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THE E ASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION CO "d PANY. NOTICE Ig HEBERT' GIVEN, That in co - :sequence of the num ber of persons visiting their Ship now building at Millwall, to the great interruption of the works, no tickets for the future will be issued gratuitously. From and atter this date the charge for admission will be as follows, viz.:— For One Person 2s. 6d. For Two Persons 4s Gd. For Three Per50n5......... es 6d. For Four Persons.— No person or persons will on any account rye admitted to the Works without a ticket, which can only be obtained at the offices of the Company, subject to regulations. By order. JOHN YATES, Secretary. N.13.—A1l outstanding tickets, except " Special," are from this date cancelled. Offices, 13, Gresham street, 4th March, 1857. TWO SUPPLENENTS GRATIS-GREAT DEBATE AND DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS for SATURDAY, MARCH 7th, c3ntains the following EN GRAVINGS:—The Explosion at Lund 1/11 Colliery, Barnsley: Month of the Downcast Shaft. Opening of the Barnsley Branch Railway : The :Procession entering the Regent street Station. Marble Group, in the Prince's Chamber, House of Lords : Her Ma jesty Queen Victoria, supported by Justice and Clemency (J. Gibson, R.A., Sculptor). "The Covey," painted by J. Wolf (from the Exhibi tion of the British Institution). View of Karani. The Old Regiment, Highlanders. Victoria Cross—the New Order of Valour. " Quintin etsys, the Blecksmith of Antwerp" (2 Illustrations). Gerhard Douw's Portrait of Himself. 'Landscape and Hawking Party ;" paint ed by Berghem (In the Bridgewater Gallery). " CID Lt on the Banks of the Jordan ;" Fainted by Murillo (from Louis Philippe's Collet tion). " The Grand Altar of the Cathedral of Seville ;" painted by David Roberts, R.A." The w fe at a Venture" (4 Illustrations). Put Report of the Debate in the House of Commons. With the Latest Foreign Int( lligence, and,all the News of the Week. Price sd. ; Stamped, W.—Office, 198, Strand T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E..T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R Leahy. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening. Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the popular Comedy, A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Keeley, Vincent, Til• bury, Templeton, Carter, Walton ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mss Cleveland, and Miss W. Oliver. , After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAIV ; Or, Harlequin floiiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, and is, ; Second Circle of Poxes, ls. Cd, ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 35.; Stalls, Es. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6(1., Is., I/. lls. 61, and 2/. 25.1 ILOYAL FnINCESS'S THEATRE, 11.) THIS EVENI G-, will LP performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will he produced a new petite comedy in two acts, celled• OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi• pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Muir? %ld C. Leclercq. HEATRE ROYAL, ETAYMARK.ET THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with the successful new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE Charac: ers by Mr. Buelcstone, Mi. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr, W. Farrer. ' Mr. Rofrers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz• wil iam. Followed by (15th time) a new drama, called A WICKED WIFE. Atter which, GRINISHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRAD SHAW. To conclu , le with Moncricir s comic chama of THE IRRESISTIBLES, ROYAL LYCET'M THEATRE. Lessee, M. C. Dill..n. TIM EVENING, will la performed the new drama, in five acts, by Westland Marston, Esq., entitled A LIFE'S RANSON". Lnrd Revesdale, Mr. C. Dillon ; Bancroft, Stuart ; Felicia Revestlale, Tn. C. !_;illon. Followed by a new drama, by Stirling Coyne, Esq., entitled ANGEL OR DEVIL. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dillon, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Parrett, Sze. To conclude with CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ral. Tho new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Col rad (the Corsair) Miss Woo'gar Birharto (l:is lieutenant) lir. J. L. Toole Medera Clowns Mr. H. Mai shall The box-offica open daly, from 11 to 5, under th• super- Mcndenc9 of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conyeying parties t 1 the Private Boxes to set Clown at the State entrance in Burleigli-street. HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. fl Les Fee—Mr. Den. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and MVF. Baroey After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. Followed by a new Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams. To conclnde with the new original comic drama, called BARNEY TEM BARON. Barney O'T_ole, Mr. Earuey I) OYAL SURREY THEATRE, k. Les , leps, She/Ale/1 Creswick. THIS EVENING, a new clrtma, ent;tled FRAUD AND ITS VICTIMS,MCSA'S. Cres:vielc, Shepherd. Se. After which, HARLEQUIN AND TIE SLIMMER QUEEN, Harlequin, Mr F. Clovsn- ; CL - Avn, Mr. Mick ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; thl Four Sprites, the Ellis Fa mily; Columbines. Me•clArries Marie and Agnes. TIMEATRU ROYAL, SIDLER':i-W ELLS. it Umler Tie Marrigemeot, of Mr. Phelps. VIES EVENING, will be perrouned WILLIAM TELL. Characters by Messrs. Pbc . ps, 11. Mat , ton, J, W. Lay, L Pall, A. Rayner, Wii limns Miss Atkinson. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. QTRAND T FIE kT M:. 'P. • PavtiA.—Tbia Tilvpnincr will Vol pc, a new Drama, FASHION' AND FAMIN.P.: nr, The SLr berry Girl. Julie Warren, Little C.lrclelia. Trawald. After which, THE DEATH OF EVA, in which the Howard Family will appear. Followed by a Ballet Divertiscement. To cmclud; with DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. ecyninence at Soren. Stalls, :!s. ; Boxes, ; Pit, IA, ; Callery, OY A L OLYMPIC TREATTLE. j,,see, Mr. Alfrod Wigan. This EvoninT, the new drama, by Tom Thylor, Esq., taled A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTTING. A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lulitby, Mr. F. Ttobs , n. Followed by the new farce, Iy Layle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT, Commence at half-past Seven. STLEY'S ROYAL AMP 11 EATRE. Lesee and I\ana2ser, Mr. W. Cooke. This Evenin7, with the original vocal music, and novel end startling Equestrian Illustrations, invented v Mr. Wm. Cooke, thpequesrian oparatie ‘r inn of ROB ROY, Rob Itoy, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the brilliant SCENES in the C!RCLE. To conelule with the equestrian Larlequinade called PAUL PItY ON HORSEBACK. CommeLce at seven o'clock. Dress Tloxci, 4s. ; Upper ?oxen, 35.; Private Boxes, f r om 11., no charge for bookiug ; PA, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gitllery, ox office open from Eleven till Four. Sta, , e Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERTM !IX HALL. Westininster-roaa. OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of `elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &e., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs, J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], MiS3 Summers, and Madame I.larietta; 31r. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonglimans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling. P. Corri. Senor Antonio M. de Folla, and E. L. Rime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and (Joni; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Maekney, and C. J. Wilkins, Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven &clock prE e:sely. Suppers, die., until twelve &clock. IIGII WATER AT LOND(I1 BRITYIE. TGIS DAT—Morn. 4G min. aft. S —Evening SG miu. aft. 9 rtl-Moßßovi—iilorn.26 min. aft. 10 —Evrning 17 min.ati.ll LTHE WEATHEK—SuN OFFIOF , ItLacil V. TE ZRMOILETIII, IN TH I SHADS. 53 —hie:tat 6111, e Limn yeeterdaz . 3i lowest ads morning vnd during the night. 48 —title dAy St iIOOP. P lonvET7.7l, 30 35--rising again. WIND, W.S.W. Light, with title, cool mailer. ~.. 1 . c e__.....;-?-...._--,,-,-- ~.,_....4-AL:'Y-------, —. • ,-. , -----,„ ,, ._: 3 -,„,..,_-_, -, c,-, A. ~ ~ ......._......._ ) :.ON, TEM RSDAY, ECII 5, 7 The venue has been elianged 1 The eor,tst must now take place in a broader arena than that of the Impend. Palace at Westtninqar. It win be fiercely contested on every hustings throughout the length and breadth of the land. There is 11 ,, longer a place for petty intrigues, for . party Le• tics, or splenetic votes. The waiters on p ßovi _ DENQE are extinguished for the time being. Their influence has passed away. The People are now m as t ers o f th e position. The arbit. r , between contending poli'icians and their decision must be final and conclusive. They have only t avail themselve s of the golden opportunity before them to vindicate their own claim t) be the true source of political power, and to insure the future welfare and prosperity of the country, and the happiness and prosperity of the people. But there must be no apathy or indifference, no sordid or contemptible conduct. The elective franchise is a sacred trust confided to their charge, and they must faithfully and honourably fulfil the all-important duty 1 The man who is careless or indifferent at the pre- sent crisis is unworthy of the suffrage. The man who yields to any corrupt influence, to bribery or intimidation, is a traitor to his country—a vile and infamous traitor. He will be guilty of the highest political offence, and should for ever be disgraced in the estimation of his countrymen— become what the Ancient Greeks termed "aripoe," and our Saxon ancestors a wretch, who merits not the birthright which he is willing to barter for a mess of pottage. Let the electors afflicted with itching palms remember that thoSe who pur chase their venal support will be prepared to sell them whenever the occasion may arise. Let the supple politician, who is afraid of offending land lord, employer, or customer, remember that he himself must set the example of manliness and in dependence to his would-be representative ; that a mean and cringing constituency will find a mem ber possessing similar attributes. There must now be an appeal to the country, and the sooner it takes place the better ! We believe that nothing more auspicious could have happened to Lord PALMERSTON than the defeat which be has just sust tined. It may be regarded as a salutary warning that he must further strengthen himself in the good opinion of the com munity at large, and that ho must not permit his subordinates to exhibit such fantastic tricks as those in which Sir G. C. LEWIS has recently been indulging. He well knows that he is not a Court favourite—that " the shadow behind the Throne" obscures his position and neutralises his legitimate influence. His bold and manly declaration that " England has no cousins" made the professors of Germanism his inveterate foes. His straightfor ward English policy arrayed under the opposite standard those who wished to make Euvland a party to foreign intrigues, and t make her truckle to the representatives of despotism in all parts of the world. The result has been that the Chinese difficulty has been the stalking-horse to get rid of the t)o sturdy Minister, who regarded the honour and interests of Grett Brittin as of greater conNequence than the wishes and intrigues of In.perial and Royal conspirators against the free], ina of mankind. We have net spared Lord PALMERSTON when we found him in the wrong — when he suffered his subordinates to become the t ols of Vie moneyocracy, to put forward uesound views of finance, t) unduly tfoc the industrious classes, we fearltsily and unflinchingly denounc , zd the grave mist ike. But when he has been made the sport of faction, when he has been assailed for vindicating the honour of his country and compelling a treacherous and barbarous people t,) observe the treaties which Viey had deliberatdy concluded, and to respect the British name, we render him the independent support, as well as the tribute of respect and admiration to which he is so justly entitled. As we have stated, it is truly fortunate for Lord PALMERSTON that he goes to the country on the Chinese question. He could not by a possi bility have selected a more favourable champ de battaille. It is notorious that he was not respon sible for the original complication. None of the parties who represented England on the occasion, and who acted with thorough English pluck, com bined with extraordinary forbearance, owed their appointments t 3 himself or to his Administration. He only heard of what had taken place at the same t'me with the rest of the community. He had no hand in framing the issue—no priority of information. If ever a Statesman was perfectly innocent he was sr , , in reference to every connected with the demands for redress, and the just and necessary measures adopted to enforce it when refused by Commissioner YEE. But he boldly sustained the servants of England in the difficult circumstances in which they were placed. lie notly accepted the responsibility, and risked the stability of his Government, rather than desert one who had been the bosom friend, and for many years the efficient and energetic collabora ' tear of those who were willing to dischf.rge a missile oven through his bosom, against the Administration whom they had a factious desire to injure. On this point the people will un flinchingly support him. Th( yhave not that mor bid sentimentality for the innocent and harm less (!) poisoning inhabitants of the flowery land ! They resent the arrogance and insolence which, if p , rmitted, would treat the British as an inferior race not to be associated with on 'equal terms, but merely tolerated for the sake of the advan tages they bring, and to be regarded as barba rians, whose rights and privileges might be trampled on with impunity. They aro determined that solemn treaties Elvin not be regarded as waste paper, t lee.set aside at the mere will and pleasure of Mr. Commissioner YEa and his subordinat .s ; but above all they detest the infamous and cowardly atrocities that would carry on war by means of druged and poisoned articles of food—that wou!cl cut off in such a manner not merely fighting men, but helpless women and innocent children. The heartless miscreants who could conceive and attempt t execute so diabolical a scheme as the poisoning the bread of the colony of Hong Kong deserve no sympathy or forbearance, and the nation will sustain the Government in bringing the sanguinary assassins to a complete reckoning. But while Lord PALMERSTON has a powerful claim on national support lie also owes something to the nation. He has at present " his duties as well as his rights," and he is bound to declare clearly, explicitly, and unequivocally the policy *high be intends to pursue in reference to ques tions that have too ling been kept in abeyance. A large and comprehensive measure of Parliamen tary Reform is due