The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-02 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION MAGAZINE DAY. .ILA (7K W 0 OD S MAGAZINE. The late " Vote of Confidence" debate in the House of Commons, forms the subject of a whimsical Jere miad in the present hlaga. Because the Whigs happen to be in, and the Tories out, of office, the writer pre dicts all sorts of national disasters. " The Corn-laws are going"—he tells us—" the Land, anti the House of Peers are falling—Universal Suffrage is in prospect—. the Church is falling—Christianity expiring—all pro- perty will soon be common"—and all this, because the Tories are seated opposite the Treasury bench, instead of being glued to it, as in the good old times ! So, when the Minister Roland entered the presence-chamber of Louis the Sixteenth, without the usual Court costume, the Master of the Ceremonies, horror-struck with such an innovation on estabiished etiquette, exclaimed, " All is lost ; the man has no buckles in his shioes!' But let Blackwood take heart. Ail is not lost, even though the Whigs are in office. Have we not a Sibthorp in the Commons, and n Londonderry in the Lords, to look sharp after our interests, and see that Ministers do not ruin us? And shall we despair, while such are our defenders? Never ! The salutary apprehensions en tertained by Lord John Russell for the thunder-and lightning phillippics of the Gallant Member for Lin coln ; and by Lord Melbourne for the Demosthenic eloquence of that most gifted of Marquises, London d'-'!ry, will b e quite sufficient to shield us from the 'horror s so confidently vaticinated by our Tory alarmist. ' Teo Th ousand a Year " shows considerable descriptive power, but the author is a little too exuberant :n his sketches. He should strive to condense his matter, which is only weakened by being spread over an undue surface. We subjoin a favourable specimen of his manner. Mr. Aubrey, a gentleman of large landed estates in Yorkshire, is riding over his grounds with his Ytmeg, sister, Catherine, when they come to an aged, sapless sycamore, which the Squire is determined to cut d "o• The order is accordingly given to the stoward 'nd the under-bailiff to get ready the axe, when Kate thus pleads on behalf of the old tree : " The sun shone brightly upon the doomed sycamore— ' the axe was laid at its root.' As they rode up the ave bnue, Kate begged very h ar d f o r mercy ; but for once h er brother seemed obd urate — t h e t ree , h e sa id, mus t come down. drew Re member, Charl es ,' sa id s h e , p ass i onate l y , as t h ey it I P o or ' Kate, P how we've all of u s rom p e d an d s p or t e d un d er "a also' See, Kate, how rotten it is,' said her brother; and riding close to it, with his whip he snapped off two or three of itsfeeb'e eilvery-grey branches—'it's high time for it to come dos n, ' It fills thi, grass all round with little branches, sir, whenever there's the least breath of wind,' said Waters. " It won't hardly hold a crow's weight ou the topmost branches, sir,' said the under-bailiff. " Had it any leaves last summer ?' enquired Mr. Aubrey. "I don't Link,' said Waters, it.had a hundred a, over it.' " Really, Kate, 'tis such a melancholy, unsightly objec when seen 'from any past of the quadrangle,' —..turning round on his horse to look at the rear of the hall, which was at about eighty yards' distance. 'lt looks such an old withered thing amongst the fresh green trees around it-_ 'tis quite a painful contrast.' Kate had gently urged on her horse while h, r brother was speaking, till she was close behind him. ' Charles,' said she in a low whisper, 'does not it remind you a little of poor old mamma, with her grey hairs, among her children and gi andchildren? She is not out of place amongst us—is she 7' her eyes filled with tears. So d'd her brother's. " ' Dearest Kate,' said he, with emotion, affectionately grasping her little hand, you have triumphed I The old tree shall never be cut down in my time ! Waters, let the tree stand ; if anything be dane to it, let the greatest care be taken of it.' Miss Aubrey turned her head aside to conceal her emotion. Had they beer, alone, she would have flung her a. ms round her brother's neck." We have been much pleased with the generous, healthy sensibility developed in the sentence which we have purposely marked in italics. It is like one of those hearty bursts of natural emotion which we so frequently meet with in the tales of that most cordial of writers, Walter Scott. The " Plagiarisms of S. T. Coleridge" is a curious paper, from which it appears that Samuel could crib as well as others of his fraternity, even While vaunting his own originality. "On the Mar riage of the Queen of England" is a stately lyric by Mr. Simmons. The sounding and orderly march of some of the stanzas, especially the third, reminds us of Gray. There is no mistaking the " fine Roman hand" that penned the notice of Leigh Hunt's " Legend of Flo rence." It is a generous, eloquent criticism by one of the first poets and critics of his day—need we say we mean that venerable octogenarian, Christopher North How eloquent and thoughtful is this passage, which Jeremy Taylor might have been proud to have written Indeed, there are few things finer in his sermon on the " Marriage Ring." " Ginev - ra exercises the most difficult, the most compre hensive, and the most efficacious of all the virtues—pa tience; which, for ever inwardly blessing the heart wherein it broods, for ever keeps effusing outwardly a celestial calm, of which at times troubled natures are made to par take ,hether they will or no, while the war of passion is subdued into noiseless peace. Did we say for ever? Nay, th ere i s no perfection beneath the sun, moon, and stars, aor yet am ong t h em ; an d even Gi nevra ' s sweet, sad, seibmissive, and resigned self—a Christian lady indeed— an Italian Roman Catholic Christian lady—hath not per fect patience; and even in her blood, the same being purely human, we have seen—nor therefore loved her the less, but the more—that temper could quicken the pulse, till her pale face for a moment flushed—half-anger, half shame, yet not even for that moment without the look of sorrovr—and then fixed again into its colourless beauty, be tokening, though none are to be seen there now, that few so young had shed such multitudes of unpitied tears . The law of divorce is different in different countries; but for eighteen hundred and forty years marriage has been a holy thing in Christendom, and those whom God bath put together let no power on earth put asunder—save under sanction of conscience, the controller and the legislator whom all the peoples of the earth must obey—in order that they may not perish but have everlasting life. The grave, where husband and wife who lived in love come to lie at last, is their marriage -bed, and its curtains will be drawn to let in the day. Them death divorces not-- tho ug h for a little while there is a survivor among these our shades. waiting for the reuniting night." The " Nameless Man" is a tale of the ordinary Magazine calibre. " Literature in the Jungles" is a lively review of an oriental sporting periodical. The i ntroductory remarks on hare-hunting are capital, both as regards spirit and style. In the poem entitled " Je rusalem," we think we can trace the pen of Dr. Croly, . W hose ornate and emph a ti c d ec l amat i on i s se ld om to h e mistaken. " War with China and the Opi um Quer t!on" is a common-place article, which calls for no par ticular comment. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. TOM lneoldsby, the richest and oiliest of humourists, has furnished the present Number of the Miscellany with one of its choicest articles, in the shape of a Poem entitled the " Bagman's Dog," which, to say nothin g of its droll imagery, and the singular ingenuity of its rhymes, contains one or two touches of descrip tion, characterised by such earnest feeling, as convinces us that, were he to turn his attention that way, he would show to advantage in stern, impassioned narrative. HiB portrait of the old French smuggler creeping up stairs, knife in hand, to the chamber of his victim, with a view to murder him, has a ghastly reality about it, that chills one blood. We will give, in preference, how ever a specimen of Tom's livelier manner The Sea! the Sea 1 the open Seal— That is the place where we all viish to be, Rolling about on it merrily l" So all sing and say, By night and by day, In the boudoir, the street, at the concert, and play, In a sort of coxcombical roundelay ; You may roam through the City, transversely or straight, From Whitcchapel turnpike to Cumberland gate, And - every young Lady who thrums a guitar, Ev'ty mustaehio'd Shopnian who smokes a cigar, With affected devotion, Promulgates his notion, Of being a Reeer" and child of the 0cean"....... Whate'er their age, sex, or condition may be, They all of them long for the " Wide, Witte, Sea," But, however they doat, Only set them afloat In any craft bigger at all tle..n a boat, Talo , the.ii dohs to 'lie Nore, Aid u'll see that ilefore The NVe,s• i" they " Woyage" in has half mode her way Between Sh 11-Ness Point and the pier at Herne Bay, Let the wind meet the tide in the sightegt degree. They'll be all of them heartily sick of " the Sea." " Guy Fawkes" improves in interest as it proceeds In the chapters before us we have a spirited sketch of a chase across that dreary and dangerous swamp, Chat Moss, over the details of which Ainsworth lingers, as though he loved his task The incidental allu•ious to those mos,-lights, the ivies fatui, whicn are introduced with much skill in this sketch, are lifted up above the level fl :ts of prose, and rise to the poetic. Th e Hlied Girl of Castel Cuille" is an old French 'Pend, sweetly and unaffectedly versified. It is from th e pen of Lady G , orgiana Fullerton. " I zaak Walton and his Friends" is somewhat too lavish of its paw, Pries on this inveterateaegler, whose well known Pastoral hy no means deserses tedieuedtal eulogies which it to now the fa•mon to bestow . on it. Doubties-, there ere many grac,.ful Wean sketches in the " Complete