The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-25 00:00:00

DAY • ) was °con isposing which were ire usually of the yet ENT. clock. le CheDeo . and Beier• ime:-- 1 q: the NW'. coin Bliaie am Bolton tition fro° an intl° il e dethroor USSELIP Dn from the d uc t of ti :reland, OP tu3selL s )ns fror li „, le of v 07,, d; and ej s s. guar ditairi iSVS. . fiend of 11 0 ,f the nod e the enact' ing for re' Ist the pro' T. .oni the e h ure, h ic ; terests io • • 011 pet!t1 011 land. _ Kenrick O. ~ I t was or s of London D. eturn of all o held spy emolument, 'oble Friens " al l tbos. Da peL t ` e to go 'Pjf DUld hi n3S t e i motion as did 611° a ,rd (- 1 49" f d . o to lu i r ing • a _ : , h tor iP . he inters " le bed oble after alg t rot raying ling ;get Clo d ,isi reit - r tt, Dr' lino rtensf , ) 0, an Moffatt' sit er, f Inks 0 * iji MOO $1 r g lject 04 •nto ),* scent2,o the drew borers ow bleb A 0 imole jl e y how til e r ► Son. bar and ot ,‘ t bl lions °P,ct , .ral ei7 - t be ption ot id terfordf e 1 lo wing °' l/ 0 dared W ep wh atel eif b or ne C h oo , resigutit i l em a ,0 O 0 Serve t°, r , ent to into rt the en' Ar y H on oursb l : by wh t. i ii er o t h e effect wou4 sought la he new P, i nce , so ar t to the 3d wit h j i be peal of xat of be eo — t he now, 9t 6 10 le whole' LAST IsIDIA. HOUSE—(THIS DAY). A quarterly general court of the directorS and propri e t ors of this company was held this day in the theatre of the East India House, Leadenhall-street. The Court was also made s pecial for the following reason, namely, ‘• to call the atten tion of the proprietors to the fact of the existence of a recent c orrespondence between the Home authorities and the Go teruor-General of India relating to the case o f the de p osed Raja of Sattara, and to the circumstance of the exclusion this correspondence from the return dated India House, !..,st of July, 1847, made pursuant to an order of the H ouse of '-'ocamons, dated August 28th, 1846, in order that the pro- Prietors may take the proper steps to have the corre spondence in question laid before them without further delay." At twelve o'clock precisely, the Governor, Sir James Weir 'egg, the Deputy-Governor, and a full attendance of direc !Ors, entered the Court, and the minutes of last meeting R aring been read, and some ordinary business transacted. RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. jAMRS ARTHUR LEWIS proceeded to call attention to the case of the ex-Raja of Sattara, and said, that on one subject, that Court (whatever opinion they might have en tertained upon the justice of his claims) had always a g reed, namel that all the papers connected with the circumstance of his deposition and present retirement sh ould be p laced before the proprietors, and they held that the suppression of 8401 papers would leave the directors open to charges which were butt r avoided. It would be reme mbered that at a v Court; held on the 18th March , 1843, Mr. George .thompson had read a communication showing that t he Government of a former da y had offered t erms to the present ex - Raja , t erms involving a r etirement, and an annual revenue suited to his station, if he would peaceably vacate his throne. The Go t'ernor of that Company seemed taken by surpr ise that this c onversation existed, and he expressed his entire ignorance that such terms had been offered. What was the duty of the Governor and of the Court under these circumstances ? hat, but to make inquiry into the truth or falsehood of the uocument and to report to the Court of Propr ietors u p on the subject. Why withhold these papers ? Did the fact that t hese papers passed through:the secret Committee, make them confidential?—(Hear, hear.) But why should such a docu 'tient at all have passed through the secret Committee ? But it was said that these papers were surreptitiously ob tained. But supposing that to be true,— assuming it to be , how did it affect the righ t of the p roprietors to the Raja? But of those papers. H ow did it affect the case of the But he denied that they were so obtained. The pa rs were ordered by the comma nd of the House of Commons. t did this objection come with a good grace from the Court of Directors? Was it not the Bombay Government that employed lialajee Punt Nator, when a Prime Minister of the Raja, to watch over and act the spy upon the conduct of his master? Was it not that Government that hired their own servants to make out a case against the Raja? He would not refer (although he might well do so) to more of these atrocious actions, but he thought it ill became the Governor of Bombay, in this matter, to t hrow the first stone. He trusted, therefore, that no further objection of this kind would be offered to the production of these Pap ers . Th e H on . P ro prietor then read a letter f r o m t Ir. Hume, M.P., one of the requisitionists for calling this Meeting, excusing his absence, and also a copy of the letter written by that gentleman to Sir John Cam Hobhouse, with respect to the case of the ex-Raja. The Hon. Proprietor concluded by moving the following resolutions : " That, inasmuch as all papers relating to the ex-Raja of Sattara, and hitherto recorded in the secret department, have been produced and laid before the Court of Proprietors, this Court resolves that the Court of Directors be respect fully requested to obtain the sanction of the Board of Control for the secret Committee of the Court, to lay before the Committee of the Court of Proprietors all corres pondence which has passed between the home authorities led the Government of India, in relation to or concerning the ex-Raja of Sattara, which arose id consequence of a com munication, publicly made to the Court of Proprietors at the Quarterly General Court, held on the 18th of March, 1846, lied which has not yet been communicated to this Court." General BRIGGS seconded the resolution. (The meeting had not concluded when our report left.) GREECE AND THE PORTE. LETTER OF KING OTHO OF GREECE TO THE SULTAN. May it please your Majesty,—A vexatious incident threatens to compromise the good understanding be tween the two Crowns which Providence has confided to u s . This good understanding may be reinforced for the present, and assured for the future, by a frank and honest explanation. Why should I hesitate to give it spontaneously ? Your Majesty will, I am firmly convinced, under stand the sentiments of perfect confidence and pro found esteem which counsel me to take a step the object of which is too high to be made the object of false interpretations. In claiming for a royal guarantee the respect which Was due to it, I conscientiously feel that I fulfilled a duty Which, for the interest of the sovereign dignity, I should Bee eonfided to the hands of your Majesty with en tire security. Moved by this sentiment, I addressed a reproa c h to the representative of a prince for whom I profess a sincere affection. I was not induced to do so Y the fact which seems to have been the onl y motive of Th — Y words. 5u P or some time the attitude and conduct of M. Mus • p4 i t a t the subject of different representations on the me tr uf my Government to that of your Majesty, gave the frr" uneasiness with respect to the maintenance of and g0 e : 441 3' are commonand nehbourly relltiens so precious to me, inr o ta n nt to the two countries whose interests In test' so many points, and by so many rights. not sol. 51" the dissatisfaction which made me feel, much a refusal as the proceedings which ac companied it, I especially expressed a feeling of solici tude, often sh are d I doubt not by your Majesty , who labours with a noble ardour for the pacific progress of the people confided to your Government. This is the true and complete explanation of my words ; they were only addressed to him ,who forgot the high object of his commission. This explanation I have thought it honest to give complete. Your Ma jesty will consider the resolutions that will be counselled by your wisdom. As for myself, I feel that this explanation, freely given, is as conformable to my duties as it is to the feelings of my heart. Thus, I entertain a firm hope— I think I may say, a certainty—that your Majesty will find therein a proof that, like your Majesty, I place my real honour on the ground commanded by the Almighty, and that my most ardent desire is to maintain harmony between two crowns, between two nations, whose glory and prosperity, far from being rival, have everything to obtain from a mutual assistance. Upon which I pray God that he may keep you, most high, most excellent, and most potent Emperor, our well beloved neighbour and ally, under his holy and condign protection.