t, the nation. It has long been proMised, and too long deferred ; and the recent division on Mr. LOCKS KING'S motion has occasioned well-founded apprehensions tint the sulject whl, if possitle, be shelved. Every can didate will be required to speak clearly and intelligibly on this interesting suliject. But the Premier is hound to Fitt the example of can dour and plain speaking. He m us t ma k e a clean breast of it, and abandon the reserve and naptetv which has done more to damage his administra tion than any other mat ter that can be indicated. One woi4 more. Parliament is in extremes. L - .rd PALMERSTON has himself pronounced it s doom, and no questiol of any impoitatice can be decided during its morbid condition. The Times hints Ora " the remission of the War 9d., and it presutne3 the other parts of tie Budget, will be pro ceeded with ; and if the House of Commons, uudet its new inspiration, should think fit t recede from its present decision on those points, it wilt have the oppoit9n;ty of doing so." We earnestly and emphatically protest against such a coure. If the deeiAion is good on one point, It inint be so on the other. Tne Minister cannot blow hot and cold with impu nity. Not hing can fairly or justly be brought forward under existing circurnstanceq, which can possibly be dispensed with. The fiscal and financial policy of the Government is looked forward to with the utmost anxiety. It may suit the -views of the Times to snap a decision, but the attempt will irretrievably damage 11.) Government. We are not afraid of the new Parliament, even on the question of the Income Tax. No Minister can attempt to avail himself of tbie "pettifogging quibb!e." Not merely the War 9d., but the War lid., must be surrendered, and the tea and sugar duties must remain in state quo—or, in other words, there must be no attempt to continue duties condemned by the existing law, and which are to expire from and after the sth of April next. Everything of import ance must be submitted to the judgment of the nation, and that judgment will be recorded in favour of those who put for ward the best claims. It is with Lord PALMER STON on the Chinese question. Ltt him, above all things!, avoid weakening his position, by com ing forward as the supporter of a retrograde fiscal policy, the advocate of indirect dutieP, and of an unmodified and inequitable Incom'e Tax. Even should the Exchequer Bonds falling due in May require renewal it will be a matter of compara tively trivial importance, as they are altogether vested in the Commissioners of Savings Barka, and the Trustees of the Patriotic Fund, and, as repeatedly pointed out, only represent a small portion of the sum drawn out of the Exchequer, in consequence of the GLADSTONE abortion. An immediate dissolution is indispensable, and if Lord PALMERSTON be wise, he will not throw any difficulty in the way thereof. We wish the Manchester gentlemen joy of their long list of Tory colleagues, and the Tories joy of their new leaders, and the extreme Radicals joy of the other two, and the Peelites we will wish joy of them all. A happy family, no doubt, they made in the same lobby, and should the stirs ever bless them with matrimony—in politics a quadruple union being by some thought lawful— we will wish them as happy as they can hope to be. Political Mormonism will pot, however, do in England. Coalitions and conspiracies are regarded as synonymous. North and south may rush to gether and unite in magnetism, positive and negative in electricity, acid and alkali in chemis try ; but in politics like must unite with like, and the honourable antagonism of the onward and the retrograde or stand-still parties must he preserver], or political life ceases. The country, in fact, never feels itself in sound political health unless there be some good points of reform, some desir able measures of progress before it, and unless the patty which should do so unites to press them on, and the other to obstruct them. We cannot away with Tories and Liberals, or Liberals and Tories, combining to onsi each other. We have frankly enough censured our Govern ment for all its delinquencies, and we can, there fore, have credit for honestly supporting it when it acts worthily of its country. We did not fad to expose freely every unworthy concession to Russia, Austria, and even to France, during the War; and, above all, to blame as it deserved the discreditable and costly peace. We can now with pleasure stand by it against the vote of such a mongrel majority of the House of Commons, and feel proud of it as standing by its duty to the country in the presence of party and faction. We have already expressed our hope that Lord PALMERSTON will ask permission of the country, if driven to do so, before be sells his country— especially before be eel's it to Commissioner YEH, and to the Brother of the Sun, the EMPEROR of the flowing land. However the ex-Ministers and the Opposition benches may feel, Englishmen ge nerally feel as Englishmen resident at Canton do. The country at large puts much more faith in its fellow-countrymen now resident in China, or its countrymen who have resided there, than in I.ll.P's. who want t) embarrass a Ministry, but who know nothing whatever by actual observation of what they vote about. All Eugl and feels that her sons in the Rtst and their connexions here, whose past and probab;e losses of property give pledge for their integrity, are the most reliable of judges when they pronounce on what they well under stand, and pronounce tic) on their own pecuniary injury. Lord PALMERSTON certainly need not fear the country. The Lords have unquestionably raised them selves in popular estimation. Appealed to with extraordinary tloquence by the Earl of DERBY, and INgal arguments being pretty well balanced iu their H ,use, they yet took a broad and consti tutional view of the question, forgot technicalities and voted for England and her. honour. What the Peers really v(tecl was—not that the law of the case was on this side or that—not that this or that official abroad was in everything right or wrong—not that the home Government ought or ought nct to have approved all the acts of their agents, but, that if England would bare lonies and fleets fifteen thousand miles off, she must appoint the fittest persons to represent her, give them large discretion, and offer them a firm public support if they appear to have honestly used their best judgment at the time ; yes, and that, too, even though, being mortals like ourselves, they might have erred in their judgment. Is, indeed, every representative abroad and at such a distance to live in dread of official rebukes and party divisions in the House of Commons ? It Was not thus that CLIVE and HASTINGS, CORN WALLIS and ARTHUR WELLESLEY made the Bri tish name what it is. We have no doubt that Mr. COBDEN, and per haps a few pugnacious Peace Society men, were sincere enough in their crotchet, but we do blame the great Conservative body for putting themselves to school again at Manchester. We wish to re spect our political antagonists as high-minded combatants. Can we do so when they march with Messra. COBDEN and MILNER GIBSON as their still dard-bearers t These gentlemen might indeed well suspect their cause and position when they see themselves leading the famous FIFTY-TIIREE who voted to the last for protection, and all the up holders of every abuse, and obstructors of every reform, following in their train. Nothing, kow e ver, will now impart to Mr. COBDEN that large ness of view, that want of capacity to look beyond the trade