Angler," but, as a whose. the work is tame and languid ; and its simplicity often degenerates into the mere drivel °C a good-natured old twaddler. Besides, there is an air of quiet, methodical self-complacency about it—a sort of simpering egotism—that rather offends than at tracts. If it were not for " Maud the pretty Milk maid," an d the delightful allusion toy the cuckoo who " lives in the dead hollow of the hill," the honk would be intolerable. We doubt much whether old Izaak was the simple, single-hearted being that his admirers re present him to have been. On the contrary, we sus' Peet that he was a shrewd, sly fellow, with a good deal o f th e wor ld y sagacity of the tradesman about him, who took care to select for his associates those who could ad vance his interests, and administer to his self ove ; who had the tact to pet a bi s h op ' s sister for his wife, a you ng man o f rank and fashion for his son-in-law, and God k nows h ow many prelates for his friends and 'eulo gists ! Now your unsophisticated, simple-minded men— especially if t h ey happen to be of low Origin—seldom make connexions like these. It is worldly tact and adroit time-serving, that brings these things about. So much for " honest Izaak Walton," whom—with due deference to Mr. Jesse, be it said—we con• ceive to have been one of the slyest and astutest Cocknies, ever born within the sound of Bow-bells. " Greenwich and Greenwich men" speaks of Nelson in the reverent terms in which we like to see great mea spoken of. The sketch of the Pensioner has all the fresh ness and spirit of a transcript direct from the life. In " Colin Clink" we meet with a graphic portrait of a female singer at a metropolitan tea garden. " The Hair and Beard," by Mr. Charles Mackay—whose clever volume of poems we shall take an opportunity of noticing by and bye—gives an amusing account of the changes of fashion in this respect. But he might have advantngeously widened the sphere of his re searches, and noticed the curtailment of the queue which Soult and Augereau projected in some of the French regiment, and which nearly caused a mutiny. Washington Irving mentions a similar curtailment as hav ing been attempted by " William, the Testy," with his New York soldiers, one of whom died of sheer grief for the loss of his beloved pig-tail. " Stanley Thorn " is lively, but there is rather too much of him this month. Enough is as good as a feast. The " Il lumination " is just a passable piece of rhymed humour. We cannot say more for it. TAIT'S MAGAZINE. Despite his prolixity and constant habit of digression, we are glad to meet with the Opium-Eater again, for there is always matter for reflection in his articles, and occasionally a burst of impassioned eloquence worthy of the batter days of English literature. This month he furnishes our sturdy Radical friend Tait with his personal recollections of the late Charles Lloyd —one of the Lake poets, whose " Nugte Canorm " we re member to have read, though not without some little difficulty, arising from a weakness of digestion as respects small poesy. Mr. De Quincy speaks of poor Lloyd in a touching and affectionate nnnner, and in so doing does not forger. to have a lick at Wordsworth, who certainly does not exhibit to advantage in the Opium- Eater's reminiscences. Lloyd, it seems, passed his latter days—horrid idea!—in a private mad-house, and for years before his mind became benighted, anticipated its total eclipse. According to his biographer's account, he must have been a sensitive, kindly-hearted creature, but his friends should not have allowed him to bewilder himself with such maudlin, dreamy speculations as those of Rousseau—a mere crack-brained visionary, who dis coursed upon Love like a pedant, and upon Ethics like a Laputan' philosopher—but have directed his mind to healthier and more bracing studies. "The Church ofScot land and the Veto Question," argues soundly and tempe rately on a question which is fast rising into importance with the public. The chief excellence of this shrewd essay is its utter freedom from cant. The " Sons of the Soil" is an acute criticism on a poem recently published by Mrs. Ellis. The Reviewer thinks favourably of this production, and gives reasons for the faith that is in him. The " Story of Ango" is the continuation of a tale by Mrs. Gore. We cannot say much for it. It is too wire-drawn. " Parvenus" is a lively sketch. " Memoirs of Jeremy Bentham" is a very indifferent sample of biography. One or two of the anecdotes, howeve; are amusing. " Woman" is a poem cleverly translated from the German of Schiller by Mr. Swynfen Jervis. " Recollections of Days in Belgium" are better calculated to interest a private circle than Tait's readers generally. " Violet Hamilton" is a narrative of great merit ; well put together, and easy and spirited in its dialogue. In the poem headed the " Martyr's Cairn" there are some pleasing thoughts clothed in appropriate language. We quote it accordingly, and direct the reader's attention to an emphatic line, which we have marked in italics : " Grey cairn of the valley, lone rest of the dead 1 Long years their dark mosses around thee have spread And the brook that they cover runs lowly beside, Where the deer cometh down from the pines of his pride. The briefly-told legend that hallows each stone, No name bath to give, but this record alone : There sleeps, amidst strangers, one faithful and good, For truth and for freedom—a witness in blood. Unseen, through the valley the brook glideth by, Yet tells to the weary its waters are nigh ; So hid though the Martyr may lie where he bled, There are words in the silence, and speech from the dead. Unnamed by the shepherd, are wild blossoms there, Yet knows he the odour they breathe to the air ; So nameless the sleeper, though his memory still, And his witness, are sweet to the sons of the hill. How beauteous and balmy the place of his rest, With flowers that the sunbeams of summer have drest While o'er it is chanting the bird on the bough, And the wild bee is glad on the heather below. Returned, on the Sabbath, from worshipping God, Here the tread of the shepherd falls light on the Lod ; When points the grey sire that his children may learn, And the maiden, half-chid, plucks a flower from the cairn. The twilight of evening scarce deepens the peace That there is abiding, though shadows increase ; Though the stream all alone on its journey may keep, And, sleepless, is lulling the valley to sleep. And there, when the midnight bath gathered In gloom, No fears for the timid have place by that tomb; Nor troubled by mornings, or visions of dread, Is the eAlm that is round thee, lone rest of the dead I" FRASER'S MAGAZINE. Oliver Yorke has turned out an excellent Number this month, despite his politics, which, as a matter of course, are of a very so-so character. The first article, entitled " Eloquence," furnishes us with a very correct account of old Bishop Latimer, one of the quaintest and homeliest, but most vigorous and effective of our earlier divines. We remember a passage in one of his sermons where, for some purpose or other—we cannot now re collect what, and have not his volume by us to refer to—he enters into a detail of a market-day in the coun try, which is as full of quaint humour, as it is of manly energy. Latimer was an exceeding wag in his way— like the late Rowland Hill, though he had a thousand times more wisdom, eloquence, and information —a n d must often, when he held forth at Saint Paul's Cross, have set his congregation in a roar with his diverting sallies. He it was who praised the Devil in such ec centric terms, as being a pattern for Episcopacy— " never absent from his diocese." " My Irish Tutor ship" is a pleasant rambling narrative, bordering, how ever, on the extravag a nt. " H in t s f or Biographers' i : s passable gossip. Most of the anecdotes we have an im pression of having met with before, but the subjoined is new to us : The latest of Dr. Johnson's friends in the Highlands, who had shared the familiar converse of the English mo ralist during his memorable journey. in 1773, was the Rev, Mr. Grant, minister of Calder, who died in June, 1828. Mr. Grant was formerly incumbent of the neigh bouring parish of Daviot ; and on Johnson's staying for a night at the manse, or parsonage, of Calder. " the intel ligent and well-bred minister of Daviot," as Boswell desig nates Mr. Grant, attended and assisted with his conversation. Un the Sunday following,Johnson was in Inverness ; and Mr. Grant, accompanied by the collector of excise, supped with him at the inn. Johnson was in high spirits. They had roasted kid for supper; the cookery was excellent ; the landlord attentive; Boswell, as usual, obsequious as a courtier; and all was " rods, and becks, and wreathed smiles" with the philosopher and his friends. In the course of conversation, Johnson happened to mention that Mr. (afterwards Sir Joseph) Banks had, in his travels, discovered an extraordinary animal, called the kangaroo. He described its motions and appearance ; be stood erect. put out his hands like feelers, and gathering up the tails of his huge brown coat so as to resem bl e t h e pouch of the animal, made two or three vigorous bounds across the room. The company stared ; and Mr. Grant used to say, that nothing could be more ludicrous than the appearance of a tall, heavy, grave-looking man like Dr. Johnson standing up to mimic the shape and motions of a kan garoo. " Sir," said he to the minister, in high glee, and in his lofty bow-wow manner, "it is a wonderful animal 1" " Wonderful, indeed !" rejoined the minister of Daviot, casting a sly glance at the uncouth imitator ; while Bos well and the collector were vainly trying to preserve their gravity. The whole scene would form an admirable sub ject for Cruikshank. - The grave, colossal Johnson, mimicking the motions of a kangaroo, must certainly have been an exhibition of the richest order! " Chess without the Chess board" is a rhapsodical essay on the merits of this ab struse game, whose chief recommendation is, that it is written with a hearty love of the subject. In the article headed " Modern /Egypt " occur several graphic sketches of Memphis, the Nile, and the neighbourhood of the pyramids. The writer, we perceive, has a capa cious swallow, for he confesses to a sort of half-belief in the miraculous powers of the Egyptian magicians. His accounts of the famous dancing-girls of Cairo are entertaining in a high degree. " Scenes in the De sert" are, just what they purport to be, exceedingly romantic. We are told to consider them as " real ;" if so, they afford anoth er s t r iki ng proo f of the justice of yron's remark that " truth is strange, stranger than fiction." " Privilege v. Law" is a very indifferent diatribe. " The Leap Royal of Leap Year" are three laughable sonnets from the pen of Sir Morgan O'Do herty. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. " Jack Sheppard" again ! Here he is figuring in tho very first article in this number, and lashed, of course, without mercy. Mr. Heraud writes sensibly, and in an elevated spirit, on this subject, but we . think he over rates the i n j ury d one to the public taste by the popu larityof such a romance. It can never strike its roots deep in popular recollection—indeed it is already half forgotten—and as for finding imitators, that is out of the question. But gr an t e d t h at it be an injurious work, which we readily admit, we question much whether it is half so injurious as those fashionable novels of the silver fork school, which every now and then issue from the press, and which, by insidiously inculcating false notions of honour, of sentiment, of taste, and morality pervert the public mind, and confound all the distinc tions of right and wrong. No one has yet been made a thief by reading " Jack Sheppard," but how many of the would-be genteel readers of the trashy, maudlin novels in question, were made fools and spendthrifts, and (most likely) knaves for life, by learning—then for the first time—that Bloomsbury and Russell squares were vulgar localiti e s ; and that if they wi s h e d t o stan d well with the '• respecable"portion of the community, they must THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1840. increase their establishments, and take up their resi dence at the West-end! Here is positive m i sc hi e f d one . But as respects Ainsworth's romance, it is purely a matter of speculation. " State of the Press," is penned in too dismal a tone to suit us. The literary character of the age, though by no means what it should be, is yet not so bad as Mr. Barham supposes. A bow of promise appears in the horizon. Moxon's elegant republications of our standard authors ; Blackwood's new issues of WiLon's pure and high-thoughted works of fiction ; Smith's " Standard Library ;" and several similar speculations which we could mention, all of which are highly popular ;—these are cheering omens, and convince us that the literary taste of the day is undergoing a healthy reaction. " Persian Reminis cences" are slight and common-place. " An Hour at the Eccalcobion" is remarkable only for the ignorance displayed in the explanation of this term. The writer states that it is derived from " Erceca).s - x, I bring forth, and BEsc, life." Now in this derivation, brief as it is, there are not less than two blunders. In the first place, Eyx.o:i.E:v does not mean to bring forth, but to call forth ; and secondly, Bric is life, not BEOc. When a writer undertakes to instruct his readers, he should at least take care that he understands some little of what he is talkino. about. " Leigh Hunt's Play, and the Covent-forden Management" is a justly and eloquently penned article, with whose critical opinions we cordially agree. The passage relating to " Con ventional Respectability," is pregnant with valuable meaning. " A Chapter of Anecdotes" is harmless I twaddle. In " Freemasonic Revelations" wa take not the slightest interest, ignorant whether they be true or false. From an article on the subject of London and Paris, we quote the following paragraph : " It is the position of her palaces and public buildings on the borders of the Seine, on each side the whole length within the barrier of the city, which form spacious and handsome terraces before them, that renders Paris, as a city, so striking at first view. Each building is seen to full advantage at once; and the gardens of the Tuileries and open spaces in that neighbourhood, with the numerous statues, and fountains, and groves, and triumphal arches, which are scattered about, produce a most enchanting effect. In all this, London i 4 a complete contrast to Paris. Not only are the public buildings of London not placed in open spaces where they might be seen to advantage, or on the banks of the river, but the noblest edifices which adorn it, St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey, are so choked up by houses as to prevent their being viewed, except very par tially, unless close to them, and their value as public orna ments of the metropolis, nay, even their very existence, almost lost or annihilated. The banks of the river, so far from forming the noblest points of view in, or even con tributing to the ornament of, our metropolis, are at pre • sent the very worst and most disagreeable parts within its precincts. Thus it would appear that the two most im portant considerations to be attended to in the design of a great city such as London, have been altogether ne glected, or are at present quite lost sig t of. Yet, not withstanding all this, we cannot hesitate to give the palm of superiority to London, taken as a whole, ovcr Paris. In the real grandeur and dignity of her public buildings, the size and structure of her streets and public thoroughfares, the spaciousness and beauty of her squares —in all the essential qualifications which constitute the true claims to admiration of a great city London, though at present suffering under these great disadvantages, de cidedly surpasses her rival. It must also be admitted that the bridges of the Seine are not to be compared with those over the Thames. either for beauty or magnitude, though greater in number. Perhaps, indeed, there are points of view in Paris which, for beauty, surpass any thing that London can prcducei but it is as a whole that we must give the preference to London in the contest for pre-eminence between these two great cities." 7HE TOWER OF LONDON, The character of Lady Jane Grey is spiritedly dct•e -' loped in this Part (which is the third), through the me ! ilium of concise and pertinent dialogue. There is also an animated sketch of an interview between the ambitious Northumberland and the wily Spanish Ambassador, Renard, which proves that Ainsworth has studied their characters with close attention. As an historical ro mance, the "'Tower of London" bids fair to be popular, for the incidents, which are exciting without being probable, hurry on with great rapidity, yet are all patiently and vigorously worked out. The illustrative Plates, by George Cruickshank, add greatly to the at tractions of the story. There are some fine effects of light and shade in the engraving of the Traitor's Gate, which Jane Grey is seen entering 'from the boat that lies moored to the river's side ; and much comic humour in the sketch entitled " Magog's Courtship." THE SPORTING REVIEW. Lord William L'nnox has an article in this number called " Boyish Days," which is not without merit. It gives impressions of his earlier days, with a brief me moir of an old domestic of his family, who had been whipper-in and huntsman to three Dukes of Richmond, and who died last year in the eighty-seventh year of his age. The noble writer is sadly addicted to the practice of interlarding his prose with poetical quotations. The present begins and ends with poetry, and though it consists of only eight pages, there are no fewer than four teen poetical extracts, some of them even three stanzas long. With all this superabundance of poetry, how ever, the prose does not suffer ; the description of the life of a " Fag," is all but doggrel poetry, and certainly affords a vivid picture of the sufferings and degradation of young men under the old abominable system. Here is the education of a Duke's son at Westminster School only thirty years ago, " at four o'clock light fire, boil kettle, clean candlestick, knives and forks, run to Tot hill -street for butter and a bloater, and, in the end, get more kicks than half-pence." Though the article is written in a rambling style, and the writer sets off at a gallop every now and then after some new game, it possesses interest, and shows much good feeling and a kindly recollection of old friends. The accounts of the " Hunts" of the month are, as usual, good, and there are three plates. " The Meet of her Majesty's Stag Hounds," with Prince Albert, Lord Kinnaird, and others. " The Hermit," and " Newmarket in the la,t Century," all of which possess considerable merit. LONDON MAGAZINE. Bating a few personalities which had been better have been omitted, as they are too much in flash Sunday news paper style, we have been amused with this new periodi cal in which there are several lively articles in prose and verse, one or two of which are illustrated with clever cari cature engravings. The " Tendencies of Socialism" hikes up the subject in a proper spirit, and is calculated to do good. " Political Portraits" contain a biographi cal sketch of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose character is drawn in terms anything but flat tering. ECLECTIC REVIEW This new series of the Eclectic, of which the one be rore us is the third Number, will remind the periodical reader of the Old Monthly Review, which it resembles in the grave, sedate, character of its literary criti cisms, and the pompous m inner in which some of its opinions are enunciated. The most entertaining review is that of " Marryat's Diary in America." ASIATIC JOURNAL. In this number the details of the negotiations of Capt. Elliott with the Chinese authorities at Canton are very copious, but do not appear to afford any mate rial information different from that which has been given in the public papers. In the review of Eastern news, however, the editor gives something new, and quotes Vattel to prove that the English were in the wrong at the beginning, and that they have no right to complain if the laws of the country are executed upon them as upon the natives. What the laws of China are, few people know, but we all know very well what the practice is, so that if the English are to be treated as the Chinese, the subjects of Great Britain may, with out fair trial, but at the order of the Emperor, or Commis sioner Lin, or the Viceroy Tang, or any three-tailed vagabond, have their ears cut off, or be tortured, or horribly mutilated, or put to death. That this is not the way in which the Government interpret inter national law, the fleet sent out to the Chinese shores places beyond doubt. There is an article in the same number intimately connected with this dispute with the Chinese, by Mr. John Anderson,late Secretary to the Governor of the British settlements of Malacca, Penang, and Sincapore. It is the first of a series, but we have not room to refer to it at length, and can only recommend it to the attention of our readers. The object of it is to show the importance of these settlements at the pre sent crisis, as well as for the •future, and to impress on the British Government the expediency and the possi bility of placing them in a condition by which British traders may escape the annoyances, impositions, and insults to which they have been subject at Canton, and at the same time carry on trade with more profit and security. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICUL- TUBE. This number contains an article on " Corn-law Agi tation," and though only a page and a half long, it abounds with matter of some importance. It states without reserve that the clamour for the repeal of the Corn•laws is a purely selfish device of the master manu facturers to reduce the operative s here to as low a condition as those on the Continent, and that the ope ratives in the large towns are beginning to see its unrea sonableness. The writer, therefore, consoles himself with the idea that the duties on our agricultural produce will never be repealed. Having some secret misgivings, however, on the subject, he recommends the establish ment of a Corn-law Circular, for the purpose of writing down the Anti-Corn-law Circular, by "sound argu ment and ineontestible truth." He recommends, also, that men of talent and fame should he appointed itine-. rant lecturers, for the purpose of pointing out the pro priety, safety, and necessity of protection duties on agricultural produce. He recommends several other preventives, which show very distinctly that he has apprehensions that the duties may be repealed. We confess we arc a little disappointed by seeing arguments of this kind in a work published in Scotland, where the agriculturists in general depend for remuneration chiefly on their own exertions, and place little confi dence on the exaggerated statements of the vast advan tages conferred on the landed interest by the Corn -laws. The article on " Trigonometrical Surveying"is of a very different stamp, anti forms rather a new feature in this periodical. The Report upon " Muirkirk Coal-field," In the county of Ayr, by Mr. Fergusson, is also interesting, and the accompanying plates are excellent. THE NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND. No. XX V. This number contains accounts of sixteen parishes in the county of Aberdeen, of which that of the city of • Aberdeen forms more than a third, and by far the most interesting part. It has been drawn up by six gentle men belonging to the place, who have entered at length into the history and statistical details of this industrious and thriving town. Within the last hundred years the population has increased more than sixfold, and doubled since 1801, the number of inhabitants being '27,608 ; and in 1831, 58,019. Shipbuilding within the last six years has increased more than tenfold, and while in 1787 there was only one bank in the place there are, independent of brunch banks, now four, all conducted with great propriety and liberality. The history of the first bank is a little s:ngular. It was established about seventy years ago, with a capital of 72,0001., and the shares which came out at 1.50/. each, now sell at 8,0001. This statistical account is by far the best of any that have appeared in this useful publication. The map of Aberdeenshire, which accompanies the volume, is well executed, but sadly disfigured by the heavy out lines marking the divisions of parishes. EXTENSIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE PEWTERERS' HALT, LIME-STREET. -On Saturday morning, about an hour before daybreak, a fire, which was attended with greater devastation and I. ; s of property than any that has taken place within the walls of the City for the last two years, occurred in Lime. stree , Fenchurch-street, and, we regret to add, proved partial destruction to that ancient and splendid piece of architecture, the Pewterers Hall, the property of the Worshipful Company of Pewterer& Some time back the Company let the Hall to Messrs. Townends and Co., whole sale hat-manufacturers, who converted it into a kind of ware house, with a workshop at the top of the building, much to the annoyance of several members of 'the Company. The fire con tinued burning fiercely until nearly eight o'clock, but by half past eight it was completely got under. The only portion o f t h e Hall left is the walls , and the lower part , namely, the gro un d. floor. The upper floors and the roof are wholly consumed. The offices that are attached to the building have not escaped injury ; both the eastern , north , and south wings of th e esta blishment have sustained considerable damage. The east w i ng is still in the occupation of the Worshipful Company of Pets terers, though they have disposed of the Hall ; t h e i r b ooks, &c., are saved. At one time , these being every appearance that that wing would be destroye.l, the magnificent painting of the founder of the Pewterers' Company, the value of which is unknown, aad which was presented to the Company by Sir William Smallwood in the year 1407, was removed to a place of safety, as well as other valuable paintings. The Hall was built in the year 1678, and is insured in the Ha n d-i n- H and Fire-office, to the amount of 1 , 500 /. The greatest l oss w ill fall on the shoulders of Messrs. Townend and Co., and our re porter is given to understand, to the amount 4f 3,000/. at least. It was stated they were insured in the Phcenix, Pr o t ector, and Dissenters' offices, to the extent of 5 , 00 01. The ca use o f t h e disaster cannot exactly be ascertained the firm imagines it to have occurred through a stove in the workshops at the top of the Hall. There was a body of the City Police on the spot, and their exertions did credit to the force. The will of the late Mr. John tiolroyd, of Northumberland -street, Strand, plumber to her Majesty, the public offices, &c., was proved in the Prerogative Court, Can terbury, on the 6th instant, and the personal estate sworn under 90,000/. The deceased many years since saved the life of his late Majesty George 111., when fired at by Hatfield, the lunatic, at the Theatre. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint William Peter, Esq., to be British Consul at Philadelphia. Our readers will recognise in this gentleman a staunch sup porter o ithe Reform Government whilst he was Member for Roclmin ; and one who has been through life the honest asserter Lair Observer. COWES-FRIDAY. (FROII 012 OWN CORRF!fONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. On the 26th inst. Sir Simon Clarke, Bart. sailed from Cowes in his schooner yacht Rate, of 94 tons, for Jamaica. Last week Colonel Hon. It. F. Greville sailed in his superb brig yacht Anonyma, of 431 tons, for Malta; on the 21st she was off Plymouth. Mr. J. L Gower was cruising about Cowes in his yawl Albatross, of 75 tons. Mr. James Brooke was at the Island of Borneo, in the East Indies, on the 19th of October last, in his schooner yacht Royalist, of 142 tons ; from thence he intended to sail for Malacca and the Celebes. Mr. Neil's new schooner yacht Louisa, of 123 tons, is now ready fur sea. Mr. E. N. Harvey's new schooner yacht Gitana, was hauled on White's patent slip on the 21st inst , finished coppering on the 27th, and will he launched in a few days, with the Earl of Desart's Owen Glendwr cutter yacht, of 113 tons, which has also been coppered and thoroughly overhauled. Captain George Keane's new yawl yacht, of 45 tons, will be ready for launching the middle or latter part of March ; and the Hon. H. F. Walker's new cutter yacht, of 120 tons, about the middle of April—both from Mr. Joseph White's yard, at East Cowes. The Secretary has lately sold Mr. Neil's schooner yacht Wanderer, of 141 tons, Mr. John Meiklam's Amulet cutter yacht, of 43 tons, and Mr. F. Horner's Heron cutter yacht, of 46 tons. The Gitana will shortly sail for the Western Islands. Lord F. Egerton, in his Menai schooner yacht, of 175 tons, Viscount Exmouth, in his Flower of Yarrow schooner yacht, of 141 tons, Mr. Joseph Jekyll, in his yawl yacht, of 162 tons, are at Malta; Mr. E. Byrne, in his Medora cutter yacht, of 47 tons, at Leghorn; Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., in his Turquoise cutter yacht, of 77 tons, at Gib raltar; Mr. George Bentinck's eittter yacht Antelope, of 90 tons, on her passage home from Gibraltar; Mr. W. S. Boyd, in his schooner yacht Young Queen, of 90 tons, at Bombay ; and Mr. William Lyon, in his schooner yacht Merlin, of 104 tons, in the West Indies. The value of this excellent Institution (the Royal Yacht Squadron Club), even in a mercantile point of view, is not sufficiently known ; these yachts arc cruising in every sea, and advancing English interests. Mr. Brooke has succeeded in opening a communication with several of the tribes in the Island of Borneo, and has ascended several of the largest rivers, from 30 to 70 miles, particularly the Sedang, Serawab, Samarolun, and Landoo, and surveyed 130 miles of the coast, and has obtained from the Rajah permission for the English to open a free trade with the Borneos. Antimony ore is produced in large