The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-24 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.' gineer, we must see that a man must be more than hu- . mut to be a bl e a l wa y s t o avo id suc h occurre nces. It an engineer were totally regardless of the expense of the works, he would take care in passing through such -a hill as the Summit, to make his work of five, six, or even tenfold thickness, so as to prevent any injury to it ; lint it is the duty of every engineer to look at the cost of his works, and at every five or ten yards of his progress to limit or increase his expense, as he thinks he. can safely do so ; and, wherever he can take off a 'course of bricks, it is his duty to do it. He must be continually applying his experience to the nature of the strata he has to pass through ; and, in a work of such length as this tunnel, it is quite clear that there may be .50 or 100 points where he must have to modify the strength of his materials. Assuming the strata to be of a certain quality, he makes the strength of his works titer° to correspond. if it were possible for our en gineers to see into the body of a hill, they might see . many places where, with that insight, they would add strength ; and others, where they would be justified in re ducing the strength of their work ; but they are obliged to take their impressions from the surface, and the general nature and character of the strata. The con atequenee is, that in 50F1Ms cases, in these endeavours to 'save materials and expense, they may commit the mis take of making the work too light. In this tunnel, a mile and three quarters in length, there were some points which were found too weak and these have been repaired. Where necessary, the wall was taken out, or an invert put in ; and we have seen these points in various parts of the tunnel. The only thing about this esee-urence is, that it stands in the way of the opening nod is, therefore, a difficulty as to time. The expense, as far as can be seen to-day, will not exceed 3,0001. to 4,0401., and it must he considered as a mere bagatelle ie a work of this kind. I think it is exceedingly satis factory to see that the mischief is limited to a small extent ; that it is a cass of no unusual occurrence in 'tunnels, and that it is a matter that in is short time can be made quite perfect. There is not the slightest danger, or any ground for the apprehension which some pecyle may eatertain, that the tunnel is likely to fall in. In fact, our engineers have told us to-day, that it is (evident there can be no such thing as the tunnel falling in, wßhollt a long continued series of indications, the caution that would be given by which, is quite suffi ,ient to protect the public against any evil of to it kind. Any weakening of the works would be shown by the gradual movement of the brickwork ; and, as every nrecaution and care will be taken to observe it, there will be no chance of such mishap, and there need he no apprehension on the part of the public that any such evil cao occur. When we first heard of this ditii asulty, some of us Directors, who don't know much of •erigineeri . og, fanci e d th e d anger to b e muc h greater t h an 'c really i s ; and we put our engineer no into a corner, ta whether there was any point he was afraid of, or ;tacked at with apprehension, in the foundations of any 'of ! . he works, the bridges, or piers. He said that from r. e end of the line to the other he could not put his finger on a spot where any danger or risk could be rea sonahly anticipated ; and that he believed our line was as perfect, if not more so, than any other in the coun try. Mr. Stephenson has assured me to-lay, that he inefieves our tunnel is as perfect a work as any in the sessuntry, when this little matter is repaired. Therefore, ssentlemen, if we fail of success, it will be from no im perfection in our works. As to the future, we have en deavoured to anticipate what the traffic will be ; but at present no man can. But those, however, who have looked at it in the strictest way, strongly anticipate that t will be to such an extent as fully to bear out and jus tify our expenditure.—(Applause.) The Chairman gave the toast, and said he should be glad if Mr. Ste phenson would express kis opinion upon the tunnel. The toast having been drank— Mr. G. STEPHENSON said—l can only repeat what Mr, Houldsworth has said, having viewed the thing !myself to-day ; and y ou h ave h ear d our op i n i on upon i t. aiit I will stake my character, my head, if that tunnel :can ever give way t o b r i ng d anger to any of the pu b lic passing through. The fracture that has taken place must, doubtless, he a disappointment to the Directors in delaying the opening of the line ; but the fact is, that the invert is covered with material, so that we could not Sad it out till that material is taken away, so as to make the culvert through to carry the water from end to end ; but I believe, that, if the invert were taken owts - / altogether, the tunnel would stand firm. It is a gr.estion now with me, whether we ought to put the in vert in again, or to strengthen the foot of the side walls. However, it being a work of such magnitude, it is per haps safer to take a little more time to it, and make it perfect. The CHAIRMAN-Still, if I understand you right, you think it would stand without the invert ? Mr. G. STEPHENSON-i would stake my character 'OR It. However, to put away all doubt or apprehen sion as to the possibility of the tunnel giving way, per- Imps the renewal of the invert is desirable. Tyre CHAIRMAN—I am sure the feeling of the;Board, ned, of course, that of the public, would be to make the thing perfectly safe ; and the Board has but one deter mination—that, however long it may take, they would make it perfectly safe, as far as human means can make it so, before the ope n ing of the line to the public. __Alr..,.',.*R.