and navigation returns, that inability to merge the manufacturer in the Statesman, which has kept him in the background ever since the repeal of the Corn-law.. If ever there was a question which ought t) be dealt with on broad principles—oa the ground of what course might be expected to produce the best final results, and not on the ground of pleas arid replies suitable to au Admiralty Court, it is the present question. All the better speakers, even though beguiled into the legal argument, yet felt and said that it was below the importance of the case. Here we were at Canton with a Treaty in our hands, ever since 1842, which g tve us free admission to the city, but that admission refused ever since ! Not only that, but a fresh agreement that a few years ago the Treaty should be carried out ; but it was not yet carried out ! Not only that, but Europeans were murdered, insults innumerable ciffer:ed, vessels seized, and a constant assumption of superiority kept up by the Viceroys, which ism boldened the native rabble against all foreigners. Hen ce it became settled, no doubt, in the minds of f.ll residents there that the next outrage must be the laid. Parties quarrelling face to face un derstan d what each other's acts mean ; and the BritislA authorities and all Europeans at Canton THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1857. understood what the outrage on the lorcha, meant. They took YEH at his meaning. He meant, " Resist me if you dare," and they showed him that they dared. He meant that he had cut off the heads of 70,000 Chinese rebels, and he would do as he pleased with theEurcpeans who rebelled against his determination to deal with them by violence, and not by treaty. They sho wed him, however, that as he had outraged the Treaty he must now be brought to fulfil its terms. And this, whatever party be in power, will be the result. Intercourse with China must be freer than ever, even though it should compel the very conquest of China. Such a result all would deprecate. The Cala would look very crossly towards the Amoor to find him self forestalled, for he means one day to treat China as he does Poland. JONATHAN would bite his lips at the Britishers, and another country would cry aloud—perfide Albion ! But certainly a worse thing might happen for China than for the Mandarins to become the officials of a Governor- General of China instaad of the servants of his MANTCHOU Tartar Majesty. It would be a glorious thing for China to be governed by the commercial policy of Manchester. Let not Mr. COBDEN, however, be alarmed. We do not want to sup plant the MA.Nrcsous ; but we can tell him we would rather do this than bow the knee to his Viceregal and gentle friend 'nu. Several days have now elapsed since Lady FRANKLIN and the sympathisers with Lady FRANK LIN received an answer—at last—a bitter and de cisive answer, from the Cabinet of Lord PALMER STON. That conclusive decision was recently an nounced in the House of Commons by the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty. Sir CHARLES WOOD then enunciated the resolution at which himself and his colleagues bad arrived in words the most explicit and unmistakeable. " Her MAJESTY'S Government," he said, " will not give any encouragement to the proposal to send out another A rc ti c E r p e diti on ." N ow , al though we can no t, of course, but acknowledge at once that we are deeply grieved at this decision, we must confess, at the same 'time, that we are not by any means surprised at it. We are grieved, but we are not surprised. We Are grieved, in the first place, at the cruelly pro• tracted and unnecessary delay there has been in giving to the world this definitive determination of the Government. We are grieved, moreover, that the Ministry did not content itself with the simple and perfectly sufficient declaration that they, the Government of England, would not themselves undertake to send 0u , ,; another Arctic Erpedition. Instead of going out of their way, as it appears to ua, in their gratuitous endeavour to repress all further efforts at re search after Sir JOHN FRANKLIN and his heroic companions. Implying this plainly enough by the very phrase employed by the First Lord of the Admiralty when he announced that Her MA JESTY'S Government would not give any " en couragement " to the mere " proposal" of any further expedition. Emphasise the words as you may, they are cruel words, and words that are es pecially creel, because, as we have said, so wholly gratuitous and unnecessary. The Government, observe ! " will not give any encouragement" " will not give any encouragement"—t) what ? To another expedition f No—" to the proposal" for another Expedition I To the mere proposal of any such expedition, Ministers deny the smallest modicum of—even encouragement ! Vet while we grieve at the tardiness as well as at the manner of the reply at last vouchsafed in this matter by the First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking not merely in his own name, but in the names also of his colleagues in the Government—we are not, we admit, in any way surprised at the nature of this Ministerial an nouncement. We cannot forget, of course, that "much has been done" already—what though " more remains to do I" We cannot lose the remembrance, for example, of the fact that no less than five ships of the Royal Navy have had to be abandoned in the icy regions of the Arctic Seas, in the course of these researches after Sir JOIN FRANKLIN and his gallant comrades, any more than we can shut our eyes to that other fact of large import and si g nifi cance , th a t not less than 600,000 1 . have already been expended in these ill-starred expeditious. Those five vessels, and those 600,000/. help to exonerate Govern ment, so far, from the guilt of indifference ! But even such losses fall to acquit them from the shatnia of bungling in these researches, from the blame of procrastinating iu their fival reply to Lady FRANKLIN and her sympathisers ; above all, from the cruelty of the manner in which Sir CHARLES WOOD at last made a clean breast of it—in the House of Commons —as t) the ultimate decision arrived at by her MAJESTY'S Government. So that the pathetic and i mpress i ve appeal ef Lady FRANKLIN has been in vain. The argu mentative and convincing enforcement of that appeal by Lieut. Pile has been in vain. Nay, more than this, the really masterly and unanswer able volume* by Dr. KING, setting forth the whole case from beginning t 3 end —setting it forth in the broad light o f reason —h as b een a ll in vain in like manner I And so the Arctic Ques tion, alas is closed up, sealed—and thrown aside to be forgotten like a tale that is told,—at least so far as it concerns the future policy in regard to Arctic Research of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. * The Franklin Expedition from First to Last. By Dr. King, M.D. Bvo., pp. 221. London : John Churzhlll. 18.55. Lord Panmure has taken the mansion in Cheshasn place, late the residence of Lord John Russell. Lord Crewe has left the Clarendon, for Crewe Hall, Cheshire. THE LATE DIVISION.