—Your very dear and perfect friend, Athens, the Ist (13th) February, 1847. OTHO. The Sultan's reply is as follows: — I have received the letter which your Majesty ad dressed to me under data of the let of February. lam mach obliged for the sentiments of friendship which your Majesty therein manifests towards me, and for the desire which you express for the constant maintenance of the happy relations established between the two Go vernments., and I hasten to assure you that my heart also partakes of those sentiments and that desire. As to the deplorable incident to which reference is made in that letter, it has seemed to me more suitable to the dignity of the two crowns, and more conformable to the matters which must consolidate our mutual friend ship, to confide the solution of this question to my Sublime Porte and to the Ministers of your Majesty. In consequence the necessary orders have been given to that effect. Your Majesty will, doubtless, see in the choice of this form of procedure a rroof of my considera tion and my sincere friendship, as well as of the desire which I have to banish everything that may tend to endanger the existence of that friendship. I pray God to keep your Majesty always under his lllprotection. the 13th Rebi-ul-evril, 1263 (Ist March, 1847.) FATAL OCCURRENCE AT THE CAMDEN STATION or THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—A. fatal accident took place on Tuesday afternoon, at the Cam den-station of the London and North-Western Railway, on the premises in the occupation of Messrs. Pickford, the rail- Way carriers. It appears that for some months past, a num ber of workmen in the employ of Messrs. Piper and Co., builders, of Bishopsgate, have been engaged in erecting additional warehouses for Messrs. Pickford, the basement of which is supported by arches, forming a capacious stabling, On Tuesday afternoon the men, chiefly carpenters, were em ployed in finishing the stables, when suddenly four of the arches gave way with a frightful crash, burying the poor fellows who were at work in the ruins. As soon as the con sternation had subsided, a number of men set to work to re move the rubbish. Four of the unfortunate men were so deeply buried, that a considerable time elapsed before they could be extricated, and they were got out frightfully muti lated and apparently lifeless ; but they were at once con veyed to University College Hospital. Every one of the poor fellows was in a state of insensibility on their arrival, and one of them died in an hour after admission. The following statement of the house surgeon, as to the injuries sustained by the men, will show the fright ful nature of the accident. Edward Whitman (since dead), a carpenter, aged 35, residing at 41, Middlesex-street, Somers -town, was found, on admission, to have sustained a scalp wound and fracture of the skull, crushing in the whole of the right ride of the forehead from the temple to the nose, several ribs crushed in upon the lungs, a compound fracture of both bones of the right leg, a dislocation of the left ancle, and other injuries. William Edwards, carpenter, aged 30, residing at 32, Warren-street, Camden-town, comminated fracture of the left thigh, and compound dislocation of the left ancle joint, fracture of the tibia, severe bruises about the forehead and face, a wound on the head, with consider able extravasation oeblood under the scalp. George blurfin, aged 20, carpenter, residing at 3, Prospect-place, Islington, dislocation of the ancle j,int, severe wound in the back of the head, very severe contu sions of the left arm, and other injuries. Jeremiah Mayhoe, aged 21, labourer, of 6, Hill street, Finsbury, severe injury to the lower part of the spine. Another man, named William Sanders, was also severely in jured. On instituting inquiries into the cause of the accident, it is accounted for by the breaking of a tension rod, conse quent, it is supposed, on the insecurity of the brickwork, oc casioned by its being built during the late frost. On inquiry at the hospital yesterday it was ascertained that the other sufferers are still in a dangerous condition. MODEL LODGING-HOUSES FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES.—The new model lodging-house, in George-street, St. Giles's, of the Society for the improvement of the La bouring Classes, is nearly completed, and will shortly be opened. It will accommodate 100 labouring men, each of whom will have a separate sleeping place, with the use of large living-room, a kitchen, store-room, washing-room, and every necessary convenience. The sum to be charged will be fourpeuce per night. The cost of the building will, lode pendent of the site of ground, which was purchased for 1,2701. amount to about 5,5001. Among the principal subscribers are, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, 1001. The Corpora tion of London, 3001., &c. &c. AN UNTcrLikanDREAM.—A respectable auctioneer of Chesterfield was so troubled a short time back with a dream, as led him to inflict upon himself a serious injury while under its influence. He dreamt that he was much troubled with a nutshell that had become jammed between his teeth, and so strong was that impression, that he tugged violently at the supposed shell to relieve himself from it. ; awakening with his efforts, he found to his great consterna tion that he had pulled out a sound double tooth, which had been the night before a firm-set and serviceable grinder, but which he then held between his finger and thumb. —Derby THE 81.1 - N, .1.401 4 41)014, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 147. AMERICAN NEW 6. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. By the packet-ships Garrick and M o ntezuma we h ave accounts from New York to the 4th and 6th inst. inelu- sive, respectively. These accounts ere important. The session of Congress had closed. The Three Million Bill had received previously the sanction of both branches of the Legislature. The Wilmot proviso against slavery was rejected. The votes on this proviso were, in the senate, 31 to 21; in the house, 112 to 97. The final votes on the passage of the Bill were, in the senate, 29 to 24; and in the house, Ilb to 82. The following is the substance of the Bill: " This resolution enables the President to conclude a treaty of peace, 14;nits and boundaries, with theyepublie of Mexico, to be used by him in the event that said treaty, when signed by the authorized agents of the two Governments, and duly ratified by Mexico, shall call for the expenditure." The House of Representatives had refused to sanction the levy of a duty on tea and coffee. The Irish Relief Bill passed the senate, but was thrown out in the house by a vote of 102 to 53. The War and Mail Steamers Bill, one clause of which provides for the establishment of a line of four steamers to run between New York and Liverpool, had received the approval of Congress. The Hon. David Tod had been appointed Minister to Brazil, vice Mr. Wise, recalled at his own request. Mr. Rush, of Pennsylvania, had been appointed Minister to the Court of France. Late accounts had been received from the seat of war: " WASHINGTON, MARCH 5. The schooner Cora arrived at New Orleans on the 26th ult. from Brazos, the 19th. The intelligence of the prospect of an action at Saltillo is confirmed. All General Taylor's outposts are said to be driven in, and an attack, if made at all, was expected during the first few days of February. " General Taylor's command at Saltines would exceed 6,000 men. Many believed, that when the Mexicans found him in such force, the idea of an attack would be abandoned. " Very many officers were still of opinion that Santa Anna meditated no serious blow in that quarter, and that the movement was but a feint, and that he will lead the main body of his forces to Vera Cruz. " Rumours have reached New Orleans by this arrival that a general engagement had taken place. The Picayune attaches no credit to them. " Much apprehension was felt at Matamoras of an attack by General Urrea, who is understood to be on this side of the mountains with 4,000 men, 2,000 of them not to be surpassed by any in the Mexican service; the remainder are Rancheros. " Colonel Drake, commanding at Matamoras, has pro vided muskets and ammunition for citizens in case of an attack, and had sent to Point Isabel for several pieces of ordnance. " The Picayune does not deem the danger threatening the Matamoras very imminent. " Troops were embarking at the mouth of the Rio Grande as rapidly as possible. General Scott sailed on the 13th. " General Worth had not left on the 19th, and would not until the whole command was en shipboard. It was not supposed that the army could move from the island of Lobos before the 18th of March." We extract from the Washington Union the following:— " We understand that letters have been received from Major-General Scott as late as the 14th of February at the Brazos. He was making exery arrangement to re move the troops to the island of Lobos; but, contrary to his expectation, the ten transports which had been engaged at New Orleans, and the others which had been cispatched from the northern ports, had not yet arrived. It is certain that they must have arrived there from both ports before this time. The ordnance, too, had not got to its place of destination. , A cc ounts had been received that the M exican troo p s were pouriug into Vera Cruz, principally in consequence of the dispatches which had been intercepted on the per son of Lieutenant Richey, of the infantry. "It is also said, on highly respectable authority, that a French merchantman had just found its way into Vera Cruz with 10,000 stand of arms and 20 tons of gun powder on board. It remains to be seen in what man ner this vessel eluded our blockading squadron. "It is said that Commodore Perry, who left Wash ington a few days ago to embark in the steamer Mis sissippi (lately repaired at Norfolk), within a week goes to the Gulf to take the command of our squadron. " General Scott had not received any very recent dispatches from General Taylor, but accounts had reached him from Monterey of the report that Major Bor land, with about 50 soldiers of the Arkansas mounted re_iment, had been taken by the Mexicans ; but it was also said that Major Gaines and the mounted Ken tuckians were not there when the Arkansas Dragoons were captured." Later intelligence had been received from Vera Crux —namely, to the 4th ult. Our letters from the squadron are to the 4th, and ear Vera Cruz papers to the 2d. General Valencia has been relieved of his command, and his place supplied by General Vazquez. The Mexicans, having become convinced that Vera Cruz is to be the object of attack, have set about fortifying the passes on the road to Mexico. The merchants of Jutapa have been called upon for a loan of 4,000 dolls. to fortify the Puente istacionel. ltejon and Iriarte have entered upon the discharge of their duties as Secretaries of Foreign Affairs and Fi nances. Guevara has resigned the post of Minister of Justice. We do not find anything from San Luis, and cannot say whether Santa Anna has marched thence. The Mexican papers are crowded T ula with the move ments of our troops. At S an Luis, and Jalapa, they are on the alert for the advance of General Scott. Commodore Connor bad been superseded by Com modore Perry in command of the Gult squadron. By way of Havannah, news from Merida had been re ceived at New Orleans to the 6th ult. The forces of Campeachy bad entered Merida, the city having capi tulated. Senor D. Domingo Barret has been nominated Governor of Yucatan. The Government and Council of State ate transferred to Campeachy. The blockade of Laguna and Campeachy had been suspended so long as the most absolute neutrality should be observed, and vessels could come and go freely which should not attempt to carry by stealth munitions of war. , The Irish Relief Fund in New York amounted j 55,000 One vessel with the supplies of American charity had already been dispatched trom New York for Ireland. A second was to follow. COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK, Mimi( s.