYNARD V. ALLOM. The plaintiff in this action is an accountant, and de fendant is a surveyor, and the action was brought to re cover the sum of 71. 7s. 6d. the balance of an account for making out a balance-sheet for the defendant. De fendant paid sixpence into Court, and a set off of 71. 7s. as to the remainder, for services rendered as a surveyor. The plaintiff was examined, and proved that the work charged for was properly done, and that the charges made were according to the scale allowed by the Court of Bankruptcy. By Mr. W. R. Buchanan, for the defendant—The charges were at the rate of ss. per hour for himself, 16s. a day for his chief clerk, and 7s. a day for the copying clerk. He had not had the bill taxed. Mr. Buchanan then addressed the court for the de fendants, and contended that the defendants were most unreasonable, and as the bill had not been taxed, his Honour had the power to reduce it. He also put in a receipt for 61. 11s., and contended that it was given in liquidation of the balance of the discount, although it professed to be given " on account," the balance being only 6d., as the bill for 7/, 7s. was handed to plaintiff at the same time as an off set of the sum of 131. 18s. 6d., and not returned. The learned gentleman urged that the acceptanee of the defendant's bill was a recognition of the account. Defendant was examined, and proved that he had done the work, and swore that the charge was fair ; but a witness called considered 51. 55.. and 21. 2s. charged for bill of items ought to be included in the 51. ss. His Honour thereupon gave judgment for 21. 2s. be- B ;des the sixpence paid into court. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 22. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, went to Whippingham parish church yesterday morning, where the Rev. George Protheroe performed the service. Lord and Lady John Russell and family left town yesterday, for Roseneath, Dumbartonshire. Sir William and Lady Molesworth left town yester day, for Dublin. The Earl and Countess Granville left town yesterday. Lord Stanley of Alderley left town yesterday, for Dunkeld, on a visit to Lord Panmure. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governor-General of Canada, and from Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. the LATEST POREIGN NEWS FRANCE. There is nothing of any importance in the ori ginal columns of the Paris journals of yesterday. Some of them have no leading article. The Con stitutionnel devotes again a large space to remarks in favour of Mortgage Banks, and the Pays has an article on the Councils-general, which presents no thing for extract or interest to the general reader. The AssembleeNationale publishes an article on the Russso-Turkish question, chiefly in reply to one in the Times on the same subject. It expresses sur prise at the delay of the Porte in giving in its ad hesion to the note proposed, especially when there is a unanimity of sentiment among the great powers with regard to it, but, says at the_same time that they feel assured that not the slightest pretext for uneasiness remains. The fete of Napoleon was celebrated at Nice with great eclat. A Te Deum was celebrated in the church of St. Dominique, and in the evening the French consul, Barron de Maussion, gave a grand ball to the principal inhabitants. There was a dis play of fireworks given in the course of the evening. The Bourse, which opened heavily yesterday, improved towards the conclusion, and the Three per Cents., which were first called at 801. 50c., rose to 801. 65e., at which they closed for the end of the month, being a rise of 35c. as compared with the closing price of Saturday. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. 15c. • Orleans Railway shares, 1,270 f. ; Rouen, I,loof. ; H a vre, 520 f. ; Great Northern, 901 f. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 990 f.; Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Lyons to the Mediter ranean, 822 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 645 f.; Great Central, 560 f.; shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 885 f. DRURY LANE TBEATBE. Last night, this theatre of vicissitudes was opened by Mr. Barrett for a short operatic season of 12 nights, in the hope, no doubt, that there is a sufficient number of people yet left in London at this season who are willing to support, at moderate prices, that description of mu sical entertainment whic h has of late become so popular with the public ; aLd, judging from the reception the performances received, we have no reason to doubt that the experiment ,will be successful. The celebrated opera of Der Freischutz was chosen to initiate the specu lation, the executants being a troupe of German artists, who