-yresirable not to put in so much of the in vert : and I think it may be possible to shorten the time. I don't wish to be understood as saying thit it really will be so ; but I do think we may shorten the time. With respect to the tunnel, taking it as a whole, I don't think there is such another piece of work in existence in the world. It is the greatest work that has yet been done of this kind, and there has been less repairing than is usual. Indeed no work of such mag nitude have I known with so little re-doing of the work. It is a great work, one where an engineer is beaten in his calculations, for he cannot beforehand look into these little fractured parts of the earth he may meet with. This is a dislocated part of a very high country, where the debris has come off at a time and in a place where we could have no chance of examining it, except by excavation. This is the only weak part we have met with. It runs diagonally through the tunnel. It begins at one end of the fractured part, and runs to its other cad. It is a part that has chipped off from its neighbours ; and not being so firmly fixed as the adjoining rocks on each side, when we took off the bottom it eased it a little, and that has been the cause of the upper part throwing a little more pres sure upon the invert. At Liverpool we had some dislo cations ; but they were in the red sandstone, which formed in much larger masses, and with less fractures. The last tunnel on the Liverpool line was made in the red sandstone from end to end, and scarcely any soft parts were ever met with. The CHA IRMA N—But 'even there, I think, you lc in A house. Mr. STEVAENSON—Yes, we cracked one a little. The cRAMMAN—What I mean is, that this letting in is no uncommon symptom in tunnels. UN STEPHENSON—Oh, no. Ur. Gooch—There is no railway made without the oisccurcence of some such accident. There is always a `variation in the softness and hardness of the material, and consequently less or more pressure on the work. The engineer is obliged to take some standard by which to do the work. If you take a standard consi derably beyond what would really give way, so as to support nearly the whole, you may still have a point or two, which, from the extreme pressure on them, may give way. If you take the very outside standard, you must be expending large sums of money uselessly in supporting earth that would nearly stand of itself. `rho time having now arrived at which• it was neces nary to return to the railway station, to be in readiness to proceed back to Hebden Bridge by the train leaving Leeds at three o'clock, the company rose, and, at 20 minutes to four o'clock, again started, with two engines and proceeded at a rapid rate ; the average gradients from Normanton to Hebden Bridge ascending 1 its 120, tee from twelve feet to thirteen feet per mile. From Z'lebden Bridge to the Tunnel, the gradient (still as eending) is about one in 180, or 29 feet in the mile. The train reached Brighouse at eleven minutes past Sour, Sowerby Bridge at half-past four, and Hebden -liriclge at a quarter to five o'clock ; and having left the ordinary passengers there, proceeded to the mouth of `the Summit Tunnel, which it reached at twenty-two max:lutes past five. Here the party separated, some as vsending and pursuing their way by the hill road, to the •other end of the tunnel, while the greater part of them again passed through the tunnel, and emerged from its south terminus at tour minutes past six o'clock. Hare th e y found a special train in waiting, by which they voceeded to Littleborough, which station they reached .:at thirteen minutes past six, and again started, before the ordinary train about to leave that station for Man ehestcr, reaching Rochdale at twenty-three minutes pas six, Mills Hill at twenty- e i g h t minutes to seven, rand arriving at Manchester at a quarter before seven o'clock,all a pp a rently much gratifi e d with the trip. Notwithstanding the day selected, the shortest day in the year, might not promise favourably for the excur sion, the weather was remarkably fine and op en , the sky clear, the sun shone, and a finer day could not have beea desired. • m ay mention, i n con _ in conc!uding this notice, we - nection with the proposed opening of the line, that Si r Frederick Smith, the Government Inspector of Rail way<, is expected to visit the line this day (on his way to Scotland), for the purpose of examining every portion of it, except the Swum t tunnel, which of course is scarcely in fit state for his inspection at present, in c!tig . s92ence of the l a t e acc id ent . I t i s pro b a bl e , s h o uld Sir Ic7leri c le s report of the state of the line be satis factory, that the D.rectors may open the whole of it, except the Summit tunnel,—viz, those portions between Littlthorough and the tunnel, and between the tunnel and Hebden Bridge, —at an early day. The comple tion of the tunnel may probably occupy a month or five weeks from, this time.—illanchcster Guardian. Fitatit M , . ~ A' A THEW-ISAL—The Irish Papers tett wr I,_ lt" t e m perance pro gresses " w i t h ra il roa d ra pidity am ob ' 31te ci- d ecant whiskey and wine-bibbers itfe sc , C msidering klo A aaasou of the year, and the old custom: f jolly ch r i s o*Mh e " progress" just now is very like a miracle. It id'illting time for the temperance men, but the pledge, likavou rage, conq uers everything—virtus tfincit omnia. COMPLETION OF THE STOCK- PORT VIADUCT. The ceremony of laying the stone forming the com pletion of this stupendous viaduct, conveying the Man chester and Birmingham Railway over the valley of the Mersey at Stockport, was performed on Monday last. Before detailing the proceedings connected with this interesting occasion, an account and description of the viaduct, which is probably the largest work of the kind ever constructed in the world, will no cloubt, be inter esting to many of our readers. The extreme length of the viaduct is 1,786 feet. It has 22 semi-circular arches, each of 63 feet span, four of 20 feet span, and two at each abutment. The height of the viaduct (to the surface of the rails) is 111 feet above the bed of the river, being six feet higher than the c elebrated Menai Bridge. The foundations of all the piers, except the two in the river, are laid on the sand stone rock ; and the foundations of the river piers are laid at a depth of six feet its the rock. The piers are 10 feet thick, and formed with perpendicular sides ; most of them being thicker at the bottom than at the top. The thickness of the river piers is 11 feet. The viaduct is built of stone and brick, but principally of brick ; the foundation of the piers, and to the height of nine feet above the ground. and the parapets, being of stone, and all the rest brick-work. The width of the road between the parapets is 28 feet, affording ample room for two lines of railway. One line is already laid. It is laid on longitudinal and transverse wooden sleepers, which have undergone a process, by by which they have been completely saturated with creosote, every cubic foot of the wood having been made to absorb a gallon of that liquid. This process was first used, we believed, on this line ; Mr. Buck, the engineer, considering that it renders the wood much less liable to decay than the Kyanising process. The foundation stone of the viaduct was laid on the 10th of March, 18:39. so that the