quantities, gold, silver, tin, rattans, birdseeds, and beeswax, and a very lucrative trade may be opened to the enterprising mer chants of this country and benefit of our manufactures, not before known to Europeans. Our last report of Mr. i3rooke, our readers may remember, was a very interesting one from the Cape of Good Hope. LEINSTER AND MUNSTER RAILWAY. The fourth half-yearly meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was to have taken place on Saturday, at the Company's offices, Moorgate-street, to receive the Report of the Directors, but there not being a sufficient number of Proprietors in attendance to form a meeting the Secretary was directed to issue circulars to the Proprietors, requesting their attendance on Sa turday next to consider the state and prospects of the Company. There was, however, a stormy discussion among the Shareholders and the Directors then present ; some wishing to proceed at law against 5,000 of the Shareholders who had not paid up their calls—some proposing a general call of the Shareholders who had paid up their calls, and others suggesting a break-up of the whole affair, owing to their inability to proceed, in consequence of being ignorant whether Government still contemplated carrying on a parallel line of railway in Ireland. A ROMANTIC ADVENTURE. - - The following story has been the subject of con versation during the week. We do not vouch for its accuracy, either wholly or in part. Indeed, we have some recollection of seeing something like it in print many years ago ; but, as there is nothing new under the sun, it is, of course, not impossible that the same kind of an occurrence may have happened twice. On Monday evening last, about dusk, a commercial traveller was proceeding from Cheltenham to Glouces ter in a gig, when he was accosted by a respect ably-dressed lady, who informed him that she had been disappointed by the coach, and requested him to give her a seat in his gig to Gloucester. Com mercial travellers are proverbially gallant and good natured ; and the gentleman of the road in this instance possessed all the best characteristics of his " order." He was happy at the opportunity afforded him of being of the least service to the lady, whose peti tion was couched in the most moving terms ; and, de lighted rather than otherwise with his good fortune, which had thrown such a companion in his way to be guile the solitariness and tedium of his journey, he at once granted the request and handed the lady to the seat at his side. The lady's proportions were somewhat of the largest, and the arm which the traveller assisted as she sprang into the vehicle, appeared capable of defending its possessor from any improper liberties. Whether this circumstance induced the traveller to cast his eyes down wards, to observe whether all proportions corresponded, or whether, like many other gentl e m en o f hi s cra ft, h e boasts of being a connoisseur in fine ankles, we do not know ; but the story goes, that while his eyes did wander towards the feet of his companion, his sight was far from being gratified by detecting something which bore very much the appearance of a man's trousers peeping from beneath a silk cloak and flounced petticoat. All the comfortable reminiscences of past dangers, and all the anecdotes which he had ever heard or read from the Newgate Calendar, came fresh to his recollection. He had no doubt he was riding cheek by jowl with a se cond Dick Turpin, who was only waiting a suitable opportunity to rob, and perhaps to murdtr him. A lucky idea rose in his mind ; he drew his silk hand kerchief from his pocket ; it fell into the road : it was a splendid " wipe," and as valuable as the one that an Egyptian gave to Othello's mother ; he could not think of losing it, but his horse was too hasty-tempered to allow him to trust the reins into strange hands— a thousand apologies, but would the lady be kind enough to step out, and pick up the handkerchief which was now some yards in the rear of the gig. The lady readily assented, and while she was perform ing this errand the commercial gentleman gave the whip to his fiery courser, and soon left his suspicious fellow voyageur far behind him. When he felt it pru dent to moderate his speed, he discovered that the lady had lett in the scat, when she dismounted, a hand some muff, and putting his hand inside of it, ho found a brace of pistols, loaded, capped, and balled : and with the muff and its formidable contents the traveller arrived safely in Gloucester, congratulating himself most heartily on the narrow escape which he supposed he had experienced.—This is a very good story, if true. —Gloucester Journal. The Western Times stated that a cheap edition of the able and energetic protest, which Mr. Bead attempted to deliver to the Bishop at Honitou, will be published in a few days for gratuitous circulation. THE DEA NERY.—The parishes of Sennen and St. Levan, comprised within the Deanery of Burvan, are served by one Clergyman, who resides in Sennen. This is not re markable; but the Clerk and Sexton are non- resident also, and both live in Buryan. Thus in St. Levan there is neither parson, clerk, nor sexton.— Cornwall Gazette. EXPEDITION ! is a curious circumstance that nearly twenty years ago a tombstone was begun in the vil lage of Norham, which has ever since lain in an unlinisheil state at the door of the house of the mason. We perceive that it has lately been completed, and is about to be erected in the eh urch vard.—Berteick If order. In consequence of a vacancy in the Town-Coun cil, Falmouth, W. Leslie, Esq., was elected, on Wednes day last, a Town-Councillor of that borough. There was no other person nominated. Avery peculiar kind of wild fowl was seen to hover about our cliffs on Tuesday morning, and several attempts were made to take it, but without success. The cold must have been dreadfully severe in its native clime, to drive it for shelter to a coast so bleak and inclement as this.— Cornwall Gazette. CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S MAR- ainct: ATMOA D.—Extract of a letter from Carlsruhe, inst. :—" A grand ball was gi v e n h ere yes t er d ay even i ng b y t h e Hon. Robert Kennedy, in honour of the marriage of the Queen of England with Prince Albert. During the supper, which comprised every delicacy, the health of the Royal pair was given, and received with the greatest enthusiasm. This bed liant. fete, so much in harmony with the known hospitality of the noble host, cannot fail to remain most agreeably impressed on the minds of everybody at Culsruhe." LORD BROUGHAM.—A letter from Toulon of the 22d February has the following :—" Lord Brougham has arrived at Cannes ( 'War), where be has built a magnificent chateau. This noble personage is very much beloved in the country. On his arrival the hand of the National Guard of Cannes (amateurs) proceeded to give him a serenade, when the musicians were invited to partake of a banquet, got up at th,. moment. Toasts were drank to the health of the Noble Lord, to the union between France and England, &c. It had quite the air of a family party. Lord Brougham would remain about a month at Cannes. THE \%EATHER IN PARTS.—The thermo- meter on Wednesday morning at four o'clock was at b degrees below zero of the centigrade scale, or at 2b of Fahrenheit ; but at seven had got up to 4 2-10 C., 24!,, F.; and continued rising till at mid-day it was up two above zero C., 55 :3-5 F. The weather on Thursday continued bitterly cold. The frost was intense, and promised to continue, but the sun and sky were magnificent. MA RBLEBONE VESTRY.—On Saturday, at the ordinary weekly meeting of this Board, a letter was read from Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., stating that Lord John Russell and other Ministers had informed him that the Government intended immediately to bring into Parliament a general Bill for the establishment of Courts for the recovery of small debts, inconsequence of which intimation the. Vestry withdrew for the present. the Bill intended to he applied for by them. After K as e l o s con v ersa tion Mr. Salornon withdrew his motio n con d emnino the guardians of the poor fo r dep rivin g the p au pers of their dinner of meat after the .day of the Que en s marriage. —. ett moved that a sum of 20,000/. instead of 25,0001., be advertised for, to be borrowed upon the parish bonds, and that the Attor ney-General's opinion upon the legality of the loan be adver tised at the same time.—Nir. Salomons moved as an amendment, that an adequate rate be made upon the parishioners to raise the required sum. Mr. Foster haying seconded the amendment, ,t t h se , a small ma'orit it was put from the chair and lost by \"estfrryonlat‘hiengeaadvoypttepiaragpeestoitfiotinietporPesaernlitamweantetr, companies3f sur.„ praying cr re liefi plying that parish.