are about to proceed on a five months' tour in the provinces. It was the vehicle for the introduction of two singers entirely new to our stage. Madame Cara dori, who has appeared only at one or two concerts, took the part of Agatha. She is announced as the prima donna of La Scala at Milan and the Royal Opera at Vienna. She is a lady of large , dimensions acid portly figure, and is evidently past the yoUthful period, though in the prime of her voice and age. She has a powerful organ, with an extensive range, though its low and middle notes are the really expressive ones ; and when she does run into a tour de force, she is snore powerful • than pleasing. She has tenderness of expression and sweetness of utterance in her level tones, and in the famous scena, comprising so many emotions, she was most successful in the prayer, and the tender senti ments. She played with much effect all through, and in the finale came out with considerable dramatic effect, and was much applauded. The other debiitant was Herr Reichardt, a young and vigorous man, with a firm fresh tenor, cultivated in the best style. He is not of a commanding figure, and looked rather small by the side of Madame Caridori ; but he is well made, and has a handscme, expressive face. He sings with great nerve and feeling. He was throughout effective and characteristic ; and although he does not appear to possess one of those remarkable tenors that set a town and a nation in ectacy, yet, as he is evidently very young, there is the promise of his ac quiring great excellence and reputation in his profession. Madame Zimmerman, the pe rsonator of Ann, dis played the same sort of talent and the same sort of method, refinement giving place to breadth, and femi nine simplicity to melodramatic elaboration. Formes, who is one of the troupe, sustained his old part of Cas par with no abatement of his former power. The chorus singers, who sang in English, were anything but exact ; and in the third act came to a dead stand-still. The band, conducted by Herr Anschutz, contains several in strumentalists of ability, and the playing does no dis credit to the undertaking. Nothing had been spent upon the miss en scene. The incantation in the Wolf's Glen was wonderfully shorn of its ghostly terrors ; and the casting of the fourth, fifth, and sixth balls brought forth nothing but coloured smoke and divers gunpowdery smells. The house, if not good in the practical sense of the term was well filled ; and the applause was vociferous from the begin ning to the end. At the close of the opera, after the prescriptive recalls had been made, the National An them was sung both by principals and chorus. THE BRICKLAYERS' STRIKE. —Yesterday the brick. layers, who have been out on strike three weeks, re turned to work at the New Palace at Westminster, the King's-cross, and London-bridge railway stations, their demand of Gd. per day wages having been guar anteed them. The plasterers and others at work at the Wellington Barracks, St. James's Park, yesterday struck for an advance of Gd. per day. NEW RAILWAY STATION.—We understand that it is the intention of the directors of the South-eastern Railway Company to build a ;more commodious station at New-cross (North Kent). The present building is certainly inadequate for the business now transacted, and has not even accommodation which ought to be found even at the most insignificant village, which is the more to be wondered at, when it is remembered the very numerous and highly respectable buildings that have, reently sprung up in this neighbourhood, which _renders the traffic exceedingly remunerative. In connection with the new station, we understand. that a coal depot is also to be opened.—Kentish Mer- eery. SISPECTED SUICIDE OP A TRADESMAN. —During the past few days the family and friends of Mr. ThomaS Atkins, a gas-fitter, residing in Camden-street, Vial worth, have been thrown into a state of the greatest alarm and anxiety by his sudden and mysterious disap pearance. On Friday morning last Mr. Atkins left ARRIVALS OF GOIP.—The James Alexander arrived home, as he stated, to go for a short walk, but not re yesterday from Port Philip with 20,353 ounces of gold, turning during the day, a strict search was made for valued at 81,500/. rile Cambodia was also reported, him, but without avail, until Sunday morning, when his but she has only 5( ounces : and there were several body was discovered by some workmen floating in the other arrivals from Australia, 'Van Diemen's Land, and Grand Surrey Canal, near Buck's-bridge. When he left lowever, with old dates. home on Friday he appeared perfectly rat ional, and on New Zealand—all, SPECIE.