The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

----___ , . ...., THE SUN, LONDON, T. .............................. ~...5....••••,, ....R.....r...", 1 _., ...._ J 0 SHARE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) . LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 11 . ?„.1: - .0' ttion 4. e Prices Business BRITISFI RAILWAYS. Stu% Paid. BartwAis. Leasing (3win ...."`tr...._..!.... this day, this day. --.. . ...--.........—•—•----.—..---. Compare. .....-----, —.— ...........—.... 1110 he SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. Shr. Paid RAILWAYII. Closing Prices Business done 50 all Bedford and London & this day. this day. ..........._____ Bletchley. .. N. West. ... ... be - —. . _______ 3Ol all Birm. & Oxfa. it- NEWmARKET RAcEs• St. 100 Aberdeen .... . ..... 20 -- 22 guarantee.... Gt.Westn. ._ .. • 20 81 Ambg. Not:ing. * Bost. 301 all Do. withoutgr Do !r, • •.• & Eastn. June...—. 4 41 1 4 301 all Birm. Wolv. & (THIS DAY.) 14 all Btrmng. Wolverh. & Dudley guar. Do — ... rk: Stour Valley Bl 91 301 all Do.wihtguar. Do 4•• — ... 5e 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsb. & St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 98 100 100 d- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Cheshire Janet__ 13 —ll d 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon... 50 —52 1 all Do. Chesh. & Birk., St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. re RUTLAND STAKES. 27 £5O & £25 Cons__ 15 --17 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 140 145 It Delia to Rinn einea t no St. 100 Caledonian. Four ran. 59 all Chester & Holyhead 14 —l6 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 106 108 107 rig BETTING. 50 all Cork and Bandon.... ••. • • • 25 all Do. 1 Shares. Do 53 —54 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. ••• :•• • 121 all Do. 1 Shares. Do 27 28 .0- CESABEWITCH. 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. 21 lid 13i all Lon.&Greeaw,S. Eastern 131 144 w- 25 to 1 agst Nutpecker (taken freely). 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber- 20 all Do.Preferenco Do 251 —26 100 to 6 agst Garforth (taken freely). deen Junction 7l — Bl 20 100 Lowestoft gr. ll' 5 all Do. New .... ... , 25 all East Anglian (125 L. 20 tOO Do. 6 per ct. ig 1 - \ T ORTHALLERTON RACES. &E.& L. & D.)..... 3,1 41 4i, I 18 all Do., (£lB E. & HO_ 2t 311 51 all Manch. Bxtu. L.&N. W. and Matlock & blidld. 2 31xd x d 13- 20 all Eastern Counties..... llt 1 1 8 111 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & (T HI S DAY.) 25 all E.stern Union, Class Redcar 11$ • A. late E. U. 5h.... 36 40 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland.. 99 101 ~.., (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) 25 81 Do., do.. Ilig TRIAL STAKES. 25 all B. & C..... St. 100 East Lancashire . 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do • - - in Commodore Charley )go Red Lion St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 60 62 &Ln&Yk• .. -- 00 xd .x d ;he Five ran. 10 11 Edinb. and Peebles... ._.. ....,., 121 12 Do. 1 Shares. Do x d St. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde, 20 x l z 20 St. 100 Roystn.&llit.,GtNorthn 138 --- 142 140. TWO-YEAR OW STAKES. St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western ••: :.: St. 100 Do.Shepth.StlDo ..... - ii') Diligent Of. I' by Cowl, out of Palma 2 St. 100 Do., A. Stock 011 St. 100 Do., B. Stock Four ran. wet St. 100 Gt. Sth.&West.are.) 9 8 10 0 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 7dg . NORTH RIDING HANDICAP. St. 100 Great Western 79 —807981 91 9 6 per cent... Darlingt. ... ret i Little Fawn 50 al 1 Lancaster &Carlisle.. 82 87 25 all Do Do 2B —3O St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn 9B - 100 971 5 Cavan rnn 105 11 t 11" Tiq;vrl a 10 .--• 12 D tun I t. &West. (Ire.)l Great Western..... hit& South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds Lancast. &Yorkshir, 'Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern.. Seven ran. al i 11. i 100 82 87 10 12 p 61i —62 A 7i 7§ct 4-3 d 12 —12 A pm 62 i li Nothing doing at Tattersall's this evehing. 114 all all all SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. Liv. Crsby. & So uth pt. London & Blackwall Lond. Mb. di Sthcnd. Lond. Bright. & S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths 7* 7i par 1 p 93 95 101 i —lo2i id— i p par 6 74 76 13 12 d 11 —lO d NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. WEDNESDAY. MATCH. T.Y.C. 200, h ft. 101 i 2i 12 London & S. Western Do., £50... Do., £40. .. Ltidudrry &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ganch.Shef. &Lineln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ..... Mr. Baker's Mississippi, by Old England, out of Miami, Bst 51b, received 50 sovs. forfeit from Mr. W. H. Gregory's Papageno, by Birdcatcher, out of Sister to Wanota, Bst 71b. ItANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft for two yr-olds. T.Y.C. Four subs. Lord John Scott's Calliope, by Oakley, 7st 101 b (Flatman) 1 kr- Rogers's Miss Bolton, by Ascott, 6st 131 b (S. Steggles) 2 leir. Turner's Worthless, 7st 61b (E. Sharp) 3 Mr. J. GoOdered's Domino, Bst 71b paid Betting—Even on Calliope, and 5 to 4 agst Miss Bol ton. Miss Bolton made play into the cords, where she Was joined by Calliope, who defeated her rival by a neck. Worthless was last throughout. - - 18A -- 14 ..." - -di in - 584 32 -34 i 18i 19 57i 7 8 34 Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. 4 Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmark et Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk. Do., New ......... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l 'Do., No. 2 Dc., A Deferred... Do., 6 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western.. 50 52 i d par 5A —44 d 4i* - ii SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b, not engaged in the July, Chesterfield, Rutland, Clearwell, or Prendergast Stakes. A winner of 200 sovs. or upwards, 51b extra. T.Y.C. Five subs. Captain Lane's Epaminondas, by Epirus, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1 Duke of Bedford's Weathercock, Bst 41b (Butler) 2 Lord Exeter's Phoenix, Bst 71b... (Norman) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Weathercock, and 3to 1 agst Epaminondas. Weathercock made the running to half- Way in the cords, where Epaminondas challenged, and the race ended in his favour by half a length. Bad third. SECOND 'Y EAR of the FIFTH TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STAKES of 10 sovs. each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; the owner of the second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. upon the whole stake, and the owner of the third horse a sum equal to 5 per cent. upon the whole stake. A.F. (65 subs). -Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne, by Chatham, Bst 71b (Butler) 1 Mr. Knowles's Talfourd, Bst 71b ....... (Bumby) 2 Lord Exeter's Filbert, Bst 71b (Norman) 3 The following also ran :—Feversham, Cuba, Catherine Hayes, Dove. Betting—Even on Sittingbourne, 3 to 1 agst Oath -llkrine Hayes, 5 to 1 agst Talfourd. Dove , with the ethers well together in her wake, made play into the Abingdon Mile Bottom, where Talfourd, who had been lying second, took a slight lead, which he held to within few strides of the chair, when the favourite, who had gradually neared the front, cam e out and won by a ngth and a half ; .a neck between second and third, 4therine, Hayes was a good fourth. PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sovs. each, h ft ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. Three subs. flyd Derby's Sortie, by Melbourne, out of Escalade, Est 41b (Templenian) walked over 4 3 dl 244 25 8-- 10 2 7 7i 6i • 64d 7i 84 par 2 p N. & S. Westrn. Arne ,Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central Scottish Midland...... Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westu. 37 - 39 86 - 88 57 - 59 60 - 65 Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. dt Herefd. Shrewsby. di Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... Do. Halves, d 0....... Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union.... South Dev0n...... .... 