—Adjourned. MONTHLY CHRONICLE. The polit;cal tone of the Monthly Chronicle is cal culated to ensure it the suf f rages of a numerous body of readers, for it is calm, sagacious, and decided, preserving a happy mean between the two extremes of Chartism on the one hand, and of ultra-Toryism on the other. The article headed " Progress and Present State of Parties," is throu g h ou t emued with this spirit, and whether written by Mr. Fonblanque or not, is not un worthy of his pen. It justly maintains the opinion that Minister, are stronger now than they have been at any period since Lord Melbourne's last resignation, but urges at the same time the necessity of their advancing steadily and energetically in the work of Reform. In the course of this article we find a brief but clever sketch of Sir Robert Peel, whose capabilities as a statesman are assessed at a proper valuation. The Right Hon. Baronet is just now placed in a position that cannot but be peculiarly annoying to one of his ambi tious temperament. Too liberal for his own party, not enough so for his opponents—his conventional notions of consistency keeping hint with the Tories, his convic tions inclining him to the Whigs, we can conceive no statesman placed in a more awkward and embarrassing situation. But it is not difficult to fusee the result. The force of circumstances will goad him on, whether he will or no. He has not moral energy enough to eman cipate himself, but events will emancipate him, from the trammels of Toryism ; and, as sure as to-morrow's sun shall rise, so surely will Sir Robert Peel—though not for some time yet—take a prominent place in the ranks of the movement party. This decision, which he would never come to of his own accord, imperative circumstances will wring from him. " Legend of Florence" is a clever analytical criticism on Leigh Hunt's tragedy of that name. But, though clever, it is too lavish of its compliments ; and when we find the Reviewer stating of one scene that " it might have been owned with pride by Shakspeare in his bloom of power," and of the play generally, that it is equal to any of Beaumont's and Fletcher's, we feel that, by such un warrantable flattery, a positive injury is done to the dramatist. We have already spoken in high terms of of praise of the " Legend of Florence ;" but were we Mr Hunt's dearest and oldest friend, we should never dream of so far sacrificing truth to compliment, as to tell him that his drama was equal to the " Maid's Tragedy," or the " Two Noble Kinsmen ;" and, least of all, would we gravely declare that any one of its scenes was worthy to vie with the best and most effective of the author of Lear and Othello. The great merit of the Legend is not its poetry—as the Reviewer would seem to think—but the singular skill and subtlety with which the one character of Agolanti is developed. This, which is in some respects an original creation, and, from its peculiar idiosyncracy, very difficult to deal with, is forcibly and consistently ma'ntained through out ; but still it will not place the author in the same rank with Beaumont and Fletcher. We must have many more fine dramas from him before we can admit his claims to such equality. " Recent Novels" is a review of several works of fiction that have lately ap peared. Among them is " Jack Sheppard," which is shown no mercy, but scalped and tomahawked in the most scientific style possible. From the " Sketches of Spanish Generals," we quote a character of that Royal scoundrel the late Ferdinand of Spain, who is dealt with just according to his deserts : " It may be well doubted if history can produce a character more thoroughly base than that of Ferdinand VII. of Spain. Viewing him in all the relations of life, we shall scarcely discover a single point on which our re gards can dwell with pleasure or esteem. Throughout almost the whole of his wayward and eventful career, he appears equally unworthy of sympathy. In prosperity he was insolent, and in power cruel to ruthlessness. In ad versity, -and when the hand of misfortune was heavy upon him, he was mean, cowardly, and crouching. As a son ho was rebellious and unnatural, guilty of repeated attempts not only to dethrone but even to take away the life of his good-natured but weak_minded father. As a subject, he was disloyal and perjured. The consort of his youth was treated with brutality. The imputed infidelity of his second wife was revenged on the amiable but fanatic Amelia, whose gentle heart was broken by neglect and ill-treatment. As a man, he was devoid of honesty ; and, as a gentleman and a Castilian, he knew not what. was honour. In the gratification of his passions he was low, grovelling, and selfish. Ills manners were abrupt and vulgar; and with him exterior elegance did not thinly gild, as in the case of our George IV., the baseness and corruption of the heart. In persor, he bore, it is said, a striking resem blance to another detested tyrant of antiquity ; and his features, as well as his vices, recall to us the memory of Nero. His fanaticism—the name of religion must not be polluted —was gloomy and ferocious, sympathising' wit: the revengeful frenzy of the zealot, but uninspired by the unworldliness which oftentimes stamps on it an almost sa cred and redeeming character. He was terrified at the retributive dispensation of another life, not from an hum bling conviction of the weakness of our common nature, by which the best and wisest are unfitted to partake in the purer happiness of a higher and mere perfect state of ex istence, but from fear, the offspring of remorse, under which its victim suffers by anticipation the hell it trem bles at. Tyrannical to those who existed only in his fa vour, and who prospered only by his will_crawling in the dust before those who became for the time his masters. A thousand times perjured, the obligation of the most sacred oath was to him a mockery. Though mean in intellect, yet his acts of cruelty were characterised by occasional snatches of that low cunning by which vice is still more degraded. Grossly sensual in his passions; repulsive in his manners ; slavish in his superstition ; unnatural as a son ; infamous as a man ; false and tyrannical as a king ; unfeeling and cruel, or mawkishly uxorious, as a husband, we may search history in vain for many counterparts." METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE. There are usually some interesting papers on Italian subjects in the Metropolitan, and the present number contains one of the best we have yet seen —namely, one on Dante and his times, which is written ev id ently con more, and displays a highly creditable, if not a very profound acquaintance with its t theme. The pi c t ure of the great Italian poet's age is strictly in accordance with history ; and the well-known factions of the Guelphs and Ghibellines are sketched hastily, but with much animation of manner. " Lord Killikelly," is too lengthy ; some of the dialogues, however, are clever enough. " Public Punishments and Police Reports," though there is little novelty in the subject, deserves praise, inasmuch as it takes a considerat e and humane view of the question. In the " Note-B oo k of an Irish B arr i s t er ," we hav e a biographical memoi r of Anthony Malone—a contemporary of Flood and Grat tan. The memoir would be more acceptable if it were lets generalised. There is not enough of discrimination or individuality about it. The" Pillar o f S eva " is a tale by no means , deficient in stirring incident. As for the poetry of the number, it is neither better nor worse than usual. THE TURKISH FLEET. ADMIRAL LALANDE AND THE CAPITAN PA C HA. (From the Augsburgh Gazette of Feb. 23.) The following is the corresponc!ence which passed last December between Count Pontois, the French Ambas sador at Corstantinople, and Reschid Pacha, the Minister for Foreign Affairs.— M. DE PONTOIS TO TILE EELS-EFFENDI. When your secretary, some days since, came to commu nicate to me, in the name of your Excellency, the declara tion which the ex- Capitan Paella's interpreter made with regard to the interview between Vice- Admiral Osman Bev and Rear-Admiral Lalonde, I ordered bin: to in form you that I expected an official communication which I would answer, and that at present I confined myself to requesting you to consult the documents of which the Porte is in possession on this subject. Since then I have learnt that your Excellency, from motives which I cannot appreciate, has thought fit to communicate to the corps diplomatique the document re lating to this declaration. I feel myself called upon to make some remarks upon this proceeding, reserving to my self the right of again returning to it. There is no ques ! tion about defending Admiral Lalonde against attacks which cannot do him any injury, and against which he attempts no justification. My intention is simply to call your atten tion to the details, of which you arc either ignorant or have forgotten. Had your Excellency thought fit to take the trouble to procure correct information on the affair in ques tion you would have ascertained that it was precisely by means of Admiral Lalande's report, communicated to the Ambassadors of the Grand Powers, and to the Porte it self, as soon as Admiral RoUssin hod received it by the Papin, that the Porte received the first intimation of the Capitan Paella's projects, and thus found itself able to take all the means in its power to destroy or neutralise these projects. You would then have ascertained that Admiral Lalonde, in advising the Capitan Paella to set sail, not for Candia, but for Rhodes, so that the fleet should not fall into Mehemet Ali's hands, and in hasten ing to inform the French Ambassador at Constantinople of all that had pas;ed, and of the confidence reposed in him by the Capitan Pacha, in order that it might be communi cated to the Porte, did all in his power, as commander of a fleet belonging to a friendly power in alliance with Tur key ; and, lastly, you would have saved yourself the trouble of sending to the corps diplomatique a declaration which contains nothing which is not known to the whole world, or which Admiral Lalonde himself communicated to the Porte in July last. As far as regards the approbation of these propositions, and the advice to betray given by Admiral Lalande to the Capital' Pacha, your Excellency will allow me to say that, in the eyes of every impartial person, a report drawn up im mediately after the event, and addressed by a General to the Ambassador of his Government, intended to give a de tailed and faithful account of all that had passed, is en titled to a larger share of credence than a declaration drawn up from memory four or five months later, by a per son whose only object was to endeavour to acquire by it some importance, and who hoped by confirming some un just suspicions to merit a return to favour. If your Ex cellency thought otherwise, or pretended by this declara tion to call in question the honour or good faith of Admi ral Lalande, 1 should fez' myself bound to draw up an official communication which I should not hesitate to trans mit to my Government. The answer would be promptly returned. REIS EFFENDI TO M. DE PONTOIS. I have received the letter with which your Excellency has honoured me, and I mush regret that it has crossed that which I despatched to you. However, I hope that had you received my last letter a little sooner, you would not have sent this one to me. It appears as if you really imagined, M. le