—The markets were mostly quiet, and presented little change since yesterday's report. The uncertainty about freights tended to check operations. The large number of vessels which arrived a few day since, which, it was believed at first, would have reduced the rates of freights, it seems, from the fact of many of them being engaged previous to arriral, the expected decline was not realised. Within a day or two, easterly winds have again prevailed, and a number of vessels being due, it was supposed many were off the coast, ready to enter the harbour on a change of wind to the south. In this state of uncertainty, the rates to Liverpool, though nomi nally the same, were rather heavy. Small sales of Genesee flour were made at 7 dollars ; Southern was quiet at 6 dol lars 50c. to 6 dollars 75c. A sale of red wheat was made at 1 dollar 50c. Corn was less firm, and sales were freely made at 90c. to 95c. for Southern white, and at 95c. for Southern yello!v ; Prime Northern yellow sold from 95c. 98c. to 99c Provisions were quiet at yesterday's rates, with some sales of lard, and clear middles of pork. Groceries were steady, with a fair amount of sales, if we except coffee, which conti nued dull. The celebrated picture of the Death of Nelson, which not only gained for Drummond the premium, but so much deserved renown, is to be sold at Robins's auction rooms to-morrow. We also noticed a pair of beautiful Fete Champetres, by Watteau, several fine pictures from the col lection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, many capital Italian and Dutch pictures, a genuine Morland, and some choice sea pieces, by the well known Powell, all, it is said, collected by a well known connoisseur. A collection of very beautiful Italian sculpture has been publicly exhibited at Robins's Auction Rooms during the week. There is an endless variety of exquisite groups and figures, which surpass all former efforts of the modern sculptor, whilst vast taste is shown n in the selection of the subjects. The rare marbles of E seat d T s lendsclano)b" esculptured into noble tazzas and vases, b pre .we p noticed a i trhl) colos coration for the sal pair of tazzas, far surpassing in elaborateness of ' scul - The sale takes pla p c; tore any before seen in this country. gallery and !ill this day. ot a converted B APT ISM OF A Jaw. —Yesterday 2,000 and 3,000 persons attended a e,l,bßetegewenetn Regent street, to witness the interesting ceremony i l Israelite el beenite tieing el n publicly ic c l o y m b , the Christian earptt,isned.ynnAngdevinentnio.nalansereavic jeohseapvb bßyretmbenerß, Rev. Dr. l r e . d L i i n ef t n o b t i h in e pasulptint,bwi:.iievrieelhoe of f a n s interrogated religion, to which he gave the most satisfactory an„swe.rss.i. He stated that his father and mother were both of the Jewish persuasion, and that he had been brought up in the strictest forms of that religion. When he was sixteen years of age his father died, and two years after his mother also died. He and his two brothers were then left in the care of some relatives until they became of age, when they Caine into possession of their property left them by their parents. After some time the three separated, each taking a different route. The elder brother came to England, and, under a clergyman, conviction was brought home to him that the religion be had been following was not right, and he embraced Christianity. The convert was then baptised by the Doctor in the name of the Trinity. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The following Post-office notice has been issued The Postmaster-General having been informed by the Director-General of the French Post office that correspondence forwarded by the French Mediter ranean packets to the Papal States is liable to a further charge on delivery, letters, henceforward addressed to these states, when directed to be forwarded by French Packets, cannot be paid in advance to their destination, although they may still be forwarded unpaid, as at present. By "vier of the Postmaster General. General Post-office, March 23. LW CATHOLIC CHAPEL.-- The long-pending negociation for the purchase of a piece of ground in King Edward's-road, Mare-street, Hackney, for the erection of a building for Catholic worship, has been effected, and the foundation .stone laid a few days ago. A supper to the work men engaged was given at the Dolphin Tavern, on Monday night. LITERATURE. THE HISTOtYY OF ENG 1./1 durrna Thirty Years Peace. By Charles Knight. L\ o. IV. After an interval of nearly twelve months, Mr. Knight resumes his valuable historical labours. The work, he tells us, will be completed in one volume of 1,000 pages. The present volume contains the history of the year 1817—of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, of the atrocious spy system of Sidmouth, and of the numerous State trials of that year, which will be ever memorable for the death of the Princess Charlotte and the acquittal of Hone. The trials of Hone are thus graphically described by Mr. Knight :-- "On the morning of the 18th of December there is a considerable crowd round the avenues of Guildhall. An obscure bookseller, a man of no substance or respecta bility in worldly eyes, is to be tried for libel. He rends his wares in a little shop in the Old Bailey, where there are, strangely mingled, twopenny political pamphlets, and old harmless folios that the poor publisher keeps for his especial reading as he sits in his dingy back parlour. The door-keepers and officers of the court scarcely know what is going to happen ; for the table within the bar has not the usual covering of crimson bags, but ever and anon a dingy boys arrives with an armful of books of all ages and sizes, and the whole table is strewed with dusty and tattered volumes that the ushers are quite sure have no law within their mouldy covers. A middle-aged man,—a bland and smiling man,—with a half sad half merry twinkle in his eye,— a seedy man, to use an expressive word, whose black coat is wondrouc brown and threadbare,—takes his place at the table, and begins to turn over the books which were his heralds. Sir Samuel Shepherd, the Attorney General, takes his seat; and looks compassionately, as was his nature to do, at the pale man in threadbare black. Mr. Justice Abbott arrives in due time; a special jury is sworn; the pleadings are opened; the Attorney General states the case ageing William Hone, f:.r printing and publishing an impious and profane libel upon the Catechism, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Command ments, thereby bringing into contempt the Christian re ligion; "It may be said," argued the Attorney-General, " that the Defendant's object was not to produce this effect. I believe that he meant it, in one sense, as a political squib ; but his responsibility is not the less." As the Attorney-General proceeded to read passages from the parody upon the Catechism, the crowd in court laughed ; the bench was indignant; and the At torney-General said, the laugh was the fullest proof of the baneful effect of the defendant's publication. And so the trial went on in the smoothest way, and the case for the prosecution was closed. Then the pale man in black rose, and with a faltering voice set forth the diffi culty he had in addressing the Court, and how his poverty prevented him obtaining counsel. And now he began to warm in the recital of what he thought his wrongs ; his commitments ; his hurried calls to plead ; the expense of copies of the informations against him ; —and as Mr. Justice Abbott, with perfect gentleness, but with his cold formality, interrupted him, the timid man, whom all thought would have mumbled forth a hasty defence, grew bolder and bolder, and in a short time had possession of his audience as if he were some well-graced actor' who sy.ps there to receive the tribute of popular admiration. They were not to inquire whether he were a member of the Established Church or a Dissenter ; it was enough that he professed himself to be a Christian ; and he would be bold to say, that he made that profession with a reverence for the doctrines of Christianity which could not be exceeded by any person in that court. He had his books about him, and it was from them that he must draw his defence. They had been the solace of his life. He was too much at tached to his books to part with them. As to parodies, they were as old at least as the invention of printing ; and he never heard of a prosecution for a parody, either religious or any other. There were two kinds of paro dies ; one in which a man might convey ludicrous or ridiculous ideas relative to some other subject ; the other where it was meant to ridicule the thing parodied. The latter was not the case here, and therefore he had not brought religion into contempt' This was the gist of William Hone's defence. To show fully how this argu ment was worked,—with what readiness, what coolness, what courage,—would be to transcribe the trials of three days ; on the first of which the defendant spoke six hours, on the second seven hours, and on the last eight hours. It was in vain that the Attorney General urged that to bring forward any previous parody was the same thing as if a person charged with obscenity should pro duce obscene volumes in his defence. It was in vain that Mr. Justice Abbott repeated his wish that the defendant would not read such things. On he went, till inter ruption was held to be in vain. It was worse than vain; it was unjust. Truly did Hone reply to Mr. Justice Abbott, My Lord, your Lordship's observation is in the very spirit of what Pope Leo the Tenth said to Martin Luther,—' For