—The mer3antile accounts from Paris describe the same ()venir , was seen by a friend at Va uxh • all-gar increasing ease in the mone y -market. The influx of dens. The body was conveyed to the Lord Nelson gold continues, and t he Mint have notified a further ex- Mr. W. Carter, the Coroner. Tavern, Camberwell, where an inquest will be held by t ens io n of three days in their perio d for coinage, the time now required bein g 65 days.--.-The amount of GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. REGENT -STREET.-+YeS4 specie brought fromthe United States yesterday—viz., terday the enterprising proprietors of this gallery exhi bited larger than was a nticipated under the pre- bited for the first time a splendid "picture of St. sent adverse conditOn of the New York stockmarket. Petersburg," the great feature of which is the Winter The supply of gold it London is now and Palace, which is represented by night brilliantly illumi it is expected that tle greater portion, instead of considerab le, being nated, as seen from the opposite bank of the Neva ; sent to the Continait, aft heretofore, will find its way beyond are seen the Marble Palace, the Imperial Theatre, to the Bank of England. and in the rear are dimly shadowed the innumerable ODEssA.—The a dviees from Odessa reach to the 12th domes and spires of the various churches. In the im of Augur. At that date telegraphic information had mediate foreground are seen a number of houses of state of the London co rn-market to fishermen on the Neva ; and on the river itself are re been receives .!'f . th e the sth. Avery ac ti ve business had in conseq uence presented a variety of groups of peop le travellin g in the demand bad subse q uently sledges, &c. The effect of the flickering lamps which been t rans acted, id uence of renewed uneasiness light the banks at short distances is very cleverly car .by the reports of an in- ried out, while the general tint of the frozen river almost slackened, partly in conse:.; the Austrians. The made us imagine we felt cool. The enormous size of the p: d lit o ic eeu al pmataitotnerle, of caused se r v ia‘ by y . t4l g le . l e u n d eral purchase 4 grain included large quantities of Winter Palace is most artistically conveyed to the mind Jildied corn and rfe, and these, as we'll as the wheat eluded spectator. The' exhibition of yesterday also in diterranean, it e the view of Constantinople, and the highly gra .in Italy . and tifying and instructive series of views of the Ocean Mail, lately n te ow ke e n col ', wmereieeixteeenrctlaeidu f t o h r at t t h h e e N e t:C ops. being the South of. Franef are decidedly and seriously- deficient. which, as works of art, are beautifully executed. The scarcity of shippitig was felt to a greater extent Tim NEW HOUSES or PARLIAMENT.—The front of than ever, and frqlghts had risen to 115% per ton for this building, facing New Palace-yard, is nearly pom tallow, or 15s. 8d per quarter for wheat. pleted as far as the entrance of Westminster Hall. The an d a n a pprentice to 111 r. Wes- priated to the use of the Speaker, and are on the founda- FATAL ACCIDIOF ON THE RIVER. —On Sunday morn- apartments in this part of the building are to be appro emnatner,,l)w°thbo°Yieeps the Bell Tavern, Addle-hill, tion on which formerly stood the Star Chamber. There i t n o g n, th a e ca b r a p r Doctors' Commons, proceeded in a boat to bathe nearcourt-yard within, leading to the cloisters, the most ge . It a ppears that the apprentice and interesting, and almost the only, remains of St. Stephen's with each other in a swimming Chapel. In old Paiace-yard, great progress has taken match, when, after going some distance, probably from place in completing that portion of the great building. weakness, or from being seized with cramp, one was i From the Victoria tower a façade is in coursc.t o e f oreeset: W barm estm an in w st e e r r ; seen to cling round the other's neck, and both disap- ! tion to the entrance to the central hall, opposit W ning. The minster Abbey, and where the members' entrance to the peared. Their bodies were not found last eare d, loth !House of Commons was before the commencement of the potboy at:ived at their residence with decease s c es,. b c r o l i cl iteuding alterations consequent on the execution of the works to tell of the ca,tastrophe about no yesterday. hear that collected with the new palace. When completed, this "JUSTICE TC) SPOTLAND."—W o are glad to willentirely hide from view the exterior of the arrangements are Li; Progress for holding a g , reat public facade Lords, w'll the a ertments of the Speaker mating, to be vosideLl over by the ~ Earl eF Egluaton, in. , House of i asd hide the p ‘of the new _do ,Ader the auspices of the in New Palace -yard exterior . w . use ...e.