Comte, that the Ottoman Government intended to cast aspersions on Admiral Lalande for Lis participation in the Capitan Pacha's resolution, whose in terpreter (Capitan Pacha's) attributes to the Admiral this participation. My letter will inform you of my personal opinion, and my desire by this communication of this docu ment to put you in possession of the means of justifying this opinion ; if you think necessary, before the whole world; for, as you will easily conceive, I cannot force it upon others. Your Excellency addresses the last letter to me because I communicated the forementioned documents to the corps diplomatique. It is true that several members of this corps are in possession of the report drawn up by the interpreter, but you are not perhaps aware that a copy of it was only given to them at their express demand. As the Sublime Porte has adopted the principle of hiding from its allies nothing which relates to the Egyptian question, it thought fit to comply with the wish expressed by the Ambassadors with regard to the communication of this report, and on more than one occasion the French Em bassy had seen how scrupulously this principle was ad hered to when it concerned France. Even this very ques tion I have furnished your Excellency with is an additional proof in favour of my assertion, by hastening to send you, without waiting your request, the document in question. In concluding, however, I must add the following remarks: Is it equitable and juit to reproach the Porte with having given importance to so formal a document as that of M A vedik, a declaration which so nearly and deeply affects our dearest interests ? I have no doubt that the testimony of a French Admiral could never be called in question by the French Government or by you personally, M. Ic Comte. You will, however, do me the justice to acknow ledge that tile testimony of an Ottoman functionary is entitled to similar consideration from his Government—l have the honour, &c. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, ( From the Hampshire l'elcgraph.) _ . rORTSMOUTII, FEB. 29.L_ The following is extracted ' from the Malta Gazelle of the I2th of February Since the departure for Vourla of Rear-Admiral Sir J. Louis on Tuesday night in her Majesty's steam frigate Rhadamanthus, no naval movements have occurred at this port, beyond the sailing of the Daphne for the Eastward on the 6th instant, and Lord Exmouth in the yacht Flower of Yarrow, for Naples, on the 6th idem. The Rodney': rudder having been found considerably shaken, has been unshipped and landed for repair ; she will therefore not be ready to proceed to England until after performing her quarantine, and consequently Commodore Parker, as senior officer, carries on the dockyard duty. A rumour has reached Malta that Captain Napier, of the Powerful, having obtained a short leave, is now at Alexandria, where preparations of a warlike nature are making, and his Highness the Pacha remains firm in his determination to carry his point with the Sultan in spite of the Allied Powers. His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Holland has visited most of the British ships of war in port, refus ing all other honours than those usually paid to a Com. wander in the navy, which is his rank on board the Rhine, and where he carries on the duty as such. His Royal Highness has been entertained by most of the Captains in port, and the Dutch officers have been guests in the seve ral ward-room and gun-room messes of the British ships We understand the Rhine will not leave for the Levant for another fortnight, as the Prince is desirous of inspecting that magnificent ship the Rodney prior to her leaving this station. Mr. Sullivan, of the Vanguard, Midshipman, has passed his examination for Lieutenant. The Hon. Mr. Yellers, Midshipman of the Rodney, is about to join the , Ganges. Commander Milward, of the Hydra, continues in a precarious state of health. In Port—Rodney, 92 (bearing the broad Pendant of Commodore Hyde Parker, C. B.); Ganges, 54 ; Asia, 84 ; Vanguard, 60 ; Bellerophon, 78 ; Castor, 36 ; Daphne, IS; Zebra, 6; Beacon, 8; Magpie, 4; Ceylon, 6. Steamers—Hydra, 2 ; Confiance, 2 ; Hermes, 2 ; Blazer, 2 ; Megmra, 2. H. N.M. frigate Rhine : Otto. man schooner Meshud ; and the French steamers Rhameses, Minos, and Acheron. The Dido, 20, arrived at Constantinople, on the 24th Jan. ; the Carystort, 28, left the next day ; the Talbot, 26, will relieve the Dido in May. The Cyclops steam frigate, Captain Austen, sailed this morning, with the depot companies of the 24th Regiment, for Cork, from whence she will bring the depot of the 61st Regiment, consisting of 468 rank and file, and 16 officers, and will land them at Southampton, to be conveyed to Winchester by rail-road train. She will afterwards take a capstan to the Revenge, at Lisbon. We anticipate this vessel will reach Cork by sunset to-morrow, will stay there till Tuesday night, and will be ready to land the troops at the mouth of Itchen River early on Thursday morning. The Queen, 110, is not to be fitted with a midship ma. gazine, but is to have two, as in former times, the largest forward. The Harrier, sloop of war, is breakirg up in th's Dock yard ; she is little more than eight years old, and is of Dr. Inman's construction. The Pantaloon, 10, Lieutenant Tryon, sailed on Tuesday last, with seamen for the Cambridge at Sheerness. The 1 3 31myra transport has sailed from Cork with 150 men for the 47th, and 150 for the 59th Regiment, both quartered at Malta. Twelve officers went with these de tachments. At Spithead—None. In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, P;que, An dromache, Royal George, Magicicnne, Raven cutter, Mes senger steamer. r Fats. 2 8 .—The Blonde frigate, PLYMOUTH, :EIDA T, sailed on Tuesday for the East Indies, and was followed by the Pylades, 18. The Lloyd's freight ship sailed on Thursday with troops for the Cape of Good Hope. Th e Columbia steamer arrived o n Saturday from Portsmouth. The Prometheus steamer arrived on Sunday front Vk o°l - The Meteor steamer arrived on Wednesday from Edmond'. The Prometheus steamer sailed yesterday for the Mediterranean, and the Flamer steamer for the West Indies. Remaining in Hamoaze—lmpregnable, San Josef, Thuaderer, Inconstant, Persian, Swift, Sylph, Net- Icy ; Carroll, Columbia, and Meteor steamers ; and Fal mouth, Rochester, and Duck lighters. PROMOTION.—Retired Commander—Lieutenant Robert Yule (1802). APPOINTMENTS —Rear Admiral —The Hon. G. Ell'ot, to be Commander-in-Chief, in the East Indies. Commanders.—Parkin, to the Cambridge; F. IL H. Glasse, and R. Robinson, to the Coast Guard. Lieutenants—P. H. Somerville and W. V. Lee, to the Persian ; R. G. Welch and G. C. Mends, to the Cam bridge ; B. A. Wake and Edward Dixon, to the Pearl. Surgeon—James Stiell, to the Persian. Purser—Benjamin Wickham, to the Persian. Acting Master—John Benwood, to the Persian. Second Master—Moore, to the Gleaner. Assistant Surgeons—F. Stupart and G. G. Creighton, to the Impregnable. Mates—T. R. Fortescue, to the Cambridge ; John Mc D. Smith, and W. Gordon, to the Magicienne ; E. F. Roberts, to the Inconstant. Volunteer, First Class—A. De Horsey, to the Cyclops. Actin.' Gunner—John Anderson, to the Persi an ; R. Lonant,'from Excellent to San Josef. Acting Boatswain—John Wood, to the Persian :tan Acting Carpenter—Thomas Penfourd , to the er- . THE NEW ERA.--We have seen a package containing a circular saw, which was afterwards conveyed to the northern extremity of Scotland, throug h the medium of the post, fcr the trifling charge of sixpence. It is intended for cutting ivory. Also a pair of shoes have been shown us, sent from Ifull , for fourpcnce. Such is the way trade is f a pili ta t e d by the operations:of . ..the new postage EVENING ED , 1110N.X ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. IVOR7'IIERN CIRCUIT, Nnwc,osn.r, F.En.-tl9: A. CHARTISTS—LIBEL CASE. John Bell, who was some time ago the printer and pub lisher of the Northern Liberator, stood charged with having published a seditious libel, in the shape of an " Ad dress from the Working Men of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the Manufacturing, Trading, and Middle Class generally of the United Kingdom." The indictment set forth that the publication was made with the intention of creating dis content amongst the working classes, and exciting them to a resistance to the Government and the laws, and to insur rection, riots, tumults, and disturbances. Mr. DUNDAS addressed the Jury.—They were in the present case to consider what was the plain and obvious tendency of the libel, and to say whether or not they be lieved it was calculated to create discontent and excite in- , surrection, as charged in the indictment. The Learned Counsel then read over the document, and commented on it as he proceeded. David Grey, a policeman, proved the publication of the alleged libel by the defendant. Cobbett, on behalf of the defendant, said, as to po litical matters in this country, it could .not be denied that there had been of late years a much wider license taken and tacitly allowed in their discussion ; amt that language of a much stronger kind than would have been tolerated some time ago had been latterly the usual and common language employed in speaking on such subjects. Into the propriety or impropriety of such language he would not enter, but he thought it a fair consideration for the jury that, right or wrong, it had been usual. In proof of this he referred to expressions used in the public prints, and in the speeches of public men, especially in this town, during the agitation of the Reform Bill. The Learned Counsel contended that the evidence of publication was insufficient. The Learned JUDGE was of opinion that the evidence of publication was perfectly conclusive. With regard to the hardship of the case, they had nothing to do; and he begged them to dismiss from their minds all prejudice. If, taking the whole document together, they thought its ten dency was to terrify and alarm the middle classes, and compel them by their fears to join with the working classes in producing certain changes in the Government by illegal means, they would find the defendant guilty. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. SATURDAY, FEB. 29. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) .lames Ayre, Bronterre O'Brien, William Thomason, Thomason Deur, and John Mason, were indicted for sedition, in a bill found at the last Assizes. Devyr did not appear, and his recognizances were estreated. Mr. DUSDAS, for the prosecution, said, the circum stances out of which the present prosecution arose occur red on the 7th of July last, at a public meeting in that town, where the several parties addressed the crowd as sembled. Mr. O'Brien first addressed them. His words were taken down by a short-hand writer. The Learned Counsel proceeded to read an account of the proceedings. Mr. O'Brien began by saying, with reference to the riot at Birmingham, that the first blood had been shed, and that it was not the blood of the people. He read an account of proceedings at Birmingham, several parts of which were loudly cheered, especially where it related to the weapons found on the persons of some of the crowd, daggers, &e. The Learned Counsel went in detail through the evidence, as subsequently given by the reporter, and commented on it as he proceeded. Such advice as this, the Learned Counsel concluded by saying, would be ruinous to the country; above all, to that very class to whom it was ad dressed. Mr. William Harrison, a reporter for the Tyne Mercury, gave an account of the commencement of the proceedings as stated by Mr. Dundas, and then proceeded to detail the speeches of the different defendants as they sucessiyely addressed the meeting. He read from his notes. Mr. O'Brien, after referring to the proceedings at Birmingham, went on to say :—" From this they would see the Govern ment, through the local authorities, had determined to put down the right of Englishmen to meet. I tell you the people of Birmingham met in the Bullring, hot to obstruct the thoroughfare, but because there was no place within the borough where they could meet—that the Town-ball, though not built by the people, could not have been built by the middle classes but from what they had wrung from working men. He said the Government wished to put down public meetings, but they could not and should not. He said that he had already told the people that there would be a desperate struggle, and that the middle classes would sacrifice half the population rather than grant them their civil rights, and that they must be prepared for a rainy day. He had not advised the people to arm for the purpose of forwarding the interests of any class, but to agitate ; not to break the law, but to stand on the very outside of the law; but when he saw the Government was about to super. sedo trial by jury and habeas corpus, to deprive them of the last vestige of their privileges, he would advise the men of England to arm to a man. " When you hear a fair state. ment of the position of the people I call upon you to arm with all possible means, and if you are not allowed to meet to read the newspapers—if you are to be met by military and police--there is only one argument they can use. When the people are actually massacred it is time to advise them to arm. A great portion of the Con vention are in gaol—twelve men are arrested for riots which the authorities have caused themselves. It was the police first commenced the attack. They are the rioters, and they should now be in gaol instead of the parties are cited. There was no law but for 700,000 of the middle class's, and they would put the working classes down by law. I know there is a warrant out against me ; 700,000 persons living on rents and plunder. Rather than submit to that I would massacre the whole of England. Talk not to roe of the Whig Government at such a time, or of the power of the Queen. They are mere bugbears—a mere tale for the time being. The Ministers had no power but from the House of Commons, and it had no power but from the 700,000 conspirators, who could change the course of ! legislation. lam sure there is no person present who will believe I could make such a charge against any person because he belongs to the middle classes ; every person who will give me the same right as himself is an honest man; but I speak of the majority. These are the con spirators, and as they have taken that which belongs to others, they arc traitors and robbers. If you would pre.- serve the peace of this town, the men of Newcastle should be ashamed if they had not at least one good musket." Ho then spoke of France, and the right of the ancients to arm. " Unless I see (he continued) the people properly armed I shall renounce the movement. I shall not risk my life if you do not know your rights; and if you know them I will retire from the Convention, if you are not prepared to act after being refused them. If you know your rights you are miserable cowards if you do not take them without loss of time. When you see the arguments which are pre pared to meet your arguments you must arm to the teeth, that the fate of the men of Birmingham may not be yours." Mason followed O'Brien, concurring with the last speaker. He moved that the Government had been guilty of high trea son in dispersing the people of Birmingham when as sembled to discuss their mighty grievances. He added some other observations in a similar strain. Thomason rose to second that resolution. He said he had always been cautious in giving an opnion of physical force ; but that, it' the people were ready to die for their freedom, he was prepared to go with them. He said he need not say much more about arming ; that there never had been any great object gained without physical force. Devyr then addressed the meeting in a similar strain. He moved that in case the authorities of Newcastle should attempt to dis perse the people, they would meet illegal force with con stitutional resistance. Thanks were then voted to Mr. O'Brien. He returned thanks, and again u - ge.l them to arm ; that the best way to keep peace was to be always ready for war. James Ayre then addressed the meeting; he spoke in a similar stra'n to the speakers who had pre ceded him. He said they should agitate the bricks and mortar. They had created property, and they had a right to destroy it. In cross-examination by Mr. O'Bruee, the reporter stated that it was usual throughout England to colour the reports according to the politics of the proprietors of the paper. He was not aware that it was conride'ed a Trent with reporters to do so, an 4 it was far from his iastructions. Saw a report of Mr. O'Brien's speech in the Liberator of the following week. Is not aware there are hardly two sentences the same in the two reports. Kept his notes of the transaction by order of the editor of the 7 yn, Mercury. The report had caused a great sensation at the time, and it was thought ho would be called on to substantiate his report. Believes that fifty copies of the report were or dered by the Political Union. Cannot recollect Mr. O'Brien saying that the arms should only be used in self defence, and never against the rights or properties of others. Might make use of these words. Ayre also cross-examined the witness. In reply to his questions he stated his report was not a full report—many tnings were said which he did not take down. On the case for the prosecution closing, His LORDSHIP had ereatdoubts about the evidence. He thought they should have, if not th e whole proceedings, at cart such as would satisfy them they had the whole neces sary to bring home the charge. Mr. Dueoss said, if his Lordship would say there was no case for the Jury,he would not press the case a step further. His Lohnstile could not say there was nothing for the Jury, but he thought it a case in which they would have great difficulty in coming to a conclusion of the defen dant's guilt. • Mr. DUNDAS, under the se c i rcumstances, did not th i nk lie tvould be justified in withdrawing the case. Mr. COLBETT was proceeding to address the Jury for Thomason when our report came away. CHURCH RATES.—On Saturday, at the Twic kenham petty sessions, upwards of a dozen of the inhabitants of that parish were summoned before Captain Jelf Sharpe and Messrs. Murray and Twining, the sitting magistrates, to show cause why they had neglected or refused to pay the amount of Church-rates assessed on them. Most of the defendants pleaded inability from the dearth of trade and o ther depressing circum stances, and in all the cases time was g iven them to pay the re spective amounts. The Monmouth Mcr/ia states that the five Charti-t convicts who were sentenced to transportation for life were last Friday removed from the County Goal to the Mill bank Penitentiary in London. CHARTIST AVENGERS'-011 Tuesday night laft, about half-past nine, as Wm. Harris, of Blackwood, one of the witnesses against the rioters connected with the late out break, home from receiving his expenses a s a wit „,waylaid and v iolently assault e d b e t ween G e ll y ~, b ‘ e vas was gong (";roc= and Blackwood, by several men from the hills, who beat him with clubs and other weapons, about his face and stomach, till he was almost killed, when they left him in the most ex cruciating agonies. The poor man is suffering severely from this brutal attack : but hopes are en t er t a i ne d o f hi s recovery: One of the villains is known, and it is sapposed that this will lead to the apprehension of the whole gang, who are now proec, ling around the hills, intimidating and assailing the witnesses in the late trials, and commencing again the horrible crueliei and enormities perpetrated some time ago, by the hordes of handed ruffians, calks g themselves "Scotch Cattle."—Mon eioi!ih A grand ball was given at Vienna on the 18th it\st. by Prince Schwarzenberg, awl is said to hays been the most splendid of any since the time of the great. Congress. The derorutions are said to have cost upwards of 50,000 goring , anli the saloons were light;. by 10,000 wax candles. The Arch duke Albert, son of the Archduke Charles, was pr•sent, and the honours of each supper table were done by a Princees of the Imperial family.— Galignani. v .1 ~. Maki t '~