God's sake don't say a word about the indulgences and the monasteries, and I'll give you a living ;'—thus precluding him from men tioning the very thing in dispute. I must go on with these parodies, or I cannot go on with my defence.' Undauntedly he went on, from the current literature of the time, such as grave lawyers read in their few hours of recreation, to the forgotten volumes of old theology and polemical controversy, that the said grave lawyers of modern days are accustomed to regard as useless lumber. The editor of Blackwood's Magazine was a parodist,—he parodied a chapter of Ezekiel; Martin Luther was a parodist—he parodied the first Psalm; Bishop Latimer was a parodist, and so was Dr. Boys, Dean of Canterbury; the author of the was a parodist; and so was Mr. Canning. Passage after passage did Hone read from author atter author. He thought it was pretty clear that Martin Luther did not mean to ridicule the Psalms; that Dr. Boys did not mean to ridicule the Lord's Prayer; that Mr. Canning did not mean to ridicule the Scriptures. Why, then, should it be presumed, that he had such an intention? As soon as he found that his parodies had been deemed offensive, he had suppressed them, and that he had done long before his prosecution. It was in vain that the Attorney General replied that Martin Luther was a libeller, and Dr. Boys was a libeller. The judge charged the jury in vain. William Hone was acquitted, After a quarter of an hour's deliberation." " But Guildhall saw another sight.' With the next morning's fog, the fiery Lord Chief Justice rose from his be'), and with lowering brow took his place in that judgment-seat which he deemed had been too mercifully filled on the previous day. The mild firmness of the poor publisher, and his gentlemanly sense of the absence of harshness in the conduct of his first trial, had won for him something like respect: and when on one occasion Mr. Justice Abbott asked him to forbear reading a particular parody, and the defendant said, Your Lordship and I understand each other, and we have gone on so good-humouredly hitherto, that I will not break in upon our harmony,' it became clear that the puisne judge was not the man to enforce a ver dict of guilty on the second trial. Again Mr. Hone entered the court with his load of books, on Friday, the 19th of December. He was this day indicted for pub lishing an impious and profane libel, called The Litany, or General Supplication.' Again the Attorney- General affirmed that wnatever might be the object of the de tendant, the publication had the effect of scoffing at the public service of the Church. Again the defendant essayed to read from his books, which course he con tended was essentially necessary for his defence. Then began a contest which is perhaps unparalleled in an English court of justice. Upon Mr. Fox's Libel Bill, upon ex officio informations, upon his right to copies of the indictment without extravagant charges, the de fendant battled his judge,—imperfect in his law, no doubt, but with a firmness and moderation that rode over every attempt to put him down. Parody after parody was again produced, and especially those parodies of the Litany which the Cavaliers employed so frequently as vehicles of satire upon the Roundheads and Puritans. The Lord Chief Justice at length gathered up his exhausted strength for his charge ; and concluded in a strain that left but little hope for the defendant : He would deliver the jury his solemn opinion, as he was required by Act of Parliament to do ; and under the authority of that Act, and still more in obedience to his conscience and his God, he pronounced this to be a most impious and profane libel. Believing and hoping that they, the jury, were Christians, he had not any doubt but that they would be of the same opinion.' The jury, in an hour and a half, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. " It might have been expected that these prosecutions would have here ended. But the chance of a convic tion from a third jury, upon a third indictment, was to be risked. On the 20th of December, Lord Ellen borough again took his seat on the bench, and the ex hausted defendant came late into court, pale and agi tated. The Attorney- General remarked upon his ap pearance, and offered to postpone the proceedings. The courageous man made his election to go on. This third indictment was for publishing a parody on the Creed of St. Athanasius, called The Sinecurist's Creed.' After the Attorney-General had finish, d his address, Mr. Hone asked for five minutes' delay, to arrange the few thoughts he had been commiting to paper. The Judge refused the small concession ; but said he would postpone the proceedings to another day, if the defendant would request the Court so to do. The scene which ensued was thoroughly dramatic. 'No ! I make no such re quest. My Lord, lam very glad to see your Lordship here to-day, because I feel I sustained an injury from your Lordship yesterday—an injury which I did not expect to sustain. . . . If his Lordship should think proper, on this trial to-day, to deliver his opinion, I hope that opinion will be coolly and dispassionately expressed by his Lordship. . . My Lord, I think it necessary to make a stand here. I cannot say what your Lordship may consider to be necessary interrup tion, bat your Lordship interrupted me a great many times yesterday, and then said you would interrupt me no more, and yet your Lordship did interrupt me after wards ten times as much. . . Gentlemen, it is you who are trying me to-day. His Lordship is no judge of me. You are my judges, and you only are my judges. His Lordship sits there to receive your verdict. . • • I will not say what his Lordship:did yesterday ; but I !rust hi. Lordship to-day will give his opinion coolly and dispassionately, without using either expression or vesture which could be construed as conveying an en .ofl hope guilty t . be jury The owerful was complete. ritinaph of the weak ove t A r i t i a i ty n tot:, btehebjc;,usereychtoedthiitnirktotahuse he did. h terms the Chief Justice, grapher o Sidmouth sou p ]. of fire,' as the bio indomitable courage of a man who quailed before the s which would seem only to be was rowed into energies "The frame long to the Mas o in the ordinary business of Yet this was a man who tin and persevering exer tion that have swayed the world. life, was incapable of e nterprise V.or a d da S i ld au en t corners of his anti tion ; who lived in the nooks and quarianisin ; who was d • re gard as a ent o e an inncuous ppottents carne to re g one that even his o ld p olitical his politics altogether, and, de voting himself to his old p oetr y an in a tea years gave up d his old divinity, hunter after " all such reading as was never read ;" who • ofgietis passed a quarter of a century after this editer conflict 6 rah ?ace with all mankind, and died the sub journal. It 7as towards the close of this remarkable trial, that the Judge, who came eager to condemn, sued for pity to his intended victim. The defendant qu , ,ted Warblikton and Tillotson, as doubters of the authenticity of the'llthanasian Cre.d. Evi n his Lordship's father, the Bishop of Carlisle, he believed, lock a similar view of the Creed.' And then the Judge solemnly said Whatever that opinion was, he has gone. Many year ago, where he has had to account for his bullet' and h opinions For common delicacy forbear:- 0, my Lord, I shall certainly forbear.' Grave and tem perate was the charge to the jury this day ; and in 20 minutes they bad returned a verdict of Nut Guilty."‘- THE ORIGINAL HISTORY OF ANC. ALWERI6A, anterior to the time of Columbus, proving the Identity cf the Aborigines with the Tyrians and Israelites, and the Introduction of Christianity into the Western Hemisphere by the Apostle St 1 haws. By George .Tones, Esq., M.R.S., F.S.V. Vol. 1., The 7 yrian ./Era. While there is no portion of a reviewer's duty more painful than to expose ignorance and presumption, there is no part of his vocation which confers greater pleasure than in rendering a just homage to intellec tual energy, and high morality. When to these na tural qualities are superadded those of classical attain ments and general accomplishments, with an unusual power of argumentative reasoning, sustained through the medium of a poetical style and language, we feel that much pleasure has been reserved fur us in noticing the above original work, from the pen of Mr. Jones. The very title seems, at the first glance, a strange anomaly. It has hitherto seemed that there were no portions of the history of mankind that had escaped the pen of historians; yet the present author unfurls his banner boldly, and justly claims a new ground on which to hurl his classic spear. But where is the locality of a people not heretofore defined as to their origin ? The reply is Ancient America. This seems as strange as the claim to have written and defined in this age, and, for the first time, an ori ginal historical theory. Yet we are compelled to award the high merit of the success obtained, in the most triumphant and enthusiastic manner, and in lan guage classic and poetical. We are compelled, we say, to award to Mr. Jones the singular merit of ac complishing, by the labour and research of years, end by sound argument, founded on inductive reasoning, a perfect triumph as to the truth of his extraordinary proposition. The volume now before us goes far to establish the fact, that the Tyrians were the abori gines of ancient America; and five prophecies of Isaiah are quoted, which the author, with great inge nuity, argues to be fulfilled by the proofs of the Tyrian sera. The period of the first peopling of the Western Continent contended for in this remark able volume is no less than 332 years B.C. Yet remote as is this antiquity, the author, by sound argument, profound learning, and scientific know ledge, compels an assent to the truth of his proposi tion, and by his bold attempt, and by the energy of an original mind, has achieved a haven for his reputation—he is as truly " the Discoverer of the Ancient History, as Columbus is of the land of the Western hemisphere." We