—Forty-eight Liberal members voted for Mr. Cobden's re. lotion, and against the Go vernment. They are : —Mr. T. Alcock, R . ght Hon. Sir T. Baring, Mr. J. 13, 11, Mr. T. Bellew, Mr. G. Bowyer, -Mr. J. Crook, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. W. J. Fox, Viscount Goderich, Hon. A. Gordon, Mr. Greene, Lord R. Grod venor, Lord Haddo, Mr. Hadfield, Hon. C. Hanbury, Mr. Hey wcr th, Si r J. Hogg, Mr. T. Kennedy, Hon. P. King, Mr. Laing, Mr. Laslett, Dr. Layard, Mr. W. S. lindi.ay, Mr. J. Locke, Mr. M‘Mahon, Mr. Meagher, Miall, Mr. Murrough, Mr. Otway, Sir J. Paxton, Mr. A. Peliatt, Sir T. E. Perry, Mr. J. G. Pnilli inore, Mr. Pilkington, Mr. J. Ricardo, Mr. Roebuck, Lord J. Russell, Captain Scotian, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. Starkie, Mr. M. Sullivan, Mr. R. Swift, Mr. G. Thompson, Mr. Tite, L , rd H. Vane, Mr. G. Vernon, Mr. Warner, Mr. W. Williams. The Government also lost the votes of the Peelitee on this occasion. The Ayes include the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, Mr. Gladstone, Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Right Hon. S. Herbert, Mr. Roundel! Palmer, Mr. R. J. Phillimore. On the other baud, 25 Conservative members support the Ministry—viz., Mr. Antrobus, Mr. W. Beckett, Mr. G. W. Bentinek, the Marquis of Blandford, Mr. I. Butt, Lord W. H. Cholmondeley, Sir C. H. Coote, Mr. E. Denison, Mr. H. Drummond, Mr. E. C. Egerton, VII, count Emir), Mr. G. G. Harcourt, Mr. G. F. Heneage, Mr. T. B. Hordall, Mr. Kendall, Mr. G. C. Legb, Mr. MaAternaan, Sir John Owen, Mr. G. F Robertson, V.s count &Indent, Sir W. Sinikh, Colonel Sinytb, Lord A. V. Tempest, Mr. T ,llemache, and Sir J. Tyrell. The advices from Mexico by the West India mail yes terdrsy throw no additio,,al light on the rumoured inzen ti..n of the American Government to grant a loan of 3,090,000/. or 5 ,000,000/. to that republic. According to some representations a portion of any sum that may be received is to be applied to the claims of the English bondholders, but this statement is perhaps circulated merely to lull their yieilance and prevent opposition 7, Noun BRITISH RAILWAY.—The report of the direc tors states that the gross revenue of the half-year ending y th e e ar 3 , l m st ai o n f ly Ja a n er n i a v r e y d a f m ro o m unted to 139,4531., showing an ordinary trains. stack o d f r t e h e e increase of 2,9421. over t h e cor responding period of last tors declare a di v id en d upon the , e sr r d company at the rate of 2i per cent, per annum, leaving 0984 LATEST NEWS. CHINA. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing correspondence : " HONG KONG, Jex. 15. " The English Admiral, Sir M. Seymour, thought it advisable on the 12th inst. to abandon the posi tion he had taken up in the garden of the old fac tories. After blowing up the Dutch Folly Fort, which had hitherto been the centre of the opera tions against the town, he resolved to occupy only at Canton the fort known to strangers as the Bird's nest Fort. Before leaving the intrenchments he had dug the Admiral set fire to the outskirts which extend to the west and to the south-east of the factories. This measure, by isolating the walled town, renders it more accessible to the shells from a squadron. " The fleet of the rebels has joined that of the Imperialists, to make common came against the English; 600 war junks have assembled in the river. The Chinese seem determined to stop every inlet by sinking junks at the different bars of the Canton river. " On the evening before the outskirts of Canton were set fire to—an operation which cost the Eng lish three killed and some wounded—a numerous squadron of war junks attacked the trading-steamer Fli-Ma, which was going down the river, but she escaped. The Chinese sent home 20 heavy shots into her hull. " On the 13th the foreigners gave up the anchor age at Whampoa. The steamers which, protected by the ships of war, were towing away the floating habitations of the English and Americans were not yet out of sight when the Chinese commenced pil laging everything left in the docks and in the dif ferent houses situated on the water's edge, making no distinction of property of this or of that nafoo. " Hong Kong is under a real panic, which in creases daily. The foreign residents of that colony have formed a sort of militia, and their patrols shoot every Chinese who shows himself in the streets or on the roofs after eight a night. " When the ma:l left the whole European colony of Hong Kong appears to have been poisoned, and and the family of Sir John Bowring especially were suffering excruciating agony. All the Chinese bakers had fled. They are suspected of having poisoned the whole community. Happily, no death had as yet ensued. " SINGAPORE, JAN. 8. " Great alarm prevails at the Europe an cialony of Sing-Tore, in consequence of the news from Can ton, and the excitement of the native population. Of the 10,003 inhabitants of Singapore - there are not 300 Europeans capable of bearing arms, and not more than 800 sepoy3. All the other inhabi tauts are naturally their enemies, and the Chinese, who constitute eight-tenths of the population, threaten the Europeans with fire and pillage. Thy have posted up a placard in the Chinese language in different parts of the town, offering 200 piastres for the head of the Governor, or of the Resident, the Judge, or head of the Police. This threat has not happily, as yet, been attended with any results. The foreigners have armed themselves, and keep vigilant watch by night to protect their property. " On the 2d of January the shops were closed in every part of the town ; the boatmen, coolies, and artisans refused to serve any Europeans. The public markets were not supplied with provisions, and all business was at a standstill. But there was more than passive resistance. The provisions destined for the foreign residents were intercept 4 and threats were resorted to to prevent the shop keepers from supplying food. The head of the police having induced one of them to open his shop, the Chinese attacked the house in a bidy, and in the struggle which ensued some of the police were seriously wounded. " The energy displayed on this occasion by the Governor finally restored order in the town." Iu conscquenca of the last news from China, the French fleet in those seas, under the command. o Admiral 4 GnArin and Rig +lilt de Genouilly, will be reinforced by three ships of the line. A private letter from St. Petersburg announces that it was known in that city by special courier that the Governor of Russian Siberia had dispatched a column of troops towards Kiakhta, on the fron tiers of China. It is a.d&d, thatithis measure has been adopted in accord with the Court of Pekin. The fait accounti from Teheran by way:of Russia state that the Shah hal ratified the treaty of con_ - merce concluded at Constantinople between Feruk Khan and the representative of the United State. of America. The rumour is that it authmises the latter Power to establish a diplomatic mistiou at Teheran, and consulates at Teheran„ Tauris, and Bushire. Citizens of the United States, as regards their commerce, are to b 3 treated ao same as those of the most favoured nations. An Austrian agent, Colonel Schindloker, had arrived at Teheran to negotiate a similar treaty. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The telegraphic de-patch announcing that the English Cabinet hid been beaten by 16 votes on Mr. Cobden's motion on the Chinese question pro duced a slight hesitation at the opening of the Bourse, and. Threes receded to 71fr. 20c. and 71fr. 10c., but rallied soon after to • 71fr. 45c. and 71fr. 5Jc. BOURSE, March 4.—The following were the lasi quotations : Cash. fY. c. _End of Muth. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 70 80 71 20 New Loan — Bank Shares 88 Credit Mobilier 1,445 Austrian ... , lieigian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes 4l Pietimontese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. fr c Orleans 1,460 Western B5O Northern 990 Strasburg Lyons 1,485 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,910 Grand Central , 622 50 Lyons Geneva Cette NAPLES. NAPLES, Feb. 26.