—...,,,,, ne_Nogembee .7k"- t, ____ - —lluntit rOft: 4 of Commons which rnna parallel with estminster-hall. _ Consols Ditto September Account ................ Oat RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Wanderer of Vienna of the 18th says : " Dispatches from Constantinople, in reply to the propositions of mediation, were expected to arrive on the 20th, but they will not arrive until the 23d, in consequence of the obstacles which exist in par sing the mouth of the Sulina." A letter from Bucharest of the 10th, in the Press of Vienna, says :—" A great agitation prevailed here lately amongst the Boyards, on the occasion of the Sultan's firman dismissing the Prince Hos podar, for having favourably received the Russian troops. On the 9th, this firman having been read in an Assembly of the Boyards, the latter requested the Prince not to abandon the Government in the present critical circumstances, and the Prince con sented to their request. M. Mans, the Secretary of State, and M. Yoandes, the Director of the Ministry of the Interior,were requested to proceedto Constan tinople, but as they have no confidence in the main tenance of tranquillity and order, they will not go. In consequence of this determination of the prince, the consul of Franco tookoclown his flag, and placed his countrymen under the protection of Greece. The consul of England declared to his countrymen that he could not protect them any longer, since the prince had resisted the orders of his sovereign ; he would, he said, ask for instructions. The scar city of provisions is so great in the fortresses of Bulgaria, that the troops suffer exceedingly. The Hospodar of Moldavia intends contracting a loan to meet extraordinary expenses. It is supposed that! he will apply to the Russian banks." The Russian Government is preparing for another campaign against the tribes of the Caucasus. The operations will commence in the latter part of August. A flotilla is being armed in the Sea of Azof to support the movements of the army. AUSTRIA. The Emperor of Austria will proceed to the camp of Olmutz on the 15th September, and remain there for a week, immediately after which the Federal Military Commission will inspect the Austrian contingent. The invitation given by the French Government to send Austrian officers to the camp of Satory, has been followed by a polite reply, accompanied by a similar invitation for French officers to be present at the camp of Olmutz. Elizabeth Amelia Eugenia, Duchess of Bavaria, who has been affianced to the Emperor of Austria, was born on the 24th December, 1837. Her Royal Highness is the second daughter of Maxi milian Joseph Duke of Bavaria, and of Ludovica Wilhelmina, Princess of Bavaria ; she has three brothers and four sisters. She is granddaughter of the late King Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria, cousin of the Emperor of Austria, and. n€ arly re lated to the Queen of Prussia. The Administrative Council of the Kingdom of Poland has decreed the confiscation of the property of ten political refugees. In the number is Stan islaus Jurmand, condemned in 1847 to six years' imprisonment in the fortress of Zamosc. Jur mand succeeded in escaping, and fled to foreign countries. GERMANY. The Post Arnpt Gazette of Frankfort has the following from Berlin, dated the 18th :—" It is certain that BaroLl de Manteuffel has offered his resignation to the King, but his Majesty has not accepted it." A letter from Frankfort of the 16th states that, notwithstanding the favourable harvest, corn is still rising in the market. Larger quantities of corn are being exported to the Rhine than for many years past ; the greater portion being for Holland. The Tribunal of Hanau (Electoral Hesse) has declared itself incompetent to entertain the accusa tion brought by the Public Prosecutor against the Presidents of the political Associations formed to call on the Government to execute the Constitution of the Empire, and against the members of the commissions named to that effect. The King of Wurtembergg arrived at Munich on the 17th under the strictest incognito. The Provincial Diets of Saxony, Prussia, and , Westphalia are convoked for the end of September. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 17th contains a circu lar addressed by the Minister of Public Works to the directors-general of his d.epartnient, in which he announces that the provisional concession of the railway from Barcelona to Tarragona is to be con sidered valid ; that that of the line from Martorell to Valls y Reus requires some documents to be pro duced and some formalities to be accomplished be fore it can receive the royal sanction ; that of the line from Xeres to Matagorda is declared valid, but that the Cortes are to decide (as also with respect to the other lines), whether materiel imported from abroad is to be exempt from duty; that the conces sion of the line from Mataro to Areno de Mor shall be put in conformity with the laws in vigour; and, that the provisional concession of the lines from Barcelona and Mataro, and from Barcelona to Granollers are declared valid. The royal resolu tion relative to the Northern Railway is said to have afforded the greatest satisfaction in the pro vinces through which the line is to pass. The French Minister, the Marquis of Turgot, gave a grand dinner on the 15th, in honour of the fete of the Emperor Napoleon. It was attended by 32 personages of distinction —eighteen of whom were Spaniards—and the remainder belonged to the Corps Diplomatique. The only Spanish Minis ter present was General Lersundi, President of the Council, the others being in attendance on the Queen at La Granja. A letter states that the Mi nister of Intetior has directed the prosecution com menced against the I\rovedades, the Epoca, the Clamor Public°, and the Nacion, to be abandoned, but against the Voice of the People, a socialist journal, which had attacked military discipline, is to be proceeded with. The Madrid journals give a long account of a visit, recently made by the Bishop of Urgel to the Republic of Andorre, which is in his dio cese, and of which, though a Republic, he is the sovereign prince. The Prelate was accom panied by a military detachment, and by a great number of persons on horseback. The firing of musketry took place as he proceeded. He was re ceived at the limits of the valley by all the autho rities, and a number of persons armed with fired Chief a salute. When silence was restored, the g i s t r ate addressed him, and s aid that, though they recognised him as their Sovereign Prince, it was necessary that, before entering, he should take an oath to respect their privileges. and defend their neutrality. This the Bishop did, whereupon the Syndic and all the magistrates 'kissed the episcopal ring. Enthusia stic cries of " Long live the Prince Andorre !" were then raised. More discharges of p l ace , and a Te Deum was chanted of musketry took in the Church. The Prelate then took formal pos session of the territory, and a deed notifying that act was drawn up. A grand banquet followed, and some pieces of money were paid to him as tribute, but, after receiving them, he gave them to the poor. The Three (per Cents. were done at 44 , 1-; the New Three per Cents. at ; the Debt of the first class at 10 7-16 ; and that of the secorAd at EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC T HROUGH THE G RIN D NAVAL REVIEW AT PORTSMOUTH. —The receipts for the week of the ,South Western Company amounted to 25,1121., being 6,0001. more than that company had ever before realised in o ne w eek. The receipts corresponding for 1852, were 13,8221., and in 1851, 18,1351. The South Coast shows also a considerable increase ; the receipts for the week being 18,384/., the corresponding week in 1852 having been 12,812/. A% LITERATURE. Samuel Johnson :an Essay. By Thomas Carlyle. Chapman and Hall. As the seventh instalment of the popular series of volumes issuing fro m the p ress through the ester a blishment of Messrs. C ha p man and Hall, und the title of Reading for Travellers, we have a re print of this delightful e ssa y , ori g inally appearing in 1832 in Fraser's l'lagazine. Scarcely any tra veller but will welcome the sketch before us, pen cilled with life-like touches by the it icentric hand of Thomas Carlyle. It is a sketchat once so geniallY true, and so quaintly and fantastically (12 t ractor istic. It does more justice to poor han anY other of the numerous critics who have ever written on his great biographical masterpiece. It dep arshre cates in old phraseology enough " the grating h, thunder, or vehement shrew-mouthed squeaklings' by which the advent of Mr. Croker's edition had been heralded in the periodicals. Nevertheless, thong? it deprecates any very high eu lo g ium upon this edition as altogether uncalled-for by its merits, it commends in comical terms the work's displah not of religion and a devout Christian heart, " Ye i _b orthodoxy, and a cleanly shovel-hated look, whic u [the critic adds], as compared with flat Nothing, is something very considerable." Notwithstanding which partial commendation of " Croker's Bos well's Johnson," we learn from Mr. Carlyle further on in his essay that he regards the edition as faulty, and that he does so thuswise— " It is, that our Editor has fatally, and almos t surpris: ingly, mistaken the limits of an Editor's fu nction ; and so, instead of working on the margin wi th his pen, to, elucidate as best might be, strikes boldly into t he body el, the page with his scissors, and there clips at discretion: Four books Mr. C. had by him wherefrom to gather Ugh; ut for the fifth, which was Boswell's. What does he do b now, in the placidest manner,—slit the whole five W a l slips and sew these together into a sextuiri quid, exactly his own convenience, giving Boswell the credit of the whole ! By what art-magic, our readers ask , has he unite" them? By the simplest of all : by brackets. Never be °ll fore was the full virtue of the bracket made manifest. Y begin a sentence under Boswell's guidance, thinking.tet carried happily through it by the same ; but no : t middle, perhaps after your semicolon, and some consequen for!