had at first our misgiv ings that the author could not claim the qualities ne cessary for a successful historian. His poetic style and flights of fancy made us fearful of a lasting result, but we were agreeably surprised. The commence ment of the volume is a complete snare to entrap the reader to the analysis of the ruined cities ; and that analysis is founded upon scientific knowledge of the fine arts. The volume concludes in the same spirit of romance—the romance of truth, to which fiction is but a torch-bearer. The interest becomes a continual excitement. Facts are scattered throughout like jewels upon a mantle—valuable and brilliant; and the more so, for that they are taken from the casket of religion, and the archives of holy truth ; and we closed the volume with the conclusion, that the author pos sesses the essentials of a successful historian. What a field of contemplation does not this volume unfold ! Hitherto unknown cities buried in the Western hemisphere—the mouldering and time -for gotten temples and palaces of past centuries, have been brought to light and forced to disclose their mysterious origin. Two thousand years had past, oblivion seemed to have placed her unmottoed seal upon those splendid relics of the art of man. That charmed seal is broken by the wand of know ledge, and beneath its fragments are read the historic records in the sculptured language of the arts, in all their beauty of detail, and in the very majesty of their grandeur. The review by Mr. Jones, in the volume before us, of the assertion, that the original architects of the now ruined temples had no foreign origin, but sprung up indigenous to the Western Continent," is a masterpiece of criticism, and proves that Mr. Jones had the correct knowledge necessary to criticise the temples and ruins themselves. Literally, not a atom of the foundation of the proposition is left unturned, the sandy base is completely unfolded, and all this i• done with good nature and respect for the personal feelings of the author whose theory he is examining. We now propose to give a few quotations from the work itself, in order to unfold the theory, style, and language of the author. The following is from a portion of the prefatory remarks, expressive of his intent to write in a warm and fluent style, rather than with the pen of " th e ice-brook temper." The extract briefly illustrates, also, what an accumulated amount of knowledge the reader is to receive, de rived from a vivid mind, engaged for many years upon the subject-matter of the entire history. " Knowieg from experience that works upon anti quities, described in language cold as the marbles they illustrate, are not of deep interest to the general reader, the author has avoided the usual frigid style, and has placed around them such fervent and glowing words as their novel characters have authorised and demanded. In dolineating also the history of Tyrus, the chief events only are given ; and being rendered with the artistical pages con amore, the poetry of his tory, and not its dry prosaic qualities, will be received by the reader. This will be seen in the descrip tions of the classic remains, battles, and voYages, and especially, for instance, in resuscitating the ruins of Rome, and in the celebrated Tyrian siege by Alexander of Macedon ; but in this style of writing (it is sub mitted) the author has not lost sight of that high solemity demanded by the philosophy of history with out which, memorials of past ages, or of our fathers, would be useless. To give a list of works consulted during fifteen years in America, and m ore immediate ' ) for the last two years in England , while writing the Tyrian mra, would be pedantic; but no author, sacred or profane, from the first lawgiver to the present time, having even a remote reference to the western hemi sphere, has been knowingly omitted ; yet being profes sedly an original work, the volume of the brain has been more largely extracted from .than any writer whost works are already before that public to whose final judgment (upon its merits or demerits) the present author submits the " History of Ancient America" with all humility, but ho will yield to none in the conscien tious belief of the truth of the s tartling propositions, and the consequent historic conc lusions." The following unfolds the three branches of the complete History (one volume of which is already given to the public, viz., the Tyrian mera), and the original proposition of separating the aborigines into two distinct races, upon which fact is based the foun dations of the historic edifice : g anguage h followin l • upon the chieftain Tecumseh, t e vue e of extract used, and we avail ourselves of the pia the ing from our store house materials for commence ment of this new historical campaign:—The courtedoyis "In the prefatory remarks to the forthcoming work reader in tracing the fate of Tecumseh, d as e le le s te tren the pages of his life, will not fail t observef the chief ( I ) 4 t analogy between the religious sentiments o the forest, and those of the ancient Hebrews. The language as uttered by Tec umseh is non to up hold a theory of the br ain, but gathered from tht t archives of a people's history, to supp(rt at t r o y an o a pparent truth. The pre sent writerwill ) not yield Ame rica (but North Amer ica onl y ) and the ancient Israelites a re identical, unless controverted b y the stern authority ) man in the firm belie t that the aborigines of North of superior historical deductions. We therefore have formed an original theory in reference to the natives of the North and those of South and Central America, arou nd Guatemala, and by that theory have sepated tog ether with the newly-discovered ruined cities in ran ao into two distinct races or people, the aborigines of the western hemisphere. The lately recovered ruins, cities, arid temples, in Central America, end of which no ancient record is to be found, have shattered the chain of acknowledged history to atoms ; and until that chain is again united by a firmly established theory, education herself must pause ere she can, with the wand of truth, of Hebrew extraction. The assertion point to her rising children the history of the world or doubt and trembling ; for writers have its inhabitants. Suspicion has asserted that all the natives of the continent of Columbus might probably hash be a been n eb e c beene o n nf m o o u ar n i3g d ei e ni d nal b l essential contrasts in the religious customs of North and South America ; there were no analogies between them, which circumstance should have compelled historians to pursue another path of in quiry, and to obtain a conclusive truth ; but they found a Gordian knot which they could not unravel, and assuming the impatient weapon of Alexander, they de stroyed it. The architecture, however, of the ruins of Copan, Palenque , Uxmal, and their time-honoured as soc i a tes, has furnished a t rosetta stone ' to aid the new translation of the hieroglyphical history of (now) An cient America ; and if our theory is true, not only have the Islaelites walked the land where the sun bestows his last smile, but another nation (in which was retained the primitive language of the diluvian world) previously trod that soil as aborigines ; and beyond all this, i• our thread of Ariadne lead us faithfully, if nut the Al mighty father, who gave the thought, will pardon its application : yes, beyond all the bounding feelings leap ing at events, at once classic and venerated, do we con template another branch of our theory ; for if we not write in error—and our perfect faith assures us that we do not—then the trembling hand which sought in doubt the Saviour's wounds has been outstretched in sacred oratory even in those southern wilds ; the bold yet conquered voice, which uttered in hallowed and confirmed faith,- ' My Lord and my God,' has given forth its missioned eloquence even in the western hemi sphere, and there the ashes of that Apostle may yet repose.' The author then proceeds to discourse in the fol lowing eloquent manner upon the two races of people—as newly divided by him, and sustained throughout by his arguments. Th e avast superficial The foregoing extracts will go far to induce the reader not to rest satisfied with the opinions we have pronounced on this delightful and instructive work, but to cull for himself from the many brilliant and poetical flights in which it abounds. The vindication of the fair fame of the Tyrian Princess Elizabeth, familiar to every school-boy as Dido, the foundress of Carthage, from the aspersions cast upon her character by the Mantuan Bard, and the true account of her suicide or immolation, will not prove the least inter esting portion of the volume to the classical scholar ; but there is no part that will not both please and im prove the general reader . reader will, we think, admit the direct contrast brief, abrupt, and almost in - coherent, there is a posi- 1 between the aborigines of the western continent. : five grandeur in the simplicity of Mr. Hayward's The reader will bear in mind - that the historical ' ske - ch of the cathedral scene. The organ is playing. work now under consideration, embraces a ll periods ; met the chorus is cheuritinz the solemn dirge, of time previous to that of the landing of Columbus " Dies irm, dies illa in 1492. Solvit ,Leclurn in feline." " The fundamental error, with all writers upon the " Evil Spirit—Horror seizes thee ! • aborigines of America is, that they have viewed them The trump sound-1 as one people Anthers have therefore been confounded The graves tremble I by the different customs and ceremonies of religion as And thy heart practised in the two great divisions of the continent; From the repose of its ashes they have seen that the natives were, to a certain ex- For fiery torment tent, in one part of the vast domain, idolators, and Brought to life again not in the other; that the North was essentially repub- Trembles up.' lican in every aspect of its political existence, while " Margaret--Would that I were hence ! that of Mexican America was as essentially composed I feel as if the organ of kingdoms