time occupied in erecting and completing this immense structure (notwithstanding the hindrances caused by the floods in the Mersey, by wash ing the centres away two or three times at the com mencement of the work) has been only a year and nine months. This is a matter of astonishment to all who have seen the work, and will not be less so to others, when we state that the quantity of stone used in the erection is 400,000 cubic feet, and that the number of • bricks is no fewer then eleven millions. The viaduct has an appearance of great stability and firmness, and does great credit both to the designer, Mr. G. W. Buck, and the contractors, Messrs. Tomkinson and Holmes, of Liverpool. The viaduct was originally intended to be built ten feet lower than it at present is ; but finding that, by elevating it to Its present height, a consider able saving might he effected in other parts of the line, the Company obtained an Aet to empower them to el feet that object, whereby a saving of 50,000/. in the con struction of the whole line was effected. The cost of the viaduct, we understand, is about 70,0001. The completion of such a work was of course an era in the formation of the railway, and it was arranged that the last stone should be set by Thomas Ashton, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Directors. A tempo rary platform was erected at the south end of the via duct, where the stone was to be set, and under the stone which was at the south-east end, was a brass plate, on which was engraved the following inscrip tion :—" This viaduct was commenced on the 10th of March, 1839, and the last stone was set on the 21st December, 1840, by Thomas Ashtoe, Esq., of Hyde, Chairman of the Directors ; George W. Buck, engi neer ; John Tomkinson, Samuel Holme, James Holme, builders." Several flags and union-jacks were hoisted in honour of the occasion. At half-past twelve o'clock, several of the Directors, and a number of other gentle men, proceeded from the pavilion to the platform ; and, whilst they were on the way, they were saluted by the firing of several guns. There were upwards of a hun dred gentlemen on the platform, and a number of ladies ; and a crowd of persons had assembled outside to wit ness the ceremony. Amongst the gentlemen present we observed Mr. Thomas Ashton, Chairman ; and Messrs. George R. Chappell, J. P. Westland, R. C. Sharp, and M. Lyon, Directors of the Company ; H. Marsland, Esq., M.P.; Thomas Marsland, Esq. M.P., D. Ainsworth, Esq., boroughreeve of Manchester, the Rev. C. K. Prescott, rector of Stockport, Mr. Cop pock, town-clerk of Stockport, Mr. John Kennedy, and Mr. Thomas Walmaley. The contractors presented Mr. Ashton with a silver trowel, to be used on the occasion. It was manufactured by Mr. Dismore of London and Manchester, and contained the following inscription :—" Silver Trowel presented to Thomas Ashton, Esq., of Hyde, on his laying the top stone of the Stockport Viaduct, 21st Dec., 1840. By Messrs. Tomkinson and Holmes, contractors." When the as sembly had congregated on the platform, Mr. SAMUEL HOLME, one of the contractors, said that, after considerable exertions and great anxiety, they had almost completed this viaduct ; and the pleasing duty now devolved upon him of presenting the Chairman with this trowel, to enable him to put the finishin g hand to the work. After the great difficulties they had had to experience in bringing such a mass of materials to the spot, the difficulties of such a foundation as the river below, and the interruptions assisted ' to ' s ' : s tone, v u vt a h tl re l '(!'t pleasure; Lial,!‘“noul their anxiety, and enabled them to give up to the Com- . _ pang one of the most magnificent erections of the day. —( Hear.) Scarcely twenty-one months elapsed since this work was commenced. The quantity of stone they had had to get from the quarry, shape, and set, was 400,000 cubic feet ; and the number of bricks used was 11,000,000 ; but, by the aid of the talent of the en gineer, they had been enabled to erect this heavy, but ele gant, structure. At such a moment, and on such an occa sion, he should be excused from expressing that gratitude which every Englishman ought to feel at the excellence of our laws ; which, by the security they had afforded to our labour and our property, had made England, at the pre sent moment, stand pre-eminent among nations. And may she units, not only in commercial and manufacturing greatness, but in all works which evince scientific and intellectual superiority ; and which, when united to moral qualifications, were so conducive to the well being of all! The mighty power of steam was fast improving ; the very elements were now subservient to the wants an d wishes of man. Steam would open fresh markets to our manufactures, and give an im pulse to our commerce. Our brethren in America were now not further removed from us in point of time than the inhabitants of Cornwall were half a century ago. He would now glance at another subject, which ought to claim the attention of every Englishman. It was not only necessary to travel quick, hut safely. Their beauti ful and complicated machines ought not to be trusted to the care of incompetent men. Underwriters were careful that the men they trusted to pilot a ship into port had served a regular apprenticeship, Tina should have undergone an examination into their abilities, before they were entrusted with the care of the ma chine which they werecailed upon to direct. He men tioned this subject in the hope, that he should see An institution formed for the education of engineers, and that no one should be employed wbo did not possess a certificate of his ability. He should not discharge 4a 4 ,s duty on this occasion if he did not render pnblie thanks to Mr. Buck, the engineer, for the fatilities he had afforded them in the prosecution of ttie works. Having, during the last twenty years, Ittei to do with many en gineers and architects, be eould say he had never met one who had more of suaviter in mock, with the skill of the tradesmen, and who did his dgt,y with that kindness and forbearance with which 'every. contractor, desirous of doing his duty, liked to be treated. The designs were his, and an they (the contractors) had done was to eery them into effect. He would also take that opportunity of testifying the kindness they had received since they came there, especially from those gentlemen whose property adjoined the work. Not only had no impediment been thrown in their way, but they had received the greatest kindness from them. And, to the credit of the inhabitants of I the town, he must say, that no injury had hetet Anne to