3 2dis! 16 - 18 8 - 9 12 - 13 4 3(1 16 -- 18 58 - 59 32 - 34 South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton dr Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock 3 - 4 28 - 30 2 131 i 341 and Railway.. ...... Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny IWaterford&Limerick (West Cornwall IWinble, ion &Croydois Woodford York Newctl. & Berw Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 21a. 1 100 20 111 1100 58} —59 k 9.2 94(1 1 - 4a 414 451 58 10i f 4514 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 'Aberdeen • - ••• St. all Do., No. 2,7 p. c... St. 100 Brig. & Ex. 4p. c. St. ... - 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... St. 100 Caledonian £lO 160 102 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent 16 -- 17 64 64 Cork &Bandon 51 p. c 64 all Dundee Pertii&Aber deen Junction ... -. 6 --61 31 all EastA nglian (X 3 1s) 6 per cent 31 4 5 all Do. (25) 7 per cent 41 5 74 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. ct 1 1 p 61 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l p pm 6i all Do., No. 2.. ..... Itp pm 10 all Do., New 6p.c. St 13 14 13 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent. 18 20 St. 100 EastLaucash. 6 p.cts. 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dunde 51 per cent 3 31 St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. — . St. 100 Great Northr sp. c. 115 117 St. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram . lO5 108 64 all Gt. Southn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 7 —8/ 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. sp. c.).. 61 7 St. 100 G. West. fixed 4p c. 95 100 98 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, id par St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock... 140 145 St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. c.,1852 St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 50 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 2l 3 121 121 Londonderry& Coler 1 Shares . 121 all Lonely. & Ennis. ISb 121 13.1 25 all Manch. ,Shof. , & Lin., 4 Shares, No. 1 6 7 lc/ all Do. New, £lO Bl - 91 6 3 Do., £ 6 la P 121 all Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. ..• 121 all Do. 41 per cent P 101 Do . St. 100 Mid.Consol. 6 p.c. St ... ..• St. 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent l3B 142 165 5 Do. Pref. 41 per cent 4d par St. 100 Norfolk Extension St. 100 Do. Pref. 51 per ct St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c . . St. 100 North British .. . 102 105 102 20 all North Staffordshire- 24 25 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 c. •• • • 15 15 Do par 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G lO 11 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 16 —l7 p 10 10 Do. 5 per cent par A 25 all South Devon l3 14 10 14 Do. New par 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 24 241 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 19 20 5 3 Waterftl. &Kilk.6p. c. ...d St. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.e.Pref. 96 99 17 SDo 4 5 25 10 York& N. Midland H. &S. Purch 4d. par FOREIGN. 10 5 lAntwrp &Rotterdam 2i —14 d 5 3 Belgian East. Juliet. 20 all .Charleroi & Erquelin 11 —l3 20 10 Dijon and Besnon - lip 20 8 (Dutch Rhenish 20 all 'East Indian 3 4 p 20 1 I Do. Extension 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula t 1 p 5i 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 1i Zip 20 20 Gt, Westn. of Canada Shares 3 1d 5 3 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. — id 20 15 ,Luexembourg 10 10 Do. (Railway) 3 3i 5 2Do . ••• 5 3 'Do. (Canal) 1 10 4 Do.o p. cent. prof. 1— 1 d 20 9 'Lyons & Mediterran. 20 7:1 ; Madras par p 7fi 33 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 20 all 'Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 33i —33 i 4 1 20 all 'Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds [finy.B.& Anis.Shs.] 13i - 14 10 all 'NorwegianTrnk Pref 7 8 20 jlO Paris ' and Lyons isi —16p26 7i 20 'all ,Paris and Orleans 47 —49 20 all Paris and Rouen 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 37i —37 i 9 i 20 4 'Paris Caen& Ch erbrg. 2 4 p 10.1 10.1,Quebec & Richmond d 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 all Sambre and Meuse_ v a . 8 10 4 IDo. 5i per cent. prof. ••• 20 0 Southern of Franco 2 4 p 20 2s. Upper India Scrip Bi' all West Flanders 3 4 20 10 s)i per c. Prof ...d 10 10 Western of France 7 8 p 26 2 West. of Switzerland id 10 9 ,nom at •■.., 2 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SIIIPTEIviI3ER 29, 1858 LITERJTUBE. so frequently associated. In going over one of his lec tures alone, they seemed to grow and expand under your own reflections. We know not how to express the effect they produced. They seemed to give new pleasure on repetition, to purify your thoughts scarcely less than they animated your onward studies. In studying their more suggestive passages, you would now and then feel sur prise at the number and variety of important practical relations arising out of a single proposition. We are here merely stating our own early impressions of his power ; what we really felt always was, that great as was the excellence of these lectures in a scientific or pro fessional sense, there was something more excellent still in the element they contained of intellectual expansion and of moral improvement. We cannot, indeed, say they had no faults, but we should be hard driven to point them out, and although we feel how short our attempt to give some idea of his mode of proceeding must fall of doing him justice, still, if there be any truth at all in our representation, it is quite clear that his negative excel lences alone must have implied no ordinary powers." It is somewhat curious that the profession of a surgeon was not that chosen by Abernethy, his pre dilections having been for the bar. He used some times to say in joke, " Ah, if my father had let me be a lawyer, I should have known every act of Parliament by heart." It is not to be doubted, says the author that in the legal profession he would have attained the highest eminence ' • but he has bestowed a greater benefit on humanity by his improvements and discoveries in the practice of surgical science. So much has been said of the roughness of his manner, and so many anecdotes told to his disad vantage, that it is difficult to separate the true from the exaggerated. It is asserted that to the patients at the hospital he was invariably kind and atten tive, saying that others need not come to him if they did not like, but that those at the hospital must remain there. " It is true his roughness was very superficial ; it was the easiest thing in the world to develop the real kindness of heart which lay undoubtedly beneath it, and it is very instructive to observe how a little yielding to an absurdity may occasionally obscure one of the most benevolent hearts that ever beat in a human breast with the repulsive exterior of ungentle manners. Still pa tients could not be expected to know this, and therefore too many went away actually dissatisfied, if not dis gusted. The slightest reaction was in general sufficient oeol a t i n t deueyl bring mc c w. had seen on former occasions, was one day exceedingly hurt by his manner, and burstinto tears. He immedi t t a oah s fy a y n p aa d l s eagaipedsnae, differentttdil , e e a s n i a s e a n h kl s l e i an affection of his shoulder. Before he had time to enter about it.' The gentleman sharply retorted, 'I do not hd l as dswiconsultedbbo know leuee; nd a n ahan o ntid t l snhwti firsto n he g ner know how you should, but if you will have patience till I tell you, perhaps you then may.' Abernethy at once said, Sit down,' and heard him out with the greatest kindness and patience. " Sometimes Mr. Abernethy would meet with a pa tient who would afford a useful lesson. A lady, the wife of a distinguished musician, consulted him,' and finding him uncourteous, said, I had heard of your rudeness before I came, sir, but I did not expect this.' When Abernethy gave the prescription, she said, 'What am Ito do with this ?" Anything you like. Put it in the fire if you please.' The lady took him at his word, laid his fee on the table, and threw the prescription into the fire, and hastily left the room. Abernethy followed her into the hall, pressing her to take back her fee or aaehemsliealmeß.weaaAtaysoocb jtekniuhrnoeisinnsteddselfpossession. A lady whom he let him give her another prescription, but the lady was inexorable, and left the house." Such anecdotes are curious, as related of one so really kind that he would cover the instruments before an operation, that the patient might be spared the sight of them. To the professional reader there is much in these volumes of the greatest in terest, affording subjects for study and considera tion, and to the uninitiated they will give much entertainment, while presenting at the same time some of the elements of that physiological science which, it is much to be regretted, is so little known. The author may, therefore, be considered as having faithfully fulfilled his duty to the me mory of Mr. Abernethy, in defending it from the detracting opinions frequently held, and as having given to the general reader an interesting and in structive history. The volumes contain a portrait of Abernethy, and an autograph letter addressed to the author. QUARTERLIES. The British Quarterly Review. No. XXXV.