and empires, and governed by despotic Stifled my breath, monarchs, and that Republics were interwoven with As if the anthem them ; that each man in the North was a warrior, and Dissolved my heart's core 1" an equal, acknowledging no superior, but their leader " Chorus—Judex ergo cum sidebit, in time of battle, and, should he fall in action, there was Quidquid latet apparebit, not a member of the tribe in which they politically lived, Nil inultum remanebit. but could have taken his place, and filled it with similar "Evil Spirit—Hide thyself I sin and shame courage and ability. In Mexican America they were Thenaiti, unhidden. not equal, but, from the Emperor they descenthd by Air? Light? degrees to the serf and slave ; in that country, stone Woe to thee ! ited stuccoed temples and pa'acts were, and still con- " Chorus—Q.:lid sum miser tune dictums (irate to be found, erected with costly magnificence, and Quern petronern rogaturus? in which were jewelled idols to which they bent the Corn via justus sit seeerue. knee ; their rich dwellings were splendid mansions, "Euil Spirit—The glorified from thee adorned with sculptured and beaten gold, and graced Avert their faces. with the works of art, and as a people, enjoying ail the The pure shudder refined eleganeies of life ; but in the North their temple To reach thee their hands. was the azure canopy of Jehovah, adorned with its Woe ! myriads of golden stars, and alien beneath that sublime " Chorus—Quid sum miser tune dictums?" dome they bent the knee, it was to the Almighty God To the termination of this vtonishing tragedy, in alone ! Their palaces were the gorgeous vistas of the deed, to the disappearance of Faust and Mephisto forest ; the columns were the gigantic trees, each year philes, and the shrill shrieking of the voice of Marga increasing in their stateliness ; their shadowy and pointed ret " from within, dying away"— roofs were the far-spreading branches, and nature's " Henry ! Henry !" tinted foliage ; their mansions were those of independent Mr. Hayward evidences the same vigorous compre wanderers, eren the simple tents of Israel ; and as for hension of the meaning of Goethe, and the same facile jewelled idols and figures of beaten gold,—they pre- ower of trans pposing that meaning into our mother sented the diamonds of the human eye, radiant with in tellectual beams, and glancing from the living emblem of tongue. The notes appended to the volume are rich the first and priceless image, placed in Eden's garden by in illustrative q uotations, and most of them are singu the Architect of the Universe I Notwithstanding these larly happy—at one moment indicating a similarity essential opposites in character and policy, to which between the lines " There is no dagger here," &c., may be added that of physiognomy, writers have glanced and a passage in " Tam o' Shanter ;" at another point at them as one race, sprung from the same branch of ing out a resemblance between the words " Let what the human family, and without defining which ; and is past be past," and that lovely verse in " Leonora"— when they could not reconcile such apparently unac- " Oh I Mutter ! Mutter I Hin ist bin countable distinctions and diversities, they have thrown Verloren ist verloren ! upon the shoulders of the Mexican the mantle of manly Der Tod, der Tod Ist mein Gewinn, virtue belonging to the north ; and upon this race they 0 war ich nie geboren I" have thrust the idolatrous vices and the festering robes Altogether the translation of Mr. Hayward is not of luxury justly claimed by the former people ; and by unworthy of the thrilling and somewhat blasphemous this easy manner of disposing of a question; have seem- poetry of Faust, or of ifs great and immortal author. ingly satisfied themselves that, by blending the crimes . of both, to the exclusion of the virtues of either, they were all ' savages' and no matter from whence they came. Thus have they formed their conclusions con cerning fifty millions of human beings, although directly in opposition to evidences of fact, to deductions by re lative reasoning, and to all Christian feeling, which alone should have rejected so cruel a decision, founded, as it is, not only on slight but careless investigation." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the Do mestic Household, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the private Chapel at Buckingham Palace. The Bishop of Oxford preached the sermon. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated at the service. Lady Augusta Bruce was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early a alk yesterday. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings yesterday i❑ the Garden: of Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and his It)yal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Helmore, the lessons by the Rev. Mr. Repton, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London and the Sub- Dean. the sermon was preached by the Bishop of London. The Queen Dowager was attended by theklarchioness of Ormonde, Lady in Waiting ; the Hon. Miss Mitchell, Maid of Honour in Waiting, and the Vice Chamberlain. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yester day morning in St. Michael's Church, Chester square. Baroness Hammerstein and Mr. Edmond Mildmay were in waiting on the Royal Duchess. The Duchess of Cam bridge alio attended the evening service. GOETHE'S FAUST, Transla'ed into English Prose. By A. Hayward —Translated into English Verse. By Captain Charles H. Knox. Upon the wild and extraordinary tragedy of " Faust," the principal portion of Goethe's celebrity rests, and his celebrity is immense and permanent. Among his many illustrious countrymen Goethe has no rival in general literature—embracing in that one comprehensive word " literature " all the varieties of poetry, history, biography, scientific dissertation, ethical composition, geographical and etymological writing, prose fiction, essay, and the other multiform phases of authorship. In each of these phases, of course, there may be found in Germany men who have rendered themselves pre-eminently great. With Kant as a metaphysician, with Swedenborgia as an ethical romancist, with Humboldt as a geographer, with Richter as a novellist, with Muller, with Liebig, and with many other equally renowned writers, Goethe no doubt could not be mentioned as a rival in their several departments. But as a versatile genius, as a genius comprehending all the forms and diver sities of human knowledge, Goethe stands out alone and supreme. In his way he is a sort of literary Crichton. His intellect has about it an essentially Protean character ; and it is by reason of this mar vellous capacity for excelling in so many branches of literature that his fame is so universal and his name Ao conspicuous. Considering him only as a poet, Goethe towers above the bards of his father land. As a poet, indeed, he has only two competitors in the language the immortal Schiller, and the gifted Klopstock. The netrical works of Goethe abound with excellences jeculiar to himself, excellences such as are not to be discovered among any of his contemporaries, or tmong any of his predecessors. Of all these works— sod they are wonderfully numerous—Faust is ac knowledged to be his masterpiece—his Hamlet—his Paradise Lost—his Cenci—his Austerlitz—his Eve At the Fountain. Faust is more universally known, perhaps, than any other poem that has ever been penned in the German language. And it has be come familiarised to the multitude not merely by the perusal of the original but by innumerable transla tions, and by the exquisite and matchless outlines of the poet-artist Retzsch. With _the forms of Doctor Faust, of the beautiful Margaret, of Valentine the Soldier, and of Mephistophiles with his scarlet dress, his long-pointed sword, and the very cock's feather in his hat, we are all of us as familiar as with those if Prospero, of Adam, of Achilles, or of Manfred. With the different scenes and incidents again in this strange and enthralling drama we are equally well acquainted. We have all of us marvelled before now why Wagner could discern nothing supernatural in -he black poodle that slunk through the corn-field at the heels of himself and his master the Doctor. Then, moreover, there is the memory of the sublime intro duction to the tragedy, where the archangels are sing ing the praises of the God Almighty. There is the opening scene in Faust's study, when he invokes the Spirit of Nature, when he recoils from the awful , ieauty of its appearance, when he is deterred , "roin draining the goblet of poison by the chorus of angels on Easter morning, when his heart melts within him at the sound of their voices in the sky, and he spurns the goblet from him and weeps passionately. There is the joyous ca rousal in the fields, the song of the rustics dancing under the lime tree, the transformation of the poodle into Mephistophiles, and the quaint dialogue in which the latter writes in a student's album— " Eritis sicut Deus, scientes bonum et malum." Then again Auerbach's cellar, where the deMon draws Claret, and Champagne, and Rhenish, and Toque, From little gimlet-holes in the table. Who can ever lose a recollection of the orgies that follow in the Witch's kitchen, where the male and female monkeys set the chimney a-light by neglecting the cauldron ; or who can forget the first glimpse of Margaret in the street? Impressing the mind so vividly as every portion of this splendid drama does, it is impossible to have it thrust upon our attention too frequently, and it is equally impossible for us to feel amazed at the number of translations that have succeeded each other. Among all these translations, we must at once confess that we award the preference to the magnificent fragments written by the poet Shelley. They surpass everything of the kind within our recollection ; and we cannot in duce ourselves to believe that even Coleridge was more competent than Shelley to become the interpreter of Goethe. Still they are essentially but fragments. We must look elsewhere for the whole tragedy, and looking elsewhere, we are at tracted first