their property, and, as far as he nicer, not one single article had been lost. He ttsen presented the Chairman with the silver trowsel, accompanying it with a wish that he might 10ll -6; have health and prosperity to look with pleasure on the splendid erection which he was now about to do them the honour to conspkto, Thomas Ashton, Esq., then perfeeetzi the cere mony of setting the stone ; after rehich three times three hearty cheers were givese, end the guns fired. Mr. ASHTON then slid he felt very proud, that he had had the honour of placing the last stone of this inmense structure. It was not necessary fey to follow Mr. Holme in his admirable speech. lie agreed with it in every part, and especially in that in which he recommended a school for engineers. He believed there had been a lose of life in this work, but :which, considering its magnitude, was very trifling, amounting in the whole to only three lives ; a circum stance which he thought must tell very much its favour of those who had had the management oftlin work. He then called upon Mr. Buck, the engineer. Mr. BUCK said, the pleasing task now devolved upon hi m of explaining the dimensions, and the general de sign of the structure. It consisted of 22 substantial arche s of 63 feet span, all the foundations of which were built o n the sandstone rock. it perhaps might he necessary that he should on this occasion give some reasons for its magnitude and its altitude. It was about ten feet highe r than the Company were auth or i se d to make i t b y their first Act of Parliament. Th ey h a d ;node it thi s ,vhic , a means asuperiorsaving height under a r ecen t Act, by o accounted ti wards f o o t r . t O s , O h o e o i / was a s I a :s -tained. These reaso ns l e ngth was account e d for by the necessity, i g ri n passinm over a town like that, to have the streets as clear as possible. The viaduct terminated on the Cheshire side 1 immediately after passing the streets ; and on the Lan. cashire side, just where the embankment became less expensive than building arches. Th e wor t ; had there fore been constructed at the smallest possibl e expense. The introduction of brick in this work had enabled them to do it at very little additional expens e to that l of the much smeller work on the Grand Junctio n Rail way, called the Dutton Viaduct. LitLle mute remainel to be said, that that, in works of that nature, ornament must be out of character. In concluding this work, THE SUN, LONDON, THCASDAY, _DE which had devolved upon him, that labour had been lightened by 012 Compiny placing it i❑ the hands of such admirable contrac!orA. The company then sang " God save the Queen," after which, the ladies proceeded to the Pavilion, and the gentlemen walked in procession round the viaduct, after which they also proceeded to the Pavilion, where a cold collation was provided by the contractors. The pavilion in which the dinner was given was part of the temporary earriage•house, which was partitioned off, and tastefully fitted up, with lining of red cloth and a roof of white calico. Behind the Chairman was a large banner, on which was painted the Queen's arms, quartered with those of Prince Albert. Opposite the Chairman, and immediately over the entrance, was a gilt crown. There were also several union jacks, and the whole had a very pleasing appearance. The colla tion did great credit to Messrs. Tomkinson, Holme, and Co., the contractors, at whose expense it was given, and to the caterer, Mr. Wood, of the George Inn. About 130 persons, including all the Directors who had taken part in the proceedings of the morning, and a good many ladies partook of the repast. Mr. Samuel Holme, one of the contractors, occupied the chair. When dinner was over, and the health of " The Queen," " The Prin cess Royal," and " Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family," had been drunk— The CHAIRMAN said, in proposing the health of an excellent individual on his right hand (Mr. Thomas Ashton), lie thought it no disgrace, in this commercial country, to say that he had been the architect of his own fortune. He would not say more, but simply give them " The health of Thcmas Ashton, E,q., the Chair man of Directors."—(The toast was &tank with the usual cheers. Mr. ASHTON briefly acknowledged the compliment. The CHAIRMAN next proposed, " Tue health of the Members for Stockport," which w,:is drank with three times three. _ . HENRY MARSLAND, Eq., M.P., acknowledged the toast on behalf of himself and colleague, and said, he wished to assure them of the gratitude they felt on the occasion of the opening of the first part of this line, a portion of it so important to that ter,vn and neighbour hood. If they might judge from what they had that day seen, they might take it for granted that it would not be long before the wuole line would be completed. They had given their assistance, as far as they could, in procuring the Act of Parliament, which enabled them to make it. He would express their earnest hope, that the further progress of that line might be as free from human casualty as works of this magnitude generally were, and that, ultimately, it would be a source of pro fit to those who had advanced their money for it, as well as to the advantage of the great community by which they were surrounded. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Mr. Buck, their engineer. The toast having been drunk, with three times three, Mr. BUCK, in responding to it, observed that in ad dition to what he had before said, he would now add— to show the very great perfection with which the work had been carried on—that in bridge building they al ways had a test, an unerring test, of the honesty and fidelity of the workmanship, in observing, on removing the centre work, the extent of subsidence which then took place. A work might have a very fine exterior, and a brid,ge might have a very fair outside, but unless it was honestly executed, the removal of the centre would at once detect the imposition. In this case there was not one arch which had subsided more than half an inch.