— Conspicuous among the contributions to the last number of the British Quarterly is an exquisite paper upon the life and genius of " Horace," an essay at once critical and biographical. The article to which weheremake allusion would reflectilionour upon the oldest and themost honoured ofthequarterly periodicals. It is characterised throughout by the most admirable freshness and the most exhilarat ing vivacity. The opening sentence indicates the key in which the whole is pitched. " Fancy," says the reviewer, " a frank and highly educated young fellow, of four-and-twenty, short, and rather thick-set in body, with weak eyes, and a strong compact forehead, turned adrift upon London with a very slender purse, and nothing particular to do, and you will have an idea of our friend, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, at the time when he returned to Rome, after his escapade at Philippi." The reader is then reminded of Horace being removed, when just about enter ing on his teens, from the grammar-school at Venusia, " kept by one Mr. Flavius," to the care of a respectable old military schoolmaster— Orbilius of Beneventum. Orbilius, by the way, " Plagosus Orbilius," is described as a fine old fel low, who lived to be a hundred, and who conse quently " must have flogged two generations of Horace's contemporaries !" Guided by the agree able scholar writing for the British Qvarterly, we follow the stripling Horace in his eighteenth year to Athens, whither he went to complete his studies at the critical epoch " when the Caesar and Pom pey business came to an end," the great Julius having vigorously seized upon the dictatorship. For years afterwards (namely, when Horace was a little more than "of age," in other words, just 22) we find him serving with Brutus in Macedonia and Asia. Shortly after the world had once more been " thrown into confusion by the shock of Caesar's assassination." We behold the young Roman cadet suddenly invested with a com mission as military tribune. We see him actually in command of a legion ; we observe him scuttling off the battle field of Philippi. Re cognising, with Falstaff, that the better part of valour is really and truly " discretion," Horace so closed his soldiering. A penniless adventurer, he hastened to the capital, and entered Rome pre cisely at the moment when the young Octavian was "restoring Italy to order, by proscriptions and confiscations in the name of the Triumvirate." Lepidus, beings just then differently occupied in another part of the empire, and " Antony in the East, swaggering about as a conqueror, and getting near and nearer to Egypt and Cleopatra." Octa vian, of course, ultimately obtains the mastery, as all of us who have thumbed those glorious annals remember not without emotion ; causing, in his new capacity, and under his new name as Augustus Caesar, the imperial splendour to swallow up the gorgeous but divided pomps of the Triumvirate. It is under his rule, therefore, that we follow Horace to the capital, where daring poverty drove him to the making of verses— " Paupertas impulit audax at versus faceret." The reviewer at this point carries the reader quite away with him to the old classic city and to the old classic times. Under his guidance we see the Paternoster-row of ancient Rome in the street Argiletum—we see the pomp and the squalor of that vast pagan metropolis, where 200,000 free citizens were daily fed like paupers—we see Horace formally installed in the clerkship he had bought in the Quaastor's office, " corresponding" says the critic, " as nearly as possible, to a situa tion in our Treasury, or in Somerset House." Further on, upon this head, the writer in the British Quarterly observes—" From being a military tribune and commanding a legion, to being a clerk in the Qua3stor's Office and casting up accounts was certainly a fall ; but we have expe rience enough to know that an ex-colonel of a de feated revolution does not rank with a colonel in the regulars, and that there are many refugee officers in London who would be glad of 801. a-year on the Great Western Railway." The reviewer speaks, a little later, of Horace wandering about ancient Rome unrecognised but observant, just as in our own days a celebrated author, like Dickens or like Thackeray, may rove unnoticed but watchful about the streets of London I It would be impracticable within our limits to afford any adequate notion of the abounding vivacity and pleasantry of this delightful contribution. It shines conspicuously in the latest number of the British Quarterly, as we have already remarked ; and this, moreover, though the number is adorned with several other articles of a merit more than ordinary. Before closing our allusions, however, to the paper on Horace, we are tempted to make one other excerpt from the contribution. It is the following :- YEARS. POET'S AGE. EVENT. B.C. 35 ... 30 ... Satires, Book 1., published. „ 34 ... 31 ... Gift of the Sabine farm from Mweenas. Battle of Actium leaves Octavianus master of the Roman world. „ 30 ... 35 ... Satires, Book IL, published. „ 29 ... 36 ... Epodes published. 27 ... 38 ... • Octavianus takes the name of Au gustus. Virgil finishes the Georgics, and be gins the Eneid. „ 23 ... 42 ... Odes, Books 1., 11., and 111. pub lished. „ 19 ... 46 ... Epistles, Book 1., published; Virgil dies. Tibullus dies. Carmen Snculare written. Orbilius, Horace's schoolmaster, dies, 100 years old. „ 13 ... 52 ... Odes, Book IV., published. „ 12 53 ... Epistles, Book 11., published (?) „ 11 ... 54 ... Art of Poetry, published (?) „ 8 ... 57 ... Death of Almcenas, and of Horace ; Augustus Emperor for the third time. „ 31 ... 36 . „ 25 ... 40 18 ... 47 17 ... 48 15 ... 50 From this it will be seen that up to his thir tieth year nothing had been done towards the establishment of his vast literary fame as the great lyrist and satirist—the follower of Brutus, the friend of Virgil, the admired of Augustus, and the favourite of Maecenas. Besides this charming biographical and critical essay, the British Quarterly will be found to contain many other agreeable and some really superior contributions. First in point of position is a chapter of " French History in 1853 ;" and certainly not last in point of merit, is a paper on " Turkey and Russia." A review of " Hypatia" will be read with interest by those who have watched the progress of that serial through Fraser's Magazine from its commencement to its recent conclusion ; while from an article of a very different character—one relating to " Electricity and Magnetism" —may be culled an abundance of valuable information. Memoirs of John Abernethy, F.R.S., with a View of his Lectures, Writings, and Character. By G. Macilwain, F.R.O.S. Two vols. Hurst and Blackett. The author of this work, a pupil of Mr. Aber nethy, who had a great respect for his opinions and labours, observed with regret, some time after his death, that erroneous impressions were enter tained of them. He considers that, "to do him full justice, it would be necessary to republish his works with an elaborate commentary ;" but as this would require more time and labour than any indi vidual