of all to the very best of the entire translations, namely, the prose version of Mr. Hayward. The fourth edition of this work is lying before us, just published. We rejoice to see the copies of a book of so much excellence multiplied in number, and to see it produced, moreover, in so cheap and portable a form, because a boon is thereby afforded to the million. It would be an affectation to enter upon any criticism of a translation which has already been criticised a thousand times—which has been picked line from line, and word from word, and scrutinised piecemeal. Mr. Hay ward has his laurel already. He has found very little bitterness in that laurel, and he has deserved to find very little, for his version of " Faust" is almost as accurate as the re flection of any given object in a mirror. Captain Knox has not conceived himself to be justified in eschewing either rhythm or rhyme, and, consequently, lie has adventured upon about the ninety-ninth me .trical translation of "Faust." We can award him praise for what he has accomplished, but the praise is somewhat small, and it is this: that he has adhered more closely to the meaning of the original than any of his poetical predecessors excepting Shelley, but that his verse is as tame as it is smooth and polished. Without wishing in any way to be invidious, we ask any one to decide as to the merits of two fragments picked out at random. Well, here are two ; the tprose singleh e sp t versenr n a ns inning-R' a t w F outio hnoe feor landthe middlethe o t f i c a m l a t r r g a a n r s e laji s o s n o n g o f s a t " him alone My glances roam, For him alone • I stray from home." That is Captain Knox's version, now here is the version of Mr. Hayward : " For him alone look I Out at the window I For him alone go I Out of the house 1" VP there be any =whoa ? Although it is ROYAL HIBERNIAN BALL IN AID OF THE FUNDS FOR THE DESTITUTE IRISH. We are rejoiced to find that a ball in aid of the funds for the destitute Irish is to take place at Willis's Rooms, on Wednesday, the 7th of April. The ball is under the patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the elite of the aristocracy. The Rooms will, no doubt, be crowded, and the funds proportionably benefited. On such an occasion every Irish gentleman and lady in London must feel it their bounden duty to be present, for it appeals irresistibly to the warmest and best feelings of the heart—nationality and charity; and what Irishman will not respond to such an appeal? PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceeding. of the House of Commons. TUESDAY, la RCII _23. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PEtIVATE BILL-OFFICE. RAILWAYS. The following is the List from which Members will be selected to serve on the Select Committees on Railway Groups appointed severally to commence their sittings in the week commencing Monday, 12th April next, and in the wet k commencing Monday, 19th April next. The Select Committees on the Groups Nos. 5,6, 16, 18. 21, 47, will meet in the week commencing Monday, 12th April, and the Members for those Committees will be selected from Panel No. 1. Thursday, 15th April, will be the earliest day in the week for which the first meeting of any of the above mentioned Committees will be fixed. The Select Committees on the Groups Nos. 11, 28, 34, 50, 51, will meet in the week commencing Monday, 19th April, and the Members for those Committees will be selected from Panel No. 2. PANEL No. I. Viscount Acheson Viscount Adare Earl of Arundel Viscount Castlereagh Mr. Deedes Mr. F. Dundas Viscount Eastnor Colonel Ferguson Sir Edmund Filmer Mr. Gill Sir Stephen Glynne Hon. R. Gore Sir James Graham Mr. Gregory Lord Claud Hamilton Mr. G. W. Heneage Lord Alfred Hervey Mr Hutt Viscount Jocelyn Captain Jones Mr. Kemble Mr. Langston Mr. J. C. Legh Earl of Lincoln Gen. Hon. H. B. Lygon Mr. M'Carthy Mr. John Nee ld Viscount Newry Mr. M. J. O'Connell Mr. Macke Colonel Peel Mr. Plumptre Mr. Pulsford Mr. Rica Mr. C. G. Round Hon. G. S. Smythe Hon. H. M. Sutton Mr. Traill Mr. Trelawny Lord Harry Vane Mr. Baring Wall Hon. Eliot Yorke PANEL No. 11. Mr. Aglionby Mr. Bankes Right Hon. F. Baring Sir John Yarde Bailer Mr. Pole Carew Hon. G. H. Cavendish Mr. Compton Sir De Lacy Evans Hon. W. Fitzmaurice Mr. Fitzstephen French Sir John Guest Mr. Hale Sir B. Hall Capt. Hon. A. E. Harris Captain Hatton Mr. Henley Lord Edwin Hill Mr. Hindley Viscount Ingestre Hon. H. Liddell Mr. El iott Lockhart Sir R. Lopes Lord John Manners Earl of March Mr. Wykeham Martin Mr. Matheson Mr. Newdegate Lord Norreys Mr. Robert Palmer Mr. G. R. Philips Captain Plumridge Lord W. Powlett Mr. Rashleigh Mr. Stanton Mr. John Tollemache PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS, (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, MARCH 23. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause 10 (And be it enacted, That whenever the expenses chargeable to an electoral division of an Union in Ireland, in any one half-year, shall exceed a sum amounting to one shilling anu threepence in the pound on the net value of such division, a portion of the said expenses, amounting to one shilling and threepence in the pound, shall be charged to the said electoral division, and the remainder thereof shall be charged to the Union at large):—Amendment proposed, p. I. 25, to leave out from the word " That" to the words " shall be charged," in line 31, in order to add the words, all expenses to lie henceforth incurred for the relief of des titute poor persons in Ireland, whether under the provisions of this Act or of the said hereinbefore recited Act, of the Ist and 2d Vic. c. 56 :"—Question put, " That the words pro posed to be left out stand part of the Clause." The Com mittee divided:— MAJORITY—Ay Es, 120. Acheson, Viscount Ellis, Wynn Wines, R. Monckton Acton, Colonel Escott, Bickham Monahan, J. H. Adderley, C. B. Evans, William Mostyn, E. M. Aldam, William . Fielden, John Nawaegatc, C. N. Anson, Colonel ' Ferguson. s ir B. Northland, Viscount O'Brien, A. Starlord Antrobus, Edmund Finch, G. Archbold, Robert Fitzgerald, R. A. O'Brien, C. Baring, F. T. Forster, Mathew O'Conor, Don Barnard, E. G. Fu ll C. it.; Owen, Sir John Fuller, A. E. Parker, John Bateson, T. Groborne, Thomas Fatten, J. W. Bellew, R. M. Perfect, Robert B en tinck, Lord G. Glynn, Sir S. Bentinck, Lord 11. Gore. W. R. 0. Philipps, Sir R. Berkeley, Captain Gore, Robert Plumridge, Captain Blakeinore, R. Goulburn, Henry Protheroe, E. Bodkin, J. J. Graham, Sir James Repton, G. W. Bottield, Beriah Grey, Sir G. Rich, Henry Bow-ring, Dr. Grimsditch, Thomas Romilly, John Brooke, Sir A. B. Grogan, E. Ross, D. R. Buller, Charles Guest, Sir J. Russell, Lord J. Sunbury, T. Hamilton, G. A. Sandon, Viscount Busfeild, William Hamner, Sir John Shaw, F. Ilyng, G. S. Hawes, Benj. Shell, R. L. Carew, W. H. Pole Heneage, Edward Smith, Vernon Cavendish, C. C. Henley, J. W. Stuart, V. Chapman, B. Ilobliouse, Sir J. Strutt, Edward Chichester, Lord J. Hoskins, K. Thompson, Alderman Chohneley, Sir J. Inglis, Sir It. Thornely, T. Clay, sir W. James, William Trollope, Sir J. Clerk Sir G. Jervis, Sir John Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Cole, lion. H. A. Jones, Captain Vane, Lord H. Colebrooko, Sir T. Kirk, Peter Verner, Sir W. Conte, Sir C. A. Lal,cuehere, lienry Walsh, Sir J. Copeland, Ald. Lascelles, W. S. Ward, IL G. Courtcnay, Lord Lefroy, Anthony Wilshere, T. W. Craig, W. G. Lindsay, Colonel Wood, sir Charles Crawford, W. S. .Mackinnon, IN. Wyse, Thomas Dawson, T. V. blacnamara, Major Young, John Denison, J. E. Manners, Lord J. TELLERS. Disraeli, B. Manic, Fox 11111, Lord M . Dandas, Sir David Maxwell, Don. J. P. Tulhell, H. MINORITY—NOES. 25. Fitzwilliam, G. W. O'Brien, W, g, Hall, Sir Benjamin O'Connell, olin Batton, Captain V. Wawn, J. T. Jollifle, Sir W. G. U. Williams, W. Kcr, D. S. Yorke, Henry R. Lawless, Cecil Layard, Major TELLEAS. M`Carthy, Alex. O'Connell, M. J. Wlionnell, J. M. Rawdon, Colonel Napier, Sir Ckarles Blake, M. J. Bright, John Brotherton, Joseph Browne, W. Callaghan, D. Collett, John Darner, Colonel Deimistoun, J. Duncan, Georgo Ewart, William The once celebrated and well-known singer, Mari anne Sessi, died recently at Vienna, in her 76th year. EDUCATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR S I perceive in your article of llionday evening last, on the proposed Government measure of public education, that you, unintentionally no doubt,confi;und the W &cyan Methodist body with the Wesleyan Association. These bodies are perfectly distinct, the latter originating, some years since, in a secession from the former; and for the representations or actions of the Association the Wes leyans are not at all responsible. The only resolutions adopted by the Wesleyan Committees accompany this note; from which it will be seen that the principles which have contributed to the " high character" which you admit they have " obtained," are those, by which their present and tuture conduct on this question will be determined.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES PREST, Secretary to the Wesleyan Committee of Privileges, Wesleyan Centenary Hall, Bishopsgate-street Within, March 25th, 1847. The following are the resolutions above alluded to: — At a meeting of the United Wesleyan Committees of Pri vileges and Education, convened to consider the "Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education in August and December, 1846," and held at the Centenary Hall, 13ishops gate-street \ti ithin, March 18, 1847 ; the Rev. W. Atherton, President of the Conference, in the chair : It was moved by the Rev. Samuel Jackson, seconded 1)5 . the Rev. John Scott, and resolved unanimously,- 1. That, in reference to the deeply important question of national education, this committee cannot depart from the great scriptural and Protestant principles already avowed in the resolutions passed on two former occasions,—namely, is 1839 and 1643; but feels it a d u ty t o re - assert an d ma i n tain them : and that, on these and (Auer grounds, this committee decidedly objects to the present measure. But as the present aspect ut the question is, as to its circumstances, somewhat varied from that under which it was formerly considered, the final and definitive declaration of the reasons to be assigned for this decision shall be subject to exact and mature delibera tion at an adjourned meeting of this united committee, to be held in this place on Thursday, April Bth, at ten o'clock A. 31. And that, in the meantime, an, extract from our former resolutions, embodying a statement of the great principles above mentioned, shall be reprinted, in order to explain to our friends at large the only grounds on which we are pre pared to approve of any scheme of education which is to be supported by national taxation, 2. That the Pardamentary sub-committee of each of these united committees be instructed to prepare the extracts above referred to, and also a draft statement of the objections against the present measure, to be submitted to the commit tee at its adjourned meeting. 