—(Applause.) Now practical men, who were ac quainted with the subject, would perhaps doubt that statement ; and he should scarcely have credited it. It amounted to not one-:.housandth part of an inch in each joint ; and in his opinion it was almost impossible to conceive a piece of brickwork, composed of so many joints as this, that should have gone down in so minute a degree. The CHAIRMAN said, before proposing the next toast, he must entreat their forbearance for five minutes while he drew their attention to the state of travelling half a century, a century, or two centuries ago. When he compared the travelling of the present day with what it was in the reign of Charles 11. it absolutely seemed as if he was going to read to them something untrue. And, quite sure he was, that, if their excellent Chairman of Directors had appended his name to such documents as had appeared in the newspapers during the last few months, and had lived in the reign of Charles 11. he would have been accounted a lunatic. In a Birmingham news paper published on the 12th April, 1742, was an adver tisement which stated that the Lichfield stage-coach leaves the Hen and Chickens on Wednesday, and goes the same afternoon to Lichfield. It returns to Birmingham on Thursday afternoon, and so will continue regularly with a good coach and able horses.—( Laughter.) So late as 1782, when Prince George of Denmark went from London to a town at a distance of 40 miles, the jour ney occupied 14 hours, the last seven miles taking six hours. The person who related this journey said, with great quaintness, that the long time was the more surprising, as, except when overturned or stopped by the rain, his Royal Highness made no stay.—(Laugh• ter.) In 1754 there was but one stage-coach between Glasgow and London ; and, in the Edinburgh C'uurant of that time, it was stated that a new coach with two I I class windows and the carriage on steel springs, would or twelve in winter.—(Laughter.) This, it must be borne in mind, was only six years before the accession of George 111. Again another was advertised "to set out first Tuesday in March, and continue from John So merville's every other Tuesday, and meet at Borough bridge (in Yorkshire) every Saturday night, and set out from thence on Monday noon. Performed, if God permit, by Obadiah Eastgate." Now, he could have told Obadiah Eastgate, that he went from Liverpool at two o'clock in the afternoon, came to Stockport to look after the work, was in London the next morning at five, went to bed for five hours, then went down to the Houses of Parliament, had time to dine comfortably, get into the railway train the same night, and get home the next morning before his family or servants were out of bed. This he thought would have been a matter that would have astonished Obadiah Eastgate. How had this been accomplished ? By the skill of our en gineers, and the enterprise of our capitalists. Ha would now propose to them one of those great Companies which had been the means of enabling this to be accomplished, —" The Manchester and Birmingham Railway,"—and he would connect this toast with an individual whom the longer he had known, the more he had respected,—he meant Mr. Sharp.—(The toast was drunk with three times three.) Mr. R. C. SHARP, in iiefni-nifig• tildtiKi data,thil measure, it was well known, had Met with great diffi cultiea. U nfortunately, the town of Manehester vas divided against itsetf i htkt Olt*. b3lieative wisdom of the House 0( chitons put them together, and the Mao eht...ler and Birmingham Railway Company was formed. But they had still dify;coltiet t overcoina: Very shortly, their engitog i . tql6il it Wa; Untie celorr tls* tfi Otplain, left them. They applied to the gentleman who was now their etigitvebr; and skhO then their resident enT. , ,in`der t Mirk 115 look the office, he ;' , eliekoa4 ht had not a document beyond the Pao.l4ttleiltary plans ; but in the short time that had elapsed, he had produced, not only what they now saw, in the opening of the line from Manchester to Stock port, and the completion of that viaduct, but he had revised the whole of the line from Manchester to Crewe; and he (Mr. sharp) hoped to congratulate them all, in leas than fifteen months, on the opening of the line from Manchester to Crewe, and, consequently, from Man. cheater to London. A number of other toasts were then given, and suit ably acknowledged ; and the meeting separated about four o'clock, after which the workmen were regaled in the pavilion.—Manchester Gua? FRANCE, (From the Paris Journals of Tuesday.) On Sunday c. ening their Ma l jesties received the Papal Internuncio, the Prussian, Danish, and Greek Ministers, Prince Beauveati, and Baron !Alec:bin, The Duchess de Nemours, who was at the Opera the evening before last, appeared in mourning, for her great aunt, the Princess of Reuss Koestritz, recently deceased. M. Cremieux has returned to Paris from Alexandria, by Constantinople and Vienna. The Message,- publishes a brief despatch from Marshal Vales, confirming the intelligence of the tranquillity of all the provinces in Africa under his command. The same journal publishes the report of General de Lamoriciere, concerning his last razia from Oran on the 28th and 29th ult. The results would have been much more decisive had not the difficulties of the ground, which was unknown to 1 the French troops, impeded the rapid advance of the co lumn. The booty obtained is stated by the General to have been 700 oxen, cows, and calves, 1,000 sheep and goats, 15 horses, 31 camels, 10 mules, 200 asses, and 2C , 0 tents burnt or carried off. It is stared That the trial of Darmes before the Court of ' Peers will commence on January is. " We learn from Tulle," says the Gazette de Tribunauz-, that it is not the intention of the Procureur- General to renew the prosecution against Madam e Laffarge for the imputed robbery of the diamonds, because, by the sen tence of the Court of Assizes, she is dead in law, and, therefore, incapable of undergoing any further penalty. The Leotaud family, it is said, intend to take civil pro. reedings wains , the heirs of Madame Laffarge for the re covery of the diamonth." urderstand that the French Government has been informed by the Ambassadors of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, that their Courts join that of St. James's in ad l:ering to the arrangement made by Commodore Napier with Mehemet Ali. —Galignani. The CorNmerce gives the following explanation of the statement of the Presse that M. Thiers Janhert hail inscribed their names among the members of the Re-union Barrot:—'‘ The Deputies of the Centre Gauche sent to the last meeting of the members of the Gauche a deputa tion, of which Thiers and M. Jaubcrt formed part, and thus it was that these two Deputies figured among the po litical friends of M. Barrot, but they did not inscribe their pames." The Progres of Arrtts states that orders have been issued to diiarin the Fort Rouge, one of the farts conn , eted with Calais, which had recent:), liven put in a state of defence. Extract of a letter frog► Zurich, 14th inst., in the Con stitutionnel —" A note iseaid to have been received by the Federal Government from the