could afford to give, he resolved, at least, to publish a memoir, which, though a less satisfac tory, would be an easier, task. He has furnished us with an interesting history of an arduous life devoted to the pursuit of science and the elevation of a profession. The motto he has taken is— "The evil that men do lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones." This is not the case in the present volumes, as Mr. Macilwain has the highest opinion of Mr. Abernethy, and perfectly coincides with his opinions. He regrets that the arrangements of the hospital he attended should have kept such distinguished abilities for twenty-eight years in the inferior posi tion of assistant-surgeon, which deprived him of the power of making those reforms and improve ments he would otherwise assuredly have intro duced. The author also laments that circumstances induced him to commence his lectures so early in life as the age of twenty-three, and thinks that so much exertion and so little rest as he allowed him self in his early days affected his health in later years, and detracted from his subsequent powers of usefulness. His lectures soon became celebrated, and his constancy in attending them is instanced by the following : " I met him coming into the hospital one day, a little before two (the hour of lecture) ; and seeing him rather smartly dressed, I said, ' You are very gay to-day, sir.' " "'Ay," said he, "one of the girls was married this morning.' " Indeed, sir,' I said ; 'you should have given your self a holiday on such an occasion, and not come down to lecture.' " Nay,' returned he, I came down to lecture the day I was married myself ! ' " The ensuing passage is from a chapter on his lectures : "There was hardly any subject that he touched of which he did not take some view more or less original; and his reasoning was always simple and to the point. No man, we believe, ever exceeded him in the skill he possessed in conveying ideas from one mind to another ; but he did a great deal more—he sent those who really studied him away thinking, and led them to work with a kind of pleasure, which was in some sense distinct from any mere practical or professional interest. He contrived to embue you with the love of philosophical re search in the abstract, with an interest in truth for its own sake : you found yourself remembering the bare facts, not so much from conscious effort of memory as from the interest suggestive of observations with which they were SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE EASTERN QUESTION. (From the Morning Herald.) THE NEW ORDERS TO THE AMBASSADOR AND THE FLEET. In spite of reports and contradictions, we nevertheless believe that special orders have within the last six days been sent out to Vice-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., the com mander-in-chief, via Marseilles and Malta, to hold him self in readiness to proceed, with all the naval force under his command, from Besika Bay to Constantinople on the requisition of the British Ambassador. We believe that it will turn out as we have stated, that these instructions to the gallant admiral are fresh orders, and that for the first time he is informed that he is to place himself and his fleet at the disposal of Lord De Redcliffe. We believe that hitherto, as in the in stance when Colonel Rose demanded the presence of the British fleet at Constantinople, the gallant, and always ready, admiral has referred to the home Government for confirmation of orders before moving. We believe that hitherto a responsibility has been thrown upon Lord De Redcliffe, which, in justice to himself, he could not or would not incur ; hence the energy of the French ambassador and the hesitation of the British representative. . _ _ M. de la COur, be it remembered, was the " first" to summon the small squadron of steamers. Lord de Red cliffe was obliged for the sake of appearances to demand from Admiral Dundas a similar force to accompany the French to Constantinople. We believe that up to this time Lord Stratford De Redcliffe has acted on his own discretion, and looks to the Government at home for approval ; but we believe now that within the last six days special dispatches have been sent to Lord De Redcliffe, increasing the scope of his power, and extending his sphere of action at his dis cretion, and that he is now (he was not previously, ex cept on his own responsibility) empowered to call the British force under Admiral Dundas up to Constanti nople, and that Admiral Dundas, who has been ready for any service ever since he reached his station and assumed the command in chief, is now ordered to obey the call, requisition, or demand of the British Ambassa dor at Constantinople, without referring Lord De Red cliffe's order previously to the Earl of Clarendon affirma tion. We have no doubt that these orders reached Malta last night or this morning, and that by this time they are on their way to Besika Bay and Constantinople in the first available steamer that could be procured at Malta. With respect to Admiral Corry's fleet, we repeat, and it is not denied, that the gallant Admiral had orders to take the entire force under his command, and proceed to sea yesterday morning, the First Lord of the Ad miralty accompanying the fleet for a short distance. The orders were ostensibly for a three weeks cruise ; but it is absurd to suppose that, with the new instruc tions sent to Admiral Dundas, and the great probability that the Mediterranean fleet has passed up the Darda nelles, the Government will not have a reserve or rein forcement of men of war between Queenstown and Con stantinople, the British fleet in the Bosphorus being inferior in numbers to the French fleet. _ It is also absurd to attempt to lull public apprehen sion for the security of our northern coasts, when it is most likely that war is raging at this moment in the East, and that British ships are engaged in it. In the event of hostilities Scotland and England are totally unprotected, and the powerful fleet of sailing ships and steamers from Cronstadt could with ease ravage the whole of our northern coasts, burn our coast towns, and return back to Cronstadt without molestation. Can the Government be so blind to consequences as not to provide against such a risk, when the consequences of such a calamity as a visit of the Russian fleet to Edin burgh or Hull would be their impeachment I We be lieve, as stated in the Second Edition of the h erald on Tuesday, that a portion of Admiral Corry's fleet will go to the Mediterranean, and a division will go north ward, whilst other ships will be commissioned to recruit the Channel fleet. All our porrespondents confirm this belief, at least so far as the reinforcements to the Medi terranean. ( From the Morning Chronicle. ) The next step which may be taken either by Turkey or by Russia, can scarcely fail to be one of such im portance as to form a new point of departure in the consideration of the Eastern question. In the mean time, it may not be altogether useless to turn our atten tion to a phase of the subject which has been brought prominently forward by a certain class of logicians, and especially since the sailing of our ships of war through the Dardanelles, and the attempted interpretation of that movement, by Russian sympathisers, as an un important and purely precautionary measure for the protection of our own subjects at Constantinople, has given a handle for departing from the question which had hitherto been under consideration, and for raising a different issue. The discovery that the Turks have been, from beginning to end—in their first distrust and in their final resolution—in their suggested modifications, as in their rejection of the note of Menschikoff— altogether and entirely in the right, has, it seems, been followed up by a yet more notable revelation. It is true that the Turks have every claim to our sympathy which the spirited maintenance of a just and noble cause can give them. But it is also true—undeniably true-- that the Turks are Mahometans. And it appearsto be thought possible that, by a judicious use, or misuse, of the one aspect of the case, attention may be so far concentrated on it as to be withheld from the other. That Russia should be permitted