—starts up one of these bracket-ligatures, and stitches you in from half a page to twenty or thirty , page s e ,, f t Hawkins, Tyers, Murphy, Piozzi ; so that often one i n " - , make the old sad reflection, Where we are we ' whither we go no man knowth." h Having settled accounts thus summarily' Yn t Mr. Croker, our essayist turns thereupon towards Corsican Boswell, James Boswell, Esq., of Aneb i T_ leck. Of this queer, prying, bizarre , incomparble_ ' prince among biographers, we then have the f°l, lowing masterly portraiture — being a marvelloll psofile of Bozzy in a sort of silhouette : "In that cocked nose, cocked partly i n triumph °I his weaker fellow-creatures, partly to snuff up the sine," coming pleasure, and scent it from afar • in th ose cheeks, hanging like half-filled wine-skinsstill a bl e to on' t taM more ;in that coarsely protruded shelf-mouth, that fat dewlapped chin; in all this, who sees n ot sensuah4 pretension, boisterous imbecility enough ; much t could not have been ornamental in the temp er of a great man's overfed great man (what the Scotch name finlike' though it had been more natural there ? The under gal of Boswell's face is of a low, almost brutish character. t But Carlyle does justice to him, though he eav- ° admit that there is one line of beauty in his " nomy." Hear him speak of Mr. Boswell's Life ° Doctor Johnson ! He says — " That l oose -flew ing, careless - looking Work of his is a s a P ietur i e by one of Nature's own Artists ; the be st p ossib resemblance of a Reality ; like the v er y iniag r thereof in a clear mirror. " Speak in g of pt Bozzy's " olaring mixture of the highest and t' lowest" in his temperament, Mr. Carlyle observes, rather grandly— a of " What, indeed, is man's life generally but a — n or e beast-godhead; the god in us triumphing more and In cior over the beast ; striving fly his and more to subdue it 11 .„ i ii his feet ? Did not the Ancients, in their wise, perenn r significant way, figure nature itself , th eir sacred X 1 significant Pan, as a portentous commingling of these two dise c ' r di , ) , , as musical, humane, oracular in its upper part, yet en 0 7 below in the cloven hairy feet of a goa t ? The unit,,n, melodious, celestial Freewill and Reason w ith foul -1'; tionality and Lust ; in which, nevertheless, dwelt a ss i o r terious unspeakable Fear and half - mad panic A we; mortals there well might !" Admirably and nobly is it said afterwards of ) 3°s ' , :d well's feeling, in reference to the great Mal l a . S pen has delineated — " his feel in g was not e.Ol, phancy, which is the lowest, but Reverence, w1:10 is the highest, of human feelings." A glimpse a o• of the tree Hero-Worship for which our ess 3 Ji, has so wise and exalted an admiration. 13e3tra fully and touchingly is it then observed, in reg%, to the fugitiveness of things an d the eternising Ib4 fluence in reference to some of them, exercised this marvellous Johnsoniad : but " The Mitre Tavern still stands in Fleet-street : where now backingfilehacaaniiyten otadwewdilsthits pot-bellied u sc h o t e - r an sl t ha l -and brass-pans, its sgs,- rosy-faced a$ larder-shelveswaiter, h watery-mouthed n ; her withcooks, wreathed hangers-onb oot smiles, m c) a l e , os and 1, a , e sc ri do onedo- po to spread for Samuel and Bozzy their supper of the clods, has long since pocketed his last sixpence ; and th e sixpences and all, like a ghost at cock-crowing . they bottles they drank out of are all broken, the c hairs : 0 00 sat on all rotted and burnt ; the very knives aria ` O O they ate with have rusted to the heart , and become lsl' oxide of iron, and mingled with the indiscriminate 'tot All, all has vanished ; in very deed and truth Ike T O baseless fabric of Prospero's air-vision. Of the Mitre l e ' of nothinc , but the bare walls remain there : of Loud°; 0 ,1lo Englanqi, of the world, nothing but the bare, a ds remain ; and these also decaying (were they c) t 'e' p eo mant), only slower. The mysterious river of. E%r rushes on : a new Billow thereof has arrival,. bat lashes wildly es ever round the old embank the former Billow with its loud mad eddying.s, is, pre' is it ?