British Cabinet, which puts at rest the question of our neutrality in me of a war be tween Franco and the other Powers of Europe. The s mrne assurance was pre7iously given by the Court of Austria. From the Ist of February the scat of the Swiss Govern ment will be removed to Berne. The diplomatic depart meet, comp. - ,sed of seven members, including time Avower as President, will constitute the power in which the direc tion of the affairs of the C:mferleration will be vested. The Vorort has transmitted to the Cantons the respective num bers of soldiers they are each to contribute towards the maintenance of an armed neutrality." A letter from Berlin, in the Cologne Gazette, states that the representatives of the Four Powers who signed the Treaty of July 15 have addressed a note from London to the French Government, inviting it to join the other Powers in an alliance for the maintenance of the balance of power in Europe, and to quit the isolated pasit:orm in which it has been placed by toe Cabinet of M. Thiers It is added, that no doubt is entertained of the adhesion of the French Government to this proposition. A letter from Vienna, of the same date, contradicts the reports which have appeared of the march of the Austrian troops fur Mentz. and states that no new armaments will be resorted to whilst the notes recently transmitted to Paris by the Austrian and Prussian Governments are;under considera tion. _ The Grand Duchess Helena and her daughters arrived at Warsaw on the 9th instant, alighting at the Palace of the Belvidere. The city was illuminated on that and the following evenings. On the 10th their Impt.rial High nesses in , pcted the citadel, and dined with the Governor, the General. and all the high functionaries. The Carlsruhe Gazette, under the held of Trieste, states that the insurrectionary attempt of the Greek officer Valanzs. in Thessaly, has completely failed. We learn from Belgrade," says the Nuremberg Cor re. Tonclent, " that the Pacha of Hcrzegovine has bad up wards of 100 beads of the inhabitants of some revolted dis tricts taken off and hung on the walls of his residence in to rrorem. _ _ A battalion of the 59th Regiment of the line arrived at Troyes on the 19th instant from Besancon, on its way to Paris to assist in the fortifications. It had been pre ceded by a battalion of the 1 ith from Dijon, with the same destination. A detachment of 900 men of the 20th Regiment is en route for Par's at Orleans, also destined to work at the fortifications. The works of excavation for the fortifications of Paris have been resumed at various points round the capital. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING OF Dvx. 21. On the conclusion of a long speech from M. de Beau mont on the Factory Bill, which was alluded to in our yesterday's impression, the President consulted with the Chamber, when it was decided that a special committee should be appointed to examine the supplementary credits of 1841. The committee will accordingly meet on Wed nesday in the bureaux for that purpose. NAVAL. IN TELLIGENCE, Oroiti the ..tlryiiton Gazette.) DEc.l22.—The'Driver, a new steam ship, of i!k10 horse . power, is to be launched from this dockyard on Thursday. She will afterwards proteed to Woolwich to be fitted with machinery. The steamer Monkey has beta COrtirnissioned at Wool wich by Mr. Will.ami ;launders, second master, who is to have the colianiand of her. Toy - is :new steamships, called the Ardent And Poly phemus, arc hastening with all despatch at Chatham, also the Growler and Vixerh These. ships are enciind-klasq steamers. The Phoenix stearn - -trigale, esptain topford, is nearly ready to return to galta. She will convey despatches to the Acirti*a`x, hhd letters announcing the several promo. tiots in the squadron. The steam frigate Dee, Commander Sherer, is hourly looked for, from the North American and West india sta tion, to be paid ofr. The Indus, Carta% Sir James Stirling, will be ready to go to 3pithead about the 20th January, and the Tweed, 0, Commander Douglas, at about the same periosril No orders have yet arrived to commi!3ion the frigates Warspite, 50, Vindictive, 50, and Mathitt , 6 as'ear, 44. The London, 92, an d Formidable) $4, ate Low quite ready at Chatham for commission : the whole of their stores are prepared, The Thalia, 46, is also bringing forward fcr the pendant. The troop ships Athol, Mr. Bellamy, Master, and Apollo, Mr. White, are refitting in the harbour to take troops from Cork to the lonia n Islands. The Monarch, 84. Captain Chambers, by private letters from Sheerness, be at Spithead by the 13th January, where she will complete hpr complement. That majestic ship St. V,ncent, 120, has been tmdocked, and is rigging with every practicable dispatch in the basin, for commission in about a month. The Impregnable, 10-t, Captain Forrest, and Belleisle, 73, Captain Nicolas, are to pi oeeed to the Mediterranean. h ave ma de th e f o ll ow i ng advancements Both will l e ave Plymouth about the 25 t h J anuary. The Admiralty in the squadron in the Mediterranean for services per formed, namely, twelve Captains to be Companions of the Captains; twe n :y Mates to b e L B i a e t u h te ; natnhtiratetnenbaCocmommmanadneer:rst;o andbe forty Lieutenants. , , At Spithead—No vessel of war. In harbour.—Queen, Victory, Lchr, Excellent Tweed Poyal George yacht, Phasnix, Apollo, At'ol, and flag tenders. The Marquis 01 Grauby left the Hotel, J erm y n - street, on T ues d ay to spend the Christmas at Belvoir Castle. SITTING OF ' DEC. 29. M. Sauzet took the chair at half-past one, when the debate upou tho Bill for regulating the labour of children in factories was resumed. _ _ _ M. de Vl'crate supported the principle of the 'measure, at the same time ree1", ,,,, OL--L ,he important object of ensuring a proper remuneration for labour. The Hosourable De puty referred to the appalling contrasts between the depths of misery and the refinements of luxury witnessed in the manufacturing towns in England, and arising from the inadequate wages paid to work men, who have in many .instances to support large families. He was glad to find that the present Bill pro vided for the education of children before their being ad mitted to manufactories and during their stay therein, and he hoped that it would prove an effectual remedy for some of the evils which had so long existed. The measure might in course of time be rendered more efficacious by the introduction of other ameliorations. M. Taillandier objected to the project of law, which he considered not only imperfect, but in mauy parts in e'intra diction with the law of the land; it was also too