to consummate, without opposition, her long-cherished, and, it may now be said, avowed designs, it would be useless and inconvenient to main tain in the face of general indignation. But it is easy for the advocates of that Power to insinuate another view of the case, if not equally effec tive, at least tending strongly in the same misleading direction. That the very existence of the Ottoman Porte is an evil, only and scarcely second to that of the full accomplishment of the designs of Russia, is an opi nion which, judiciously put forward, may yet find idle and accepting auditors. It needs no argument to show how strongly the general prevalence of such a view is cal culated, as its insinuation is intended, to work in behalf of the invader of the provinces and the assailant of the sovereignty of the Porte. Between evils so nearly ba lanced, why should we put ourselves so much out of the way to choose ? If the Turk in Europe is only by a shade, and hardly by a shade, preferable to the Russian at Con stantinople, it surely cannot be wise to incur, for so trifling a difference of evils, the risk of so terrible a cer tainty as war. Such will be the inference drawn by superficial minds from the whole tenor of the arguments to which we refer, and truly it is not uncharitable to conclude that to such a conclusion they are intended to lead. Even if they fail to carry conviction on this point of intent, they have yet done a great work if they suc ceed, even partially, in alienating from the side of jus tice an all but universal sympathy. It is greatly the fashion to represent John Bull as actuated solely by the result of a somewhat close calculation of his interests, in the lover sense of that very wide word. Those who have studied that worthy personage closely, well know how often his view, even upon questions of the most material kind, is nevertheless determined mainly by his feelings—how often he invents reasons, of a cold pru dential character, for actions done not indeed in rashness, but in obedience to other than mere logical conclusions. He acts, in short, upon the dictates of what, for want of a better word, we call feelings, which are but the instinctive perceptions of higher than material interests. Persuade him that there are really, in behalf of the course which he is about to adopt, no reasons of the class adapted to evoke a noble sympathy, no grounds except such as consist in a slight balance of advantage, and you have done much to deter him from adopting that course at all. Persuade him that his sympathies are really due to the other side of the question, and he will fling the balance of conflict ing selfish motives aside, and invent a hundred well seeming, prudential reasons for having done so. And thus it might be on the present occasion, could the merits, moral and material, of the question between Russia and the Porte be obscured by depreciation and abuse of the injured party. Lord Palmerston, in the speech reported in our columns yesterday, while avow ing with a decisive sincerity, his faith that the Foreign Minister would not, in this crisis, disappoint the expec tations of England, held out at the same time to his colleague a fully warranted assurance of " the cordial, the generous support" of his countrymen. Such sup port, in circumstances like the present, is indeed not so much desirable as essential to the Ministry of a coun try like England. They may, by a judicious and decisive course of conduct, aid greatly in creating it for them selves. But they must have it—they can do nothing, take no effectual step, without it. To alienate it from them is to paralyse their action. And a great step would have been made towards alienating it, if the conviction which it is sought to produce, with respect to the Turkish character, could be thoroughly worked into the English mind. Once it was asked, is the peace of the world to be overthrown to spare the sensitive perverse ness of barbarians Now, however, it is admitted that the sensitiveness was not perverse. The Turks, barba rians as they may be, had the plain good sense which enabled them to detect an intended assault on their in dependence. and which, under the specious cover of general phrases, had escaped the acuteness of our culti vated western diplomatists. But what of that I They were, and are in the right—they stand merely on the defensive. Their opponents are the assailants, and alto gether in the wrong ; but there is one thing which their advocates cannot deny—they are Turks after all. And then follows the definition of the Turk—an irreclaim able barbarian, a savage oppressor, an uniruprovable nuisance, a blot on the face of Europe ; in all things, ex cept force, what he was four centuries back, and ever will be—a Mahometan, a misbeliever. What might not the Emperor of Russia hope from the English Cabinet, in the present and in coming years, could but the honest Protestant Englishman be fully possessed with an appro priate horror at the idea that he is on the verge of war against a Christian potentate, the protector of oppressed Christians, and on behalf of a set of wicked misbe lievers ? The controversy between believers and those who are styled misbelievers—a word used with so much unction as a euphemism for its synonym, miscreants—is not for our columns. We are not in the era of the Crusades, and though Prince Gortschakoff is prepared to bear the red cross on his shield against the Paynim hosts, it would tax a vivid imagination to see in him a parallel either to the comrades of Cceur de Lion or to the heroes of the "Fairy Queen." Certain viceslt would seem, are not altogether incompatiable with the profession of Christianity, or even with readiness to fly, at the throats of Pagans. It may possibly also be found that certain virtues are, in practice if not in theory, con sistent with the status of a misb e li e ve r . Th e names which distin guish religions are old, but the difference between right and wrong is older. Before Mahomet arose to propa gate a religion of which the wide-spread existence proves, at all events, its partial appeal to s omething real and not BETTING IN THE MORNING. CESAREWITCH.-7 and 6 to 1 taken about King Pepin; 16 and 14 to 1 about Nancy ; 100 to 6 Joe Miller. Garforth was in great force, and was backed for a con siderable sum of money, at,prices ranging from 1,000 to 45 to 15 to 1. 16 to 1 taken about Indian Warrior, 40 to 1 Rosalba, and 1,000 to 12 Pancake. CAMBRIDGESHIRE.-20 to 1 taken about Invasion, 25 to 1 Seahorse. DERIM-1,000 to 25 and 1,000 to 30 taken about Neville. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, Tuesday.—By an error in transcribing the betting on this event, Cheddar was re turned at 7 to 2, and Coleraine at 6 to 1 ; the prices should have been reversed. What with forfeits and scratchings the list to-day dwindled to comparative insignificance : in the course of the morning, however, a bit of bye-sport, consisting of a pigeon shooting match, in which the " Piccadilly -rat" was the winner, made some amends for its short coming. The attendance on the heath was of a Wed nesday's average. The weather dry and breezy ; clouds of dust occasionally swept through the town with an almost blinding effect. Watercarts are about as rare at Newmarket as a horse is at Venice. THE TWO-YR-OLD RACE AT BEDFORD.—An investiga tion into the circumstances connected with this race has Commenced this day by the Jockey Club. THE ECONOMY AFFAIR AT CHATHAM.— This case is before the stewards. The ST. LEGER STAKES of 25 sovs. each, for three-yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Certain penalties. Horses which had never won a plate or Sweepstakes allowed 51b. D.I. Fifteen subs. Lord Exeter's Cobnut, by Nutwith, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1 Lord Exeter's Nutpeeker, Bst 71b (Norman) 2 Captain Lowther's Rackapelt, Bst 71b (Rogers) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Rackapelt, 7to 4 agst Cobnut. Won by two lengths ; bad third. The FIFTY POUNDS, for three-yr-olds, 7st 51b ; four, Bst 81b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, 9st. D.I. kr. H owar d's Little Harry, 4 yrs, Bst 81b 1 Mr. C. Roberts's Lamartine, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b 2 Only these two ran. Won by 20 lengths. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. CESARRWITCH. sto 1 agst King Pepin. 25 to 1 agst Nutpecker. 100 to 6 was betted agst Nutpecker and Nutshell coupled. 25 to 1 agst Songstress. DERBY. 4to 1 agst Scott's lot. 40 to 1 agst Papageno. ORDER OF RUNNING THIS DAY. 11.45—Five Sovs. Sweepstakes. 12.15—Town Plate. 12.45—Queen's Plate. I.ls—Match. I.4s—Triennial. 2.ls—Rutland Stakes. WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON OCTOBER MEETING. WEIGHTS for the GREAT WARWICK HANDICAP. Age st lb Age st lb G oldfinder 5 8 7 Radcliffe Hero ... 3 5 12 Adin e 4 8 5 Charley Lady Evelyn aB 3 Simplic it y Truth of Trumps 4 8 3 Massa M un g o .... 5 5 11 ..,,-truth 5 7 9 Mr. Sykes 3 5 10 'easham Gladiole 6 7 21 Madeline Elcot 4 7 0 Corybantes Xoh.i_ noe SallYW a rf r oot colt 4 6 12 Ibis 4 5 6 Alp 4 6 10 Janey,byMalcolm 3 5 4 Calos 4 6 10 Jacqueline 3 5 2 Father Thames ... 4 6 8 Mary Aislabie Talfourd 3 6 8 Ar. Baththa (late liontag ue Little Fawn 5 6 7 Shin), by Shaun Ethelwolf ?apabout Airs. Birch 5 6 4 Winter .`,, - 71 3 heus 4 6 2 Pastrycook 3 4 12 4- ' o ebt 1 6 2 Pearl Little Davie Deformed Ire: 3 6 0 L a dy Emi1y....... 3 4 5 and , s Eye 3 5 13 Shipwreck 3 4 5 Mayday A A`A nie Sutherland 3 5 12 i i _ i ' The handicapper has o or se's weight. fitted the insertion of this 'PRE LATE ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND.—Since the ver `gel; of the coroner's jury, impanelled to investigate the eir ciumstances connected with the late fatal accident in t h. , ' Strand, additional supports or shores have been put 1 1 ..P' to the house No. 183. It will be remembered that Boas given in evidence that the shores had not been ecntinued up to a sufficient height, and to secure the el Joining house, which appears to be in anything but a l a condition, shores are put up to the top of the party wrill to support it. )3AHENTH VALLEY.—The first general meeting of this tePacy was appointed to be held yesterday, at the of ! ces, Great Wi nc h es t er - s t re et. The representatives she press were informed by an official that the chair -1114:a had determined on dispensing with their services, and t hat, consequently, they would not be admitted. Von CESTER AND HEREFORD.—The works on this ••. 4 eo, are about t o be commenced. - MINES. Agra Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.Thachy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 74 p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. C 0... Mariquita. Mexican&S.Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago do Cuba South Australian Tin Croft ........ 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Arrived—Dixon, Calcutta ; Mary, Africa ; Sumatra, Colombo ; Margaret Elizabeth, Buenos Ayres ; Helene, New York ; Connecti cut, do. ; Northumberland, do. ; Tola, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—John Pardew. Monte Video, for Liverpool. FALMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Wind, W., fresh breezes. Ar rived—lda, Cardiff, for Quebec, with cargo shifted ; Comm, Bristol, for New York with loss of spars, fore mast, &c. ; Reaper, Porto Rico ; Syrian, Maulmain. Sailed—Eliza Hart, Hobart Town ; Christabel, Cape of Good Hope.—The Juno (barque), America to Bremen, was s poken, leaky, and making for the We stern Islands, on he 13th; of Sept., in lat. 41 N., 42 W., having encoun tered the hurricane of the 9th inst , and lost part of her crew. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 28.—Sailed—Cadiz (s), Bombay ;1 Tartar (s), do. YARMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Arrived—Clutha, Inverkeithing, for New Zealand.—The Mary Ann, of Newhaven, is being brought into the Roads a derelict. POOLE, Sept. 28.—Wind, strong and squally. Arrived I n gla, Newfoundland. H A RWICH, Sept. 28.—The J. Emilie, of and for Fe camp, from Seaham, has been wrecked on the Long Sand ; crew saved. NEWHAVEN, Sept. 29.—The Surprise, of Rye, is on shore full of water. BERWICK, Sept. 28.—The Friends, from Quebec, has been got off the Carr Rock. BELFAST, Sept. 27. Wind, S.W. by W. Arrived — Constellation, Quebec. Sailed—Gilbert, Now York. Sept. 28.—Arrived—Kezia, from Miramichi, leaky. CAPE TOWN (Cape of Good Hope), Aug. 20.—The Sand wich, Akyab to London, in running into Table Bay, got on shore, and became a wreck ; crew saved, except one man, who died of exhaustion. -The Zemindar, Madras to London, put into Simon's Bay, July 27, with loss of rudder. MAURITIUS, Aug. 6.—The Gazelle, Peterhead to Mel bourne, put in here on the 2d inst., leaky, and is dis charging. SINGAPORE, Aug. s.—The Jack, from Melbourne to this port, was wrecked on the N.E. point of the great detached shoal of the Barrier Reef, on the 9th of July ; crew saved. —A vessel, supposed to be a clipper-built ship of 500 or 600 tons was seen on shore on the Barrier Reef, on the 15th of July, and it is fear ed that the crew have not escaped. (BY ELECTRIC TELGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. Arrived—Globe, from Valparaiso; Parma, St. John's, N.B. ; Skiddaw, Trieste ; Tyro, and Albatross (steamer), Lisbon ; Flora, St. L' bes ; Lucietia, Santander ; Diamant, Sea Eagle, and Emile, St. Petersburgh ; Sydney, and Jane, Dragomeistre. Off the Port—Margaret (steamer), Flavro ; Goliath (ship), and Lalla. and Adriatic. The In• trinsic was got off last night and into Sandon Dock. Pul iu Stud wellßoads the 28th Sept.—The Amoy, from Liven pool, for Quebec, leaky. WATERFORD ; Sept. 27. The barque Brothers, arrived here from Quebec, reports having passed, on the 13th, in lat. 50, long. 25.40, the brig Neptune, with foremast gone by the deck, maintop mast gone by the cap, and cap and bowsprit and jibboom standing. It was blowing a strong gale from the W.NW., and no assistance could be rendered. She was from Quebec, and out 33 days. (BY 6HI3IIARINE AND IftIROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m. Passed—Devon, from Calcutta, for London ; Zeeplocy; Patras, for London ; Connecticut, New York, do. ; Marl borough, Port Philip, do., taing stoam. Philadelphia, of Bremen, romaine. In oe be 3t3 100 42 100 . 100 474 174 100 1 4 1 7 100 all 3. 100' St. St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 ! 6! all 100 all 20 20 50 20 all all 13.5 24 50 50 100 100 100 20 30 50 43 21 3i 3 601 2 6i I DRURY-LANE THEATRE-MORNING PERFORMANCE. Nightly have we been accustomed, since the engage ment of Mr. G. V. Brooke, to see Drury-lane Theatre crowded ; but we were little prepared to behold the house full to overflowing with an elegant and fashion. able assemblage, at a morning performance. Proud, indeed, may the enterprising lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, be, in thus seeing his efforts to resuscitate the love for the drama, which for ages marked the taste of the people of this country, so eminently triumphant. With his accustomed liberality and consideration, he had, as his invited guests at the morning performance, the full attendance of the boys of the Duke of York's School, who, seated in the pit, and accompanied by their band, who occupied the orchestra, formed en interesting group in the tout ensemble of the house. Othello, the Moor of Venice, was tee play selected for the occasion, and in no character has Mr. Brooke earned greater distinction than that of the Moor. His persona tion of the character is a masterpiece of acting, giving to a mere stage performance so much of the semblance of reality, as to lead the audience nervously on, exciting in their minds various emotions of admiration, sym pathy, indignation, horror, and dismay. Mr. Davenport, in the character of lago, formed a profound conception of the part, and wrought upon the Moor with such consummate skill, as to elicit succes sively the admiration and hatred of the audience. The acting between the two characters in those passages ofguilty imposition on the one hand, and of excited jealousy on the other, was of the most finished order. It was the very semblance of outraged, Othello, and of the villany of lago. Miss Anderton played the part of Desdemona with a de gree of care and propriety which won for her the admi ration of the audience. Cassio, for whose restoration to the Moor's favour poor Desdemona sues her lord so earnestly, was well represented by