3. That the same sub-committee be insructed to print and circulate these resolutions. (Signed) W. ATHERTON, Chairman- The Chairman having left the chair, it was take'l by the Rev. S. Jackson; when it was moved by James _Heald, Esq., of Stockport; seconded by P. Rothwell, Esq., of Bolton ; and resolved unanimously—That the best thanks °I the meeting be presented to the Rev. the President of thIS Conference, for his kind attention to the business of the committee. (Signed) JOHN S. ST.',MP, CHARLES PREST, Secretaries to the Wesleyan Committee of Privileges. JOHN C. PENGELLY, THWIAS VASEY, Secretaries to the Wesleyan. Education Committee. POTATO SEED. 70 THE EDITOR OF LHE SUN. SlR,—Should you consider the following statement to be of any service to the public at the present time, and as it may be the means of saving a quantity ut valuable seed, I beg) ou will insert it in ) our valuable journal. About three weeks since I planted two gallons of walnut kidney a, one of which was of a large size, and apparently healthy seed (I made two seeds of each potato) ; the other being of a smaller size, was put in whole. A few days since I was led to examine them, when I fout,d those that had been cut were all considerably afft cted with the disease, as well as having bean attacked by the ravages of the wire worm and slug. Those that were put in whole were not touched ; therefore showing the necessity of not cutting the seed.—l am, Sir, &c., W. M. Bentley, Hants, March 24, 1847. JAS. SHERIDAN KNOWLES, ESQ. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUE. SIR,—I read with great pleasure in your paper of the 9th March, the remarks which yon made in reference to the manner in which Sheridan Knowles has hitherto been overlooked, in the distribution of that fund allotted to the reward of literary genius. That Sheridan Knowles ranks in many of his dramatic works next to our im mortal bard, " who lived not for an age, but for all time," cannot be denied. Whilst some authors in their dramatic works have pandered to low tastes and vulgar sentiments, Sheridan Knowles has invariably in his writings maintained the dignity of virtue and the sanctity of truth. As one who has in his entire writings aimed at purifying the stage, and enlightening mankind through its influence, She ridan Knowles is entitled to be regarded as a public benefactor; yet, whilst his "Julia" can draw thousands of spectators to see and hear the incomparable perform• ance of Mrs. Butler—and remunerate her talent with an overflowing exchequer—the author who brought the character into being has never yet had a single dawn of favour shown to him by the State. The eloquent and patriotic energy of William Tell, the impassioned beauty of Virginius, the pathetic grace and favour of the Hunchback, the sprightly elegance of the Love Chase, and the deep devoted expression of The Wife, will carry down the name of Sheridan Knowles to posterity as one of the greatest of our dramatists and poets. We are then irresistibly led to the question—" How the genius if Shei idan Knowles has been acknowledged by his coup• trymen, and how the literary labours of that genius have been answered and rewarded ?" It would be invidious to single out the names of those who receive literary pensions; but beyond the shores of our own native land, with the exception of America, by how many foreigners are the works of Tennyson or Hood known? Yet they received pensions from the State. For what? The one for writing a couple of volumes of poetry, the other for having ridiculed society in an annual publication of wood -cuts, puns, and non sensical stories. That Hood could write well there can not be a doubt—take, for instance, his "Song of the Shirt;" but Hood ruse into a name by pandering to the light reading of the day. That Sheridan Knowles is entitled to a pension from the State there cannot_ be two opinions amongst literary men. It is left for Lord John Russell to do him justice, and I have no doubt he will do it. I have much pleasure in stating, through the medium of your paper, that a memorial has been got up in L.tds to the Premier, requesting him to allow Sheridan Knowles to have a portion of that fund which is dedi cated to the reward of genius. That memorial has been s4;ned by the mayor, magistrates, aldermen, councillors, merchants, &c., &c., of Leeds, and will be sent in a few days through the medium of Lord Morpeth. Such an appeal, and made from such an influential portion of the community, will, I hope, (and who will not join fervently in that hope?) be successful. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Leeds, March 23, 1847. MARTIN CAWOOD. FALL OF A VIADUCT. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 24.—Yesterday an accident oc curred on the Liverpool and Bury Railway of a serious nature to the builder, but without loss of life. Twenty one arches of the Liverpool viaduct fell, one after the other, with a tremendous crash, the noise of which re sembled the discharge of as many pieces of artillery, and was heard for more than a mile off. • The site of this disastrous destruction of property is about two miles from the Liverpool Exchange ; and the arches, the six northernmost of which were so far completed as to allow of the centerings being withdrawn a few days ago—the others having been completed three months ago—were built entirely of brick. It is not yet known how it was that the first arch which fell gave way, but it is certain that each buttress afterwards, incapable of bearing the weight of the arch reared upon it, when that on the other side had fallen, was forced outwards immediately, the entire destruction of the whole being completed in about the space of a minute and a half from the tall of the first. Symptom i of its defectiveness were, we understand, first manifested on Saturday last ; but whether proceeding from any sinking in the foundation of either buttress, or from defective workmanship or materials in the arch itself, was not known. It had been condemned, and means were about to be taken to shore it up and secure the buttress, in order that it might be rebuilt. It is possible that this work would have been so far performed yesterday as to have prevented the accident, had it not been for a heavy fall of rain driving all the men awa y from their work. This was so far fortunate, that no person what ever has sustained the least personal injury, though we regret to say that the loss of property cannot be less than 5,00 131 . or 6,0001 . The span of t he arch which first gave way was, we are informed, about 15 feet, that of the others was thirty feet. They were constructed for Messrs. M'Cormick, the contractors for this portion of the line, by Messrs. Bullock and Evans, and all that was wanting to their completion was the erection of a portion of the parapets. Another viaduct, near that which has fallen, is being erected by Messrs. Holme, after the same plan, and as these gentlemen live so eminent in their business, it is a Froof that the plan for the viaducts cannot be insufficient. It is not improbable that the fall of these arches might have resulted from the sinking of the foundation of one of the buttresses, in consequence of the severe winter, or that the mortar in the detective arch had been prevented from setting sufficiently by the ate heavy rains. MADEMOISELLE JENNY LlND.—During the per formance at her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday, a foreign courier arrived, bringing letters announcing the depar ture of Nldlle. Jenny Lind from Vienna, on her way to fulfil her engagement at her Majesty's Theatre. The letters also announce the arrival, immediately after Easter, of Staudigl. Thus we shall have the great Italian basso, Lablache, and the greatest German basso at the same time. Novelty will succeed novelty—Ernani on Saturday, I Due Foscari after Easter week, whilst Jenny Lind will make her debut in Alicia, in Meyerbeer's grand opera of llobvrto it Diavolo,—Post. SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT Woomvicn.--On Tues day morning, as a gunner of the Royal Artillery lead ing was ei a one of the artillery horses, in a fatigue cart, Arsenal to the Barracks, the horse suddenly ' startedat a furious object, and, turning round, commenced runningthe Arsenal. fromthe at some y pace down the bill in Wellington-street towar d s the street, dashed In Green's-end the cart ran against another to Mr. Dane, baker, which was sta a n . d o i u nt;__ ty tat loaves of bread. la cart, belonging the cart in pieces, and destroyed b lilting the body of the m ilk cans, to some distance. The ' A few yards further on it cameart completely off the axle, and i n contact with a milk cart, flinging the body, with its down the Rookery, and after breaking down two post; in f r ont of the place where the artillery horse then continued his career through the Arsenal gates, stopped very qui etl y FortunatelyN T TO CAPTAIN VYSE, M.P no person was injured. .- that Captain Vyee, who We have much pleasure horlseuszareLuAsTl usually fe d . with a serious while riding with Baron Rothe. met accident ice d c.in in stating child's hounds on Thursday last, is steadily recovering, and that all danger is past.