—Where ! Now this Book of Boswell's, thiss cisely a revocation of the edict of Destiny; so 11 e 9 ' lov e shall not utterly, not so soon by several cants bur dominion over us. A little row of Naphtha-lig?' vas t j clearly and holy through the dead Night of tl' e u y they who are gone are still here ; though hidden, tioes, revealed, though dead they yet speak. There t,O, that little miraculously lamplit Pathway ; sheclui die feebler and feebler twilight into the bounol es i ee ceP, - Oblivion,—for all that our Johnson touched has ofin illuminated for as on which miraculous little F 5 we can still travel, and see wonders." ,pl)9 Carlyle, later on, admirably calls the bieg' lily-oes I itself "this our English Odyssey," the ue being, of course, no other than the great as a Johnson. And of Johnson he says, qui te tore 's mirably, that his was a mind " stamped of 1 43 dio? noblest metal, though in so ungainlY a i o ftie,' What, again, can be better—what or more touching than those allusions to 3.° marriage ? porter 119 " Johnson's marriage with the good Widow oesa been created with ridicule by many mortals who al; 13 0 4 0 ' had no understanding thereof. That the pur-blinire 004 faced Wildman, stalking lonely, woe stricken, I ,', o_':d Irish Gallowglass with peeled club, whose speeettodret knew, whose look all men both laughed at ancl le igetpia at, should find any brave female heart to ado ° t first sight and hearing of him, ' This is the w ee 0(101100 gentler, liosoo eo man I ever met with and then. with generous be 0 ,00 to take him to itself ' and say, Be thou min e ; warmed here and thawed to life !—in all this , v in• rias widow's love and pity for him , in Johnson's lo c • o_io titude, there is actually no matter for ridi l'7; ( dri wedded life, as is the common lot, was mad e eels and dry weather ; but innocence and wontedness Poo and when death had ended it i a certain savet, son's deathless affection for hi Tetty Nr3S3IWO,YB Pc and noble." • eqa''' Eulogising the Doctor's sublime &sr i t ° o Fame, Mr. Carlyle observes, in a veil' re quite his own : 5 if it 0. :011 "Most authors speak of the ir 'Fame e ' ij a 00. r quite priceless matter ; the grand ultituatuua, 0111 if Constantine's-Banner they octal, w t) under.—Thy ' Fame ! ' Unhappy mor _ore ..0:1 and thou both be in some fifty years ? Sha. l 'P b , has lasted but two hundred ; Homer (part:9jtv. 000,4)1. had to follow, T oe 1 1 three thousand : and does not already an Eter L ti f lo ret , '" every Cease, th ; e n ot , u t i e ...fi s et ,' po p o ie la gi ri l i as t i shrieking with fierce hisses, like b . .:00d thou hatching ilre onan and every F l at e e egg, if man shall or dare approach it ! h a : thol l , e e l it ; ; i ll n ot ate me, IT • egg, hat andm e not, welcome:ra Brother God k : n nmwask,de believe it to be addle. 1)5 0111° fit lf° The .close of that, we take it, is a ._ the e heious--30, for the most part, too2..._atilo, e3say—the intaglio to the cameo of .51 Loy Turkey and Christendom. Au Essay. '''' --, and Company. , ' 7 ' . 11 r' s ' I . ,ve 6 (100 As the forty-seventh part of the -4 I .- , an d I'o'l brary, published by Messrs. Longmaili e last Ail p o ny, we find a timely reprint within- t!),_.,s) fv, o days of a contribution taken (with addit*/ coPf, the Edinburgh. It could not possiblY P oo oPP: 0 0 before the English public once agaill 111 4 i r aes i e o ce tunely. From its agreeable and sei'l' a b-0 0 0 0 11 eloquent narrative the reader may glea n vr ith °,,, e ot of valuable information. It depicts arr anglov e lucidity of style and perspicacity of. wh i c ti . do the relations in regard to each other in , _ io , ;4 , long been placed —Turkey and Christ.? cie;voltio reviewer begins with the downfall anci_ d br iug,or meat of the old Byzantine empire, alL, r iod r„ - ,,(ef story of events graduall odorn to a Tg le r eil . ; ar diately contemporary torlves. and'L'-ts raplt4oo traces the rise of Ottoman power _ , s . ` f its ti ci e.4 tO velopment--and. in defining the course' p re i• P' O O. 4 and decay, takes occasion, of course , .;', / - o .,iert_ 0 0' inevitable its ulterior dissolution. , 4 - i ' jo tliv . fr os! the writer acknowledges himself tolisappeaor core jectures as to whether TuraikpeiYonlfaiatiYiaci_ aarbrflorgpetfopoiltio°o, the map of the world by by the force of conquest, by grnut turo wing e pot ° ol by abrupt dismembermellt• As es of tiiis t table light upon the obscurer plias t o o t h e fo lio question the essayin.herneirgeep:tinrteeaddeliirs, i doubt not ' to many A L ir 6 sense of the phrase, acceptable. to P - el' -------- ------- . 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