exclusive in its application, as it ought to have referred to children's labour wherever employed. M. Villemain, Minister of Public Instruction, spoke in defence of the project of law, which he said had been drawn up with the view of guarding the various interests therein concerned. With respect to the objection of its being of too exclusive a nature, the fact was that the Bill was in evils in the first, instance, g asures of improvement to bl t e e ea n scli subsequentlyendg t a o n remedyope opening inp gr the esfoe r m n to o: di .e c r r y m i r e ] M. Golberry w as proceeding to address the Chamber At the hour of post, TOULON It i ttl. , LloltlCE. (From the Sentinelle de la Atatint.' of the 16th.) Tile sii lint-of-battle ship s b elong i ng to Ad m i ra l Hugon t s div6ldii, end Whieli are being got ready with all possible speed, are the Jena, tbg t i t : s, comman d e d b y C apt . Hamelin, and bearing the Ad m i ra l' s f l az ; tho Montebello, of 120 guns, commanded by C apta i n Gay de Taladel, and bearilig tile 4 11 g of Aditii . .tai de la Susse; the Suffren, of 90, Captain Lcmarant de bierdaniel 1 the Jupiter, of 90, Cap tain panyeau; the Alger, of 84, C apta i n tlig9dit; and the Netitiffih, of .A 4 gunsi Captain le lay. These vessels have received orders in be teeth' to pot to tea, but their destination is a secret. It is thought that they coed to th e H yercs I s l an d s to awa i t further orders. Wi l l they go fro m t h ence to T a n g i ers , t h e coast o f S pa i n, or t h e East ? That i s w h a t i s not k nown . will pro- The steamer Phare has left for Marseilles or Cettc, where it will await the arrival of Queen Christina, and both tivil and military, C onvey her to Naples. The steamer Sphinx has left for Algiers, with the mail d l o iack ,Ctit t t:!;; Vessel hail Oil board 250 men of the .53 " e g t raellt of the Line, 50 passengers? 30 Z,T,...7 10 colonisto, &e: , , Tim a . . n Ctiaaanurs , teather Ullittiffe iitit et . ilied from Al iers, which is left oh the lOth, *A desliatehei i and 4111 pa!Pengers, Lietitenapt=Coltinel of the 8d Light infantry ,', Madame amongst whom were 3i. d'lllois, t " l ."+ ilib wiN ht thh ilritish Vice- Cohatil i M. Guerri- Line ; and M r. R ogen, inand, Chef de Bataillon of the 26th Regidient of the the Court of American Charge d'Affaires to Turin. cee t d h t e o b ri t'i ,, g s tt pe re tri , j a g, di er hat left the port of Genoa to pro -I(i`tr h4tid ' l, 4 !leitiii.lrs, who have just returned from Africa, were admitted this morning to free pratique. Two be Pent provisionally hundred belong 1 2d Light •0 th e giment. A merthant b r i g and hoitted signal s struck this morning at the Vignettes, to Dragoignan, the depot of that re. of distress: Sever Al boats were put off to lief assistanih in o rd ef to ti get her a fl oat. The corvettes A strolabe and i; e l e e continue disarmi ng in this port. It is thought that those two vessels will un dergo repairs in o l d er to re-arm at a more distant period. The Rainier tiiicket, which has taken three months' provisions on board, left this morning for tariglers, rhere it is to be stationed, but it was obliged to return and ca s t entlior in tonseq u enee of th e b a d weather, The 'Carfare has been admitted to Cie,..e iif4titliie's BOURSE.--.Panfs, TVEPD4 Y, DEC. 22. I Ti . tSt Highest Lerrcst Last Price F rc • :{ lo l 2 ........... ... 110 90 ... I % i ° 6 ' ) ••• 1-45 per Cents ......... 103 .., Ifl "' lvjj ." 4 per Cents,,,, ... 97 97 *" " 91 103 3 per Cent 5 ........... - ' rc" 5 '— 'l 7 o 6 85 R:ink (:); t'rance . 2f3ige ::.3 ! ;10 banft 40 . 14. Sh„ 1075 ...11i75 _1075 _1975 sh Aite 5195 ...3193 —5195 Batik no (v 3D 4.42 59 9.22 50 5 nee . .. is i i7 ll N ew I.A•qsi . ........... 1 , 2"; 97YE, t. 4, per Cents ........... 51 5 . 2 '" Active !!! . 124, •••• 24 .. ........ ". , :eapolitan .......... nil % 99N ••• 995 55% SHAR S. St ye cor7FA, ..................................................... ,(;n4.3, :.". 0715 . ................ rAlt •••• " - i)rieans I I 4~0 T 5 483 ;5 4R3 Strasburg to Ila,e . D4 25 °7A.2 50 ... •,•41 25 .. 211 cry BRUSSELS and GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, DEC. 20, The e.tafette from Paris did not arrive yesterday at Brussels till thirteen minutes past six in the afternoon_; the letters from France not having twelve, T h a i‘ h i j a n v i i s n t g c r o f thus Iv & e r a been delivered at Valenciennes till ten minutes pest and forty minutes in the French territory. —llloniteurßelge. yes terday, two projects of law; one to allow his budget a provisional credit of five millions. on the following p p e r r e ie s n e e n e t d ed a to de t l h a c y C of ha f m ou b r er hurs ground;;;--‘• l',-es:moing that the discussion of the budget f the War 1..;' , .-;•:u tan.:: - ;t for 1,31:, catmo ut : 1,... torininfj, at least in both Chamb ers, b efore the end of this month, I am obliged to apply t o t h e Legislature for a provisional J EMBER „94, 1840 credit, in order to meet the eicpei;;'6a b 4 th first month of the ensuing year. I therefore have the honour fd iffbmit to the Chamber a Royal decree authorising me to propose a project of law, allowing a credit of 5,0 )0,000 ; which, con sidering the urgency of the case, I beg the Chambers to take into consideration without delay." The:other pr , ject of law was id fiit the amount of the army for 1841 at 80.000 men, for 1841, instead of bO,OOO voted for 1840, because, " considering the general state of things, and the conse quenees td thigh it must lead, the Oovernment has con• sidercd it to he its duty to inerease the amount of the army to 80,000 men for 1841.'" The Government has just purthaaed a country house, with the land belonging to it, in the vicinity of Lacken, with the Intention of adding it to the domains of the Royal Palace. It seems that the Government intends to make great additions to the importance of that Royal residence, for we are assured that other purchaics for the same pur pose will shortly be made. PastA, Nov. 20 —The Ottoman State Gazette of Ilse. 23d of !lament! (the IBth of November) contains the following artielei--" When on Sunday (the 15th of No vember), in the assetribly at the Muftis, the standard (from Acre) sent them by his M4jeOty the Sultan, was eXhieited for the general inspection of the of.ll;ers and servants, it appeared that above the words " There is no God bat God, and Slahornct is his Prophet," the tcorOft " The ' Lion of " were ihsCribed ; hence it is clear that. Mehemet Ali Pacha places the KitillA Ali (on whom may God graciously turn his countenance) ahtefai the per son of the Prophet, or that the Pacha attributes to himself the qualities snd conduct of Ali. Both are very useful, and it is tssident that Mehemet Aii ['ache, and his son Ibrahim Pacha, h ± in fact already received, and will fUrther receive their rewaftll for such presumption. After the 7llleesbers of the Assernblj Kati blessed his Majesty, the Sultan, rsish their prayers acid wishes, it was resolved, according to his .Nlajesty'i will, that the standard should be exposed to the viv sa all the inhabitants of tae capital from one of the windows ei 'fie sepulchre of the late Sultan (new in Paradise thereby to give new, ~ c .ms on for the continued prsyers for the pro lun=ation of the life of the Sultan, and the atig,/rosintation of his prosperity." - ."12: ;A; IA 24 . 