Mr. Belton. He possesses discretion, and with care and study, cannot fail to become a favourite actor. Mrs. Vickery, in the important character of Emelia, played effectively, and elicited repeated and well-merited marks of applause. The characters were altogether well cast, the scenes admirably set ; and, distinguished in all he undertakes, there is no part in which Mr. Brooke shines out more as a great artist than that of Othello. His en gagement draws to a close ; he has won high honours —laurels worth preserving, and golden opinions at the hands of London audiences, and may they serve him in the New World to which he is about to depart, and whence we hope he may return once more to adorn our English boards, and do honour' to the histrionic art, of which he is so distinguished an ornament. He was rapturously called before the curtain at the close of the performance, and, saluted with right hearty greetings, an honour also conferred on Mr. Davenport for the ad mirable .support which he gave him in his polished rea dering of the very difficult character of lago. The juvenile band of the Duke of York's Military School played some beautiful music between the acts, executing it in a manner that reflected great credit upon their training and efficiency. Thus, as we have already remarked, the experiment of a morning performance of Shakspere's plays at our national theatre has been most triumphant. The fact of two crowded audiences assembling in one day within the walls of Old Drury, is too remarkable a contradiction of the current cant that decline in the public taste for the legitimate drama marks the present period to pass unnoticed. Last evening the curtain rose to Kotzebue's pathetic play of The Stranger. Again, Mr. G. V. Brooke was the Charles of the mysterious and tear moving drama. The impression produced by his previous powerful impersonation of The Stranger was deepened and confirmed, and we can unhesitatingly say that within the I experience of the past 20 years so great a performer has not moved our sympathies. We shall not particularise situations or scenes, or refer to living stage representa tives of the deeply injured and sensitive misanthrope, further than to say that, as Charles Young was ques tionless the greatest master of this character, Mr. Brooke is the only other representative worthy of re taining in memory. The other characters were compe tently filled, and at the close Mr. Brooke was vehe mently called for, and, on re-entering, leading Mrs. Vickery, was greeted with a shower of bouquets and enthusiastic cheers. On Friday Mr. Brooke is advertised for Richard the Third, and we have the promise in the annonce, that every exertion of the experienced stage manager, Mr. Edward Stirling, will be directed to its production in the most perfect state of historical and scenic accessories, The Fountain of Beauty was repeated as the afterpiece. AMERICAN FISHING SCHOONER STARLIGHT.—I II refer ence to the American fishing schooner Starlight, which was brought into this port for condemnation, charged with an infraction on the treaty existing between Great Britain and the United States regarding th e fi s h er i es, we learn that she was detained on the co as t o f L ower Canada, and that the captain of her Majesty' s s t eamer Devastation, in obedience to his instructions, brought her to this port, when, after some delay, he was advised that the Vice -Admiralty Court of Prince Edward's Is land had no jurisdiction over that portion of the coast, and that she ought to have been taken to Quebec. I n c onsequence of the inconvenience and expense to the owner likely to ensue from delay, and with a d es i re , no doubt, to deal as leniently as possible, Captain Campbell judged it expedient to release her from detention.— Charlotte Town Advertiser. SUICIDE OF A RESPECTABLE BUILDER IN CAMDEN TOWN.—A lamentable case of suicide was discovered to have been perpetrated on Tuesday evening, by Mr. Wm. Shaw, a highly respectable builder, resident in Arling ton-street, Camden-town. M. r. Shaw, who h as f or many years taken au active part in local matters in St. Pan cras, and was highly respected, had latterly become somewhat flighty in his manner, and would at times ab sent himself from home. He had not been seen, it is stated, since Sunday evening ; but on Tuesday night he was discovered suspended from a beam in some back premises in the rear of his house, and it is supposed he had been hanging there from the time he was first missed. Mr. Shaw was of a literary turn of mind, and some ' years ago contributed occasionally local news to some of the daily papers. An inquest is expected to be hela on the body this day. s iJ • • - ; N /RN - ignoble in man, fraud was fraud, robbery •••'- ; murder was murder. It would need s .;o,l l ` . meat to prove that the distinction present day—in matters of politics at more ignored by the votaries of Islam, than b ta7dSMAINI religionists of Prince Gortschakoff. Those who are ready to say, with that eminent Christian philanthropist, " Long life to the god of the Russians !" might possibly find it neither easy nor agreeable to define the exact essence and attributes of the, apparently, not immortal divinity before whom they are prepared to offer the costly sacrifice of the plain rights of a nation. It is better to spare them and ourselves such unprofitable theological efforts, and to resume the moral of all that has been said, in a short reference to what, as known to us on the highest authority, is the present state and probable future of the Ottoman Empire. Let those whose sympathies with right need more to rouse them than the reiterated demonstration that it is right, recall the general drift and bearing of a recent speech of Lord Palmerston. Let those, too, who, with every feeling that " Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom, in the scorn of consequence," would yet gladly find themselves relieved from the idea of being bound up in the same cause with a set of unim provable barbarians, recall the positive statements of the same speech in answer to Mr. Cobden. When the late Foreign Minister gave the sanction of his know ledge and judgment to the opinion that the moral and material condition of Turkey was neither desperate nor unimprovable--when he flatly contradicted the counter assertions of the calumniators of the Porte—when he finally stated, amid the expressions of a generous satis faction on the part of his audience, that in no country in Europe had greater advances been made than in the Ottoman Empire within the last thirty years—he gave, by anticipation, an answer to much that has been since and recently said—an answer sufficient to convert the candid, and, it might have been thought, to silence the cautious, whether candid or not. And, when he added that, with what may be called fair play on the part of other Powers—with the mere abstinence from open attack and injury—there was not a doubt of the power of Turkey, and every hope of her readiness, to continue to advance, to improve, and gradually regenerate herself to the point of becoming a fit member of the civilised community of the world, his declaration led every other mind to draw the irresistible inference which the states man might have scrupled to express. That inevitable inference was, that such improvement—desired by, and acceptable to all the rest of the civilised world—was the one thing feared by that Power whose interest lies in the continued degradation of Turkey, and which, because feared, was the true cause of the attack on her inde pendence. Russia alone has a continuing interest in the barbarism which is weakness, for weakness is the road to subjugation. Therefore is it that, rightly appreciating the progress of improvement, which may be loss to her, though gain to all others, she assails it before it be too strong for her. Hers, and not the Ottoman Porte's, is the rbarian interest in the matter. True in every sense, this would be true even in the restricted meaning which would be given it by the assumption, in itself er. roneous, that the interests of justice and truth can ever be separated from or be found in conflict with the proper interests of civilisation. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S FIRST VISIT TO THE NORTHERN DEPART MENTS OF FRANCE. BOULOGNE, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. After the departure of my hurried letter of yesterday the Emperor and Empress proceeded to the Napoleon column, where they were received by a number of vete rans of the Empire, drawn up in two lines. After in specting the column and the troops, their Majesties re turned through all the principal streets of the town, pro ceeding twice along the quay and through eight or nine triumphal arches, some of which were covered with evergreens and flowers, nd others made to represent marble columns ; one of the most remarkable of these latter was situated on the quay, close to the Custom house. It was surmounted with a representation of Napoleon le Grand, as he is generally depicted crossing the Alps, and the one pillar was dedicated to the glory of the war of 1804, and the other to the glory of the peace of 1853. After returning to the sous-prefecture, where their Majesties ar r i ve d a b ou t h a lf- pas t s i x o'clock, the Em peror entertained at dinner a party of the military and civil authorities of the town, covers being laid for b.- tween 60 and 70, and a military band being stationed in front of the house to play during the repast. In the evening the whole of Boulogne was most bril liantly illuminated, scarcely a house, however small or however obscure, being without some testimonial of re spect to their Majesties—whilst the principal streets, from the quay to the ramparts, presented one continuous blaze of light, intermingled with flowers and evergreens. The streets were, throughout the evening, most densely crowded, not only by the inhabitants, but by thousands of visitors, there being scarcely such a thing as a vacant bed to be found in Boulogne, and the numbers would have been much increased but for the difficulty expe rienced in obtaining conveyances from Calais and other towns, and the unfavourable weather which prevailed during the three or four previous days. The ball offered by the municipality of the city to their Imperial Majesties took place in the evening, and was a very brilliant affair. The whole interior of the theatre, from the back of the stage to the boxes, was converted into one splendid salle de dance, and, in the centre of the audience portion, state chairs were placed, under a beautifully decorated canopy, for the use of the Emperor and Empress. The guests, including the leading residents of Boulogne ; and all the English visitors who had taken the trouble to . leave their names at the Maire had the honour of receiving invitations. About 1,500 persons may have been present when the Imperial party entered the theatre. The Emperor and Empress were received with the warmest acclamations, cries of " Vive l'Empereur" and " Vire l'lmperatrice" resounding from every part of the salle. Their Ma jesties appeared to be much gratified with their recep tion, and, before sitting down, acknowledged in a very gracious manner the enthusiasm of the assembled company. Twelve young ladies, attired in white, with wreaths of violets in their hair, occupied a position immediately below the throne as demoiselles d'ltonneur to the Empress. The band of one of the regiments of the line was in at tendance, and before dancing commenced a selection of operatic music was performed. At 10 o'clock the Em peror descended to the ball-room, the Empress resting upon his arm, and the members of the imperial suite fol lowing. A quadrille was now formed, in which the Emperor honoured the wife of the Mayor of Boulogne, Madame Fontaine, with his hand. The Empress danced in the same quadrille with the Mayor. The members of the imperial suite completed the set. The grace and beauty lof the Empress was now first observed to the fullest advantage. Her faultless delicacy of feature, and the elegance of her figure, were well displayed by a very chaste costume of white lace, ornamented with ribbons of violet colour, falling half way down the skirt. The head-dress was exquisitely beautiful. Her Majesty's hair is of a beautiful light brown tint, and it was dis posed last evening in tasteful rolls over the forehead, leaving disclosed the ears, from which diamond drops were pendant. Her Majesty wore a diamond necklace, of marvellous brilliancy, every stone of which reflected its myriad hues, and a pair of somewhat small bracelets en suite. During the quadrille the Empress chatted familiarly with the Mayor and also with some of the young ladies by whom the Imperial party were sur rounded. There was a sad want of unanimity in the musical direction of the dance—probably arising from the distance at which the orchestra was situated—and after passing through the three first figures, and endea vouring to proceed with the last, the Empress, with a charming smile, betokening the utmost good humour and amiability, gave it up in despair, and returned with her Imperial Consort to the throne. The shouts of welcome now again broke forth, and some exuberant Englishmen, jealous of allowing their French neighbours to monopolise the vocal expression of their loyal enthu siasm, called out in a burly voice, " God save the Em peror 1" The sentiment was infectious. In a moment, others responded with " God bless the beautiful Em press," and for a short time John Bull had it all ta him self, until, until one hearty fellow, more noisy than the rest, occasioned a burst of laughter by calling for One cheer more 1" The Emperor could not repress a smile " at this truly English method of paying respect to his august person ; but his Majesty appeared much pleased at the evident good feeling which had prompted the com pliment. At this period of the evening the presenta tion of several persons to the Emperor and Empress took place, Mr. Hamilton, the English Consul, was ameerengetiehne and dmabffeer affability ylief bothttedto a t u h a e u E di m en p c e e r . er T en h d e con descension were remarkable. A second quadrille was now form ed and danced before the Emperor and Em press. This was followed by a beautiful cantata, com by the pupils of in the peristyle p th o e sed E f c o o r ie the de occa m s l i t o s n iq , of the theatre. At 11 o'clock the Emperor and zie vh i s e t h a stationed e a rl ds be au they p erambulated, Empress, attende d b y their suite, again descended into the ball - room , rou nd w hich receiving as they p roceeded the res p ectful salutations of the company. After partaking of some slight refresh z , went at the imperial buffet, their Majesties retired from the theatre amid renewed shouts of "Vive l'Empereur," "Vive l'lmperatrice," agreeably diversified with some good English cheers. This morning the Emperor and suite left the sous prefecture shortly after ten o'clock, and proceeded in open carriages, preceded only by about a score of soldiers as a guard of honour, by the Grand rue, the rue de la Lampe, the pont d'Ecluse, and the quay, to view the docks and the new sluice bridge. His Majesty, who was received at the docks by the municipal authorities, was received throughout the whole route with the greatest enthusiasm, the cries of " Vive l'Empereur" and " Vive Napoleon" being most incessant and hearty, whilst the ladies in the windows of the various hotels and private houses were waving their handkerchiefs and. bouquets. His Majesty returned to the sous-prefecture shortly before twelve o'clock, and about a quarter to • one a discharge of artillery announced that their Ma jesties were about to take their departure. About ten minutes to one their Majesties' carriages at rived at the station of the Chemin de Fer du Nord, which had been elegantly decorated with flags, eagles, evergreens, Their Majesties entered the station th roug h an elegant tent of red velvet, looped with gold and decorated with ' mirrors and flowers, Their Majesties having been con ducted to their state railway carriage, the train de parted amidst loud cheers at five minutes past one. The royal train was almost immediately followed by the ordinary train, which ought to have left Boulogne at half-past 12, but had been detained a short time in order to give precedence to the royal train—and a smart shower of rain soon dispersed the crowds which had assembled to witness the departure of their Majesties. A 4:t• Ii