—The following important information has just been received from a credible source :—" During the last month the King and the Hereditary Prince have presided at frequent ecclesiasticil conferences, at which were present the Archbishops of Naples and Capua, Cardinals Riario and Cosenza ; the Archbishop of Sorrento, Monsignor Apuzzo ; and the Bishop of Isernia, Monsignor Saladino. These, together with the President of the Council, Cavaliers Troja, had been engaged in drawing up a Concordat with the Court of Rome similar to that which was concluded last year between the Austrian Government and the Holy See." Should this be true, it indicates also a political approximation and union between the three GQ,vernment 4 in Italy the most interested in checking all progress and maintaining things ex actly as they are ; in fact, the King is so tenacious of power, and h's jealousy of the two border States so strong, that nothing but some strong political motive could possibly induce his Majesty to accede to a second eiition of an Austrian Concordat. The information, therefore, if true, is of evil augury for the liberties of Italy. The MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The Pe ninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Indus, Capt. a Brooks, sailed to-day for Malta and Alexandria, with the India and China mails, 106 p assengers ( w i z. , 80 first digs, 13 second, 12 servants, and 1 child) ; 2,976 boxes o f specie and jewellery for India and China, value 793,6871., and a full general cargo. The amounts of specie for the several places are as follow : Silver. Gold. Bombay £155,350 ... Ceylon Madras Calcutta Penang S!ngapore Hong Kon g Canton - Shanghai £784,084 £8,489 Among the paegengere are Mr. J. C. Bowring, Mies E. Bowring, Col. Graham and Major Burmeater, for Hong Kong ; Dr. and Mrs. Neale, for Penang ; Captain and Mrs. Cravroft, for Malta; Major Heyman, for Bombay. LITERATURE. The Days of My Life. An Autobiography. By the Author of " Margaret Maitland," &c. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This work is invested with the same charm as its predeces , ors, an attractive style, a style that pecu liarly engages attention from its earnestness and simplicity, the most trifling event, the smallest de tail of domestic life acquires an importance and in terest fiorn the manner in which it is brought before us. It is true that the story in question may not be so pleasing to many readers, as the author's for mer productions, as it has fewer characters, and the chief point on which the narrative turns does not always succeed so well in gaining favour. The skill is considerable, which is apparent throughout the scenes where Hester and her husband are so strangely placed. To appreciate her actions, her nature must be considered, originally proud and *sensitive, and increased by her constant companion ship with her father, whose whole life had been a prey to morbid ideas and imaginary wrongs. De prived of a mother's counsels, and shut out from much intercourse with the world, where whatever follies she might have imbibed, she must have formed a fairer estimate of social events ; it is not to be wondered at that her actions were hasty and inconsiderate. Had she not been placed in a cir cumstance of much peculiar trial, her pride might have been softened and subdued by the wisdom of advancing years, and the increased objects for thought that the business of life might have pre sented, but in her wild youth her untutored spirit was urged to the contest. She bad sufficient right on her side to be an excuse for her conscience, and her sense of dependence was lost when her father died. It is a striking illustration of the impotence of pride to sustain alone the conflict of the world, to see Hester in her trial, when real danger menaced her, she saw, and felt, that she was to blame herself, and to her credit she instantly listened to the warn ing of her thoughts, when the occasion that called them forth was removed. Edgar Southcote is a generous character, and he, like Hester, laboured under disadvantages in ais early years, which tended to diminish instead of developing his native excellences. He committed one certain act of de ceit, which, however it might be excused, could not be entirely. effaced from the consideration of his career. He learned the bitter truth, that man must not commit evil that good might arise from it. He intended, by a union with his cousin, to reinstate her in her early home, to soothe his uncle's wounded feelings at having besn displaced from the balls he had ruled over before his unexpected arri val had occurred. 'He felt a deep interest in the welfare of his relations, and a sentiment, never to be effaced, had lingered in his memory through long years, as he recalled the young maiden who had at once owned his right to be the master, and when her father iuterpesed had indignantly de clared that his witnesses were the portraits on the walls, whose features lived again in this wanderer. Af er the arrangements had Been effected for the installation of the heir, Mr. Southcote declined any intercourse with hie nephew, not from anger, but a haughty feeling he could not overcome—a fear lest he should be pitied. These thoughts were shared by his daughter, and her pride bad indre-d a fall, when she found that the very means which her father had employed to keep the intruder at a distance had ended in her being ensnared. Had tliey •MI int tined. a suitable intercourse with their relative the evil could not have occurred, but as ignorant as if he had remained in his native India of his appearance and habits, they met as a stranger the bAng they shunnel. Unprejudiced in her ideas, and natural in her manner, Hester became attached to the poor student-, as she fancied the proud possessor of their home, the head of their house to be. It is in the deception that follows that Edgar Southcote draws down upon himself long years of trial, and in a great mea sure deserves his suffering, for he sees that he had put himself out of the pale of defence. When on her return from abroad Hester found out her mis take her indignation knew no bounds. She had no one to advise her, she followed the dictates of her early guides, pride and passion, through what perils they led her, into what snares and pitfalls she fell, and how many troublous hours ehe mourned over her wasted youth, are here power fully declared t 3 us. In the peaceful days of existence all dispositions appear the same, but in the hour of trial the nice distinctions and fine varieties of humanity disclose themselves. What would have cost a gentle heroine some hours of weeping is naturally shown in Hester to have raised a volcano in her frame. Her powerlessness to redress her gfevances was the climax to her worked-up and overwrought spirit. Sho was too noble to desire revenge, but she wished to vindicate herself from the appearances her marriage would have. That she should be chosen out of pity was as wormwood to her mind, steeped in the pride caught from her father, and cherished through succeeding years by herselE Hester Soutbcote is a natural character, undisciplined and untrained, the germs of the nobly were implanted in her composition, and only wanted time and opportunity to reveal themselves. Solitude, the best nursery ground for such an ex cited temperament, proved her safety ; in the still ness of her own heart she