1./ NDS— 13 ItUesELA , DEC. `.2ft• actual lleht,*i per Cent. ltetlischild's Loan, 5 per C.nt 9 • ,, ,,i Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 pet Cent. ---- (l.. 410) -- _ . 3per Cent. ..._. • —Thirty.soven —_ ~ , ro i ?-,-, Loam of City, 11;i., 4 per Cent TO Soviet) of Comin•-ree, 4 1 ,,iper Cent Ili! Bank of Bely,itins, 5 per Cent i 8 National Society. Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Dec. 22. A UST - RIAN FUNI./S.....VIENNA, DEC. II live )CT CGfatf.. Metallignes• !NA Fotti per Cents. Three p..r Cents. Bunk snans —.lll.;eniczne heztling, Dee.; 19 LITERATURE. QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CXXXIII. Murray, London, 1840. The character of the late Earl of Dudley, which Lord Brougham has portrayed with such spirit in a recent Number of the Edinburgh Review, forms the subject of one of the most delightful essays in the present Quarterly. We call the essay de lightful, first, because it is lively, piquant, and con versational in its tone ; and, secondly, because it abounds in anecdotes and personal reminiscences, which give us a clearer insight into the very peculiar idiosyncrasy of the Noble Earl than whole pages of mere reflection could do, even were they enforced by the weighty wisdom of a Johnson. We do not, however, agree with the Reviewer, , in his esti mate of Lord Dudley's powers of mind, but arc of opinion that he considerably overrates him, when he asserts that his intellect " was of the highest order." That he was a well read man, and a sound classical scholar, we admit ; his " Letters to the Bishop of LlandafF" prove this ; but they prove also that his mind was wanting in all the essential elements of greatness, possessing neither force, originality, com prehensiveness, nor elevation of character. It was just the mind of an accomplished Eng lish aristocrat—nothing more. In vain do we seek in his published Letters for any indica tions of that profound or subtle thought which stamps the strongly marked intellect ; the reflections have nothing suggestive about them ; they take no hold on the attention ; they never soar aloft on the wings of fancy or philosophy ; but jou steadily along the tame flat level of mediocrity.. Hsd his Lordship's correspondence never been printed, the world might still have imagined he was the great man that his friendly biographers would fain insist that he was ; but the dream is now dis pelled—the charm is broken—and the precious porcelain turns out to be a very ordinary piece of pottery. In a few years, when - his admirers shall all have passed from the stage of existence, society will forget that such .a man as Lord Dudley ever existed—for his Letters will certainly confer no im mortality on his name ; but such is not the destiny that awaits a master-mind, which, long after it has sunk below the master-mind , leaves a brilliant trail of n b i.4. t....L.:....i. t 1.....4 n,,,11,, y ," ,„,„,,, ,h. 1 _ viewer, " was a Reformer abroad, a Conservative at home. He was frightened at his own noise, when the hollow echo rebounded across the narrow Channel." In other words, this man of "an in- tellect of the highest order," abandoned his political convictions the instant there was a chance of their producing a practical effect on the country. lie was a Reformer just so long as Reform was a mere word—an empty sound ; but when it became a thing_a substance— a real active principle—then, from sheer fright, he turned Conservative I What sad imbecillity is this I Bu the plain truth is, his Lordship was a mere waverer in politics. He was wholly destitute of that earnestness and energy which spring from a deep, settled c onviction of the truth. He was not a Whig, neither could he be said to be a Tory; but he combined the most valueless qualities of both parties—the te►nporizing habits of the one, with the unworthy distrusts ar.d prejudices of the other. That we ►nay not, however, be supposed to be un duly disparaging a man who had many good pro perties of fend and heart—who was a sincere friend, an able scholar, generous in an eminent de gree, of moral habits, and a zealous, unaffected Christian, we quote the Reviewer's sketch of his character : . The tale of the Bishop's early pupil was that of an eastern fable, where the good fairy showers over the cradle of the new-born infant blessings without stint, which arc converted into curses, through the annexation of cne fatal condition by some malevolent genius. He was born to rank, title, and unbounded affluence : his person and man ner were agreeable; his intellect of the highest order. was coupled with an industry, a thirst for knowledge, which might have shamed the poor student whose bread must be earned by the sweat of his brew, lie united to the blood of the racer, the sure perseverance of the tor toise. His taste was refined to fastidiousness; his me mory was wax to receive, and marble to retain ; his powers of illustration have seldom been rivalled ; the results of his deep reading were parcelled out in such nice order that everything was forthcoming, without effort or ostentation, at the exact moment when it was must wanted. Fulfilling Lord Bacon's grand recipe—his reading made him full ; his habits of society, ready ; his writing exact. His wit was prompt, sparkling, and epigrammatic ; it was playful I 4 .Agent, not, however, from weakness: it was the 4, 1 : ; Which could afford to be generous. To giant's streo,. r the head, were superadded a gentle twalities o. _ • - a freedom from pride or and aifeCtialfia4 'es; in a word, all the vanity, a sithplielty o'ffiritiiiifowdm.._, • a rea l E„ R • sterling fcatarea of that tif@f4Y410...., -- ask for lish Whitt tore dorrld a hind in9tb.. an only child; yet the , t*i tkd ;Yid& these, lift._ lavished on poor Lord Dudley ; fel; fo'6'i li3" we, h happi ness, though rich in all the elements vrbiei appitteAlly would the most conduce to its perfection. The