could not be passionate ; in the majesty of nature she forgot her pride. Then in the dark hour of sorrow she went deeper and higher into the mystery of her new-found truths. Who was she to judge and condemn, an erring sinner, and what were her dearly-nu= s-d wrongs in comparison with the real apprenticeship to suffering which death, facetoface,now threatened to disclose ? It is not all who remember the reso lut;ons formed in troub'e, and of these, few prac tise them. In this the native brightness of her cha rac'er shone out to redeem her previous failings, and her high spiritthat had nerved her in her day of pride was vital to suet ain her in a better cause. It is interesting to watch the course of events in the latter portion of the story, and it is satisfactory to the reader to leave the house of Cottiswoode at last in. unity. This subject is not so attractive as those which have 'formed the groundwork of the autho ress's earlier novels, but the spirit is the same in is loftinas and integrity—in its calm but forcible up holding of truth and right; and this is a glorious standard of swami. It clothes words with beauty without the graces of language, and nerves them with might without the weapons of argument. To " look through Nature up to Nature's God" may well surpass the highest efforts of art ; and this pre-eminently expresses the feeling that animates this work. It may, therefore, be regarded with satisfaction, and hailed with welcome, as an addi tion to the higher range of romance which from time to time is distinguishable amid the horde of mediocrities, and which evidences and illustntes the fact that fiction may serve a better purpose than arnusement, and aspire to a greater than that of admiration. Married for Love. By the author of " Cousin Geoffrey," &c: 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a story well calculated to attract the reader, from, the delineation of the characters and the interest of the narrative. It is the history of Em meline Montresor, the only daughter of .. a wealthy baronet and his selfish and worldly wile. They both centre their hopes on their daughter, and till: mother in particular looks forward to her making a grand marriage. Her expectations are doomed to disappointment, for Emmeline has formed an ac quaintance with the brother of one of her schod fellows, Claude Lindsay, the son of a supposed millionnaire. Claude loves Emmeline, and corri dering that his father's wealth renders him a suit able match in her parent's eyes he demands her hand from her father. To his surprise and an ger Sir Hildebrand Montresor rejects him decidedly, having never liked him or his father. He leaves are house more resolved than ever to marry Emmeline, and circumstances favour his wishes. Emmeline who is a dutiful daughter, and whose attachm-nt is not so great as Claude's, would probably have re signed herself to her father's will, if Mr. Lindsay, a speculator, had not suddenly lost all his fortune and become bankrupt. Piiy determined Emmeline to agree to what she would otherwise have refused to do. She yielded to Claude's entreaties, and the day after she was of age, the morning after a bril liant fete in her honour in which she captivated a Duke, she left her home secretly, and became Mrs. Lindsay. The authoress has impressed her moral forcibly on the reader, not, of course, that it wrong to marry for love, but that to marry, like Emmeline, in defiance of her parents, urged by a mistaken and superficial affection, is a fatal mistake, that, sooner or later, will bring its own punish ment. To poor Emmeline it came speedily, and the groat error of her life was soon avenged. Claude unfortunately bad a sort of second cousin, Mrs. Wheedle Browne, who had secretly loved him before her marriage, a selfish, cruel, and deceitful woman. She soon became Emmeline 's evil genius. She misrepresented her to her hus band, shea.iienated his affections from her, she encouraged all his wotst qualities, and poor Emmeline soon found she 11-1:1 broken her father's heart, estranged . her mo. the-, deserted her happy home and rejected hrilliant al iances, to be neg l e cted and mali g iied, for to'l and poverty, not ev , n li g htened b y love. A dded to this her father died-very soon after her marriage, and though through the kindness of the houiekeep er , s h e managed to staal into the home which 11. , ,d o nce been hers, and cheer his last days, s h e fel wi h bitt er remorse that she had been his murderess Her mother had taken advantage of her father's first indignation and confusion of mind after the fit which immediately seized him, to get him to exec ute a will, excluding his daughter, and thus the young . couple had nothing to live upon with the exception of two hundred a yew; belonging to Emmeline. This small sum was much increased by her industry in copying paintings, for her bus t and's want of application and industry prevented him from earning anything in his profession as a barrister. The t rou bl es o f th e un dutiful daughter and neglected wife soon increased. Her husband, under the evil influence of Mrs. Wheedle Browne, found fault with all she did and soon began to threaten her through her child, her only solace. Af;er much suffering her brother sud denly returns from his travelß, and soon rescues his sister from her miserable position. Mrs. Wheedle Browne is convicted of attempting to poison Em meline, and Claude, brought to a sense of his con du t, leaves England. Emmeline and her child . live with her brother in retirement, and thus ends the history of her who had "M arr i e d f or L ov e." There is a tragedy in low life as well. Ruth Redd", Emmeline's favourite mail, who assists her elor ment, is married on the same day, under very siml• lar circumstances, and after much ill-usage is mur dered by her husband in a fit of passion. The stel is well written, and the interest sustained through' out. It may perhaps be charged with a little ex" aggeration. The deterioration of Claude is a li3ao , t too rapid, and the character of Mrs. Wheedle Browne would have been more natural if she bad_ not ended her career by attempted murder. Ems 3o- - line herself is a charming character, and enlists th e reader's sympathies on her side, notwithstanding her disobedience. Time and reflection soon -Laugh!. her how great had been her error in deceiving aw l, deserting her parents, even had the object of ber affection been more worthy of it. The story leaves her looking forward to the chance of a re..encilir tion with Claude, but contented to remain in her retirement should her hopes be disappointed. llt ". is well calculate) to interest and instruct its tone is elevated and its style simple and pleasiug; It is likely to extend the rep u t a ti on o f the audio') roar, and to fascinate the reader, though its interest is of course of a melancholy character. Its ()NV' is to show that Love, however sincere for the timet can never be a sub-titute for Principle, and tbat deceit and di , obedience can never bring a blessmit even should the heroin e h ave " married for love. Three Years in California. BY J. D. Botthvrislci Blackwood and Sons. The discovery of gold in Australia and the cows!: quent emigration from this country, together pith the astonishing results, have fo r l ong h ad the e ffec t of throwing California into the shad e , So much, however, has been written and said on the sub' ject of Australian mining that the public have come to think they "kno w a ll a b ou t it," An d are , 01 course, comparatively indifferent to any further particulars than a-e c om p r i se d i n th e di scovery an d working of new gold fields. One result of o ' 4 at ite of feeling is, the appearance of a work like to present, at this juncture, so far from being inePe tune, is well-timed, an d th e author 'nay reasonal hope to be read and apprec i ated. The pert of his sojourn in California com mence d i n 185" when the Californan gold fever was at its he ght in the "United States of America, an d wou therefore terminat e i n 1854 . So that some Or e : or more years hav e i n t ervene d b etween its extre me limit and the p rese nt t i me. T he author was at Nelv a York when he caught the prevailing infection, a n with the eager haste of the day made his prepsi 3. Lions, and took ship w ith a party of Cali f or ut , emigrants of v ar i ous na ti ons, but chistr. , Americans, for Ch agrEs . I n due time 11't party arrived at th a t p l ace i n safety, and _,Oll author crossed the I s th mus an d reached Yana' On arriving at this a t igewe h ave a graph i c d e sell tion of that wild and picturesque town and its I' o markable inhabitants, followed by his voYag e . T .l San Francisco, with its hardships, and his aria there. The appearan ce o f thi s city , we are t°' - ' was of quite a makeshift and temporary c harac terl It exhibited, howev er , an immense amount of v ita e ; lity compressed into a small compass, and a de r of earnestness was observable, says the 8 111 '4 in every man's daily life. This earnestness',. may be guessed , was not least noticeable in gambling-houses, which were both numerous the splendid, and in the records of crime. On other hand, a real, solid, and desirable progro g the refinement s o f c i v ili sat i on b ecame indispu t3 apparent on closer observation. A good 10 0 pages are devoted to an account of the place ; 0a we can do no more than remark they will be fo b worthy of perusal. F rom F ranc i sco th e au' started for Sacramento by steam-boat, and after, brief delay pushed on for Hangtown, bef0r,,,,1 arrival at which ominously named town be obts l 7 o - . his first view of the scene of his intended lab°, ° 4o Ariived at the diggings the author and his pan u 'l% set to work as soon as possible, and for about weeks worked their " claim" very successtunt when the creek becoming dry, thereby eutw,.., ing a wait until next session, he _ sold 0 7,, interest and started for Nevada, a mining city, 6 „ 1 ",, route to the Yuba river, to take a glance at the mines in its vicinity. After much wanderiug_.'' finally returned to San Francisco where his nail" tive terminates. The reader has, therefore' to imagine a well-informed, eat erprisi% and intelligent traveller, with an all ° e b eye for the picturesque, for so long a space in 8 1 0 a wild romantic c oun t r y, p eop l e d b y a dvent- 11 1 i in a certain so r t o f k eep i ng w i t h i t, to forlll4, general idea of the v a l ue o f th e p r esent vt Americans, English, Fr e n c h, G ermans , Mexicr , e i Indians, Chin e se, & c ., pass under big r°,. / . 1 .4. and elicit his candid comments on their pecot:: 4 ties and capabilities. Th e lif e o f c i t i es, o f v 111 95, of travel, of the diggings—the gaming•table, bull-fight, the bear-fight, the ball, the th o . l , ti s the rude ho ve l, t h e more or less p ,reteett. hotel, the pl a i n , th e mounta i n, the ralm: B , the rivet', the creek, the gold mine, all 08 , 0 0 produced with a fid e li ty and a vigour " e r calculated to m a k e a more th an ordinary illribe sion on the mi n d o f th e rea d er. The value 01,...-03 work is enhanc e d by severa l lithographs 'as sketches by the au th or , ill ustrat i ng some ,L most striking scenes he witnessed in his adre,""" 4 „. Australian E ssa y s on S u bj ects Political, ..ov9;eo. and Religious. By James Norton, Esq.' ; 0 0, London : Longman, Brown, Green, Long a and Rober s. It is with much pleasure we notice this " 1 1; of Essays from the Antipodes. Their appear all iwit a good sign , and their merit far from incen.„, Bl . o * able. Mr. i'orton possesses a fine, if no t a brul t,o l "., intellect, and that supported and directed by . siderable discrimination and high moral print It is to his credit that, during his thirty-four ye ,- ; of arduous pr o f ess i ona l d u ti es , h e h as f oun d till It ; perhaps made it, to v i n di ca t e th e higher dent o f of our nature in th e thi c k, an d f or th e benefi t the eager money-hunting community aul° e a whom his lot has been cast. His essa y s 11 % no indulgence, though fairly entitled to ke as wi.l be admitted when it is added they 018 . 0 . their appearance not under his personal sull n oi tendence, Iv that of a f r i en d .. Of the relig',.let essays we shall say no more t h an that they a° "'o and pointed, and are characterised by the 6 3n 131 independence of th oug h t which pervades the D 341,4. and political. The latter are deserving of the ous considerati on o f a ll w h o s e t store on our colon ; the clai ms o f th e co l on i sts on and as agaiot„ir , neglectful m o th er coun t ry b e i ng l uc i dly and -ia perately stated. Among the moral essays tllt a a one on " Beauty," another on " The Memory, T o o a third, a decidedly a ble one , by way o f refuts", of a portion of the theo r y a d vance d i n ,c ay ages of the Creation." None of the er 4l 5 are long—some of them are very siLchio the author, as he broadly i n ti ma t es ill ar ol preface, having no liking for com p os iti on s— ' m g of sound and fury, signifying nothing." One tb' o s we must not omit to notice : his friend has cl°,4 him justice—the book is tastefully got up, Iw o may, in conclusion , be recommended generally elegant and valuable gift book as well as a nott , able contribution to English literature. Louis Napoleon, Emperor of the French. o n Biography. By J. A. St. John. Chappl and Hall. feoedxultiveffie indeed nor set sode be ned almost is a yt ug oi rtfr. The author of this volume has taken for will cult, PinrtimPrailaie°7cfol:taut-hhilniYiisncivhgoeafrsal attentiono,siatniocil motto, living, who se vidious task, to write the biography of a nun s t . o l • the circumstances of whose career are especially cei, e s, lated for the development of conflicting opilli ° o The autaor, seeing the difficulties of his task, o r wisely resolved to avoid either extreme. the renders d p e e r e s4 ticipates that the extreme members of all paro, bul l he be displea-ei w ith t h e mo d erat i on of his vzietlis asserts that hi s a i m h as b een t o forestsh,ore decisions of pc)sterity, and d raw a f a ithf u l pi, e it of the p resent state of affairs in France and t ereu causes. It i s no t diffi cu l t to d i scover which eg his opinion s or par ti a lit y i nc li nes, h ut h e aPP to to have confined his recital in a great measure co . events. The gre at es t p or ti on o f th e wor k i 9 ° c eat pied by th e ear li er p or t on o f th e E mperor ' s car e and to mo s t rea d ers f am ili ar w i t h t h e dotalio. modern politics, and weary of th e p er p e tual ooP t dictions of opposing partisan s , thi s w ill be the most interesting. • *l l London, University Cale n dar, 1857, conta lo 4 . o , the information such a w o rk can b e expectad ', t o sish—informationnecessaryto the s udeut, and at .i . El Line time interesting to such as feel concervo u vo , the progress made at the metropolitan seat of ittg, at all events the college of the metrop ° o f Am: - •ng the contents, the Examination Parer° ls . 1856, and the Classical subjec s for the Matiicwiti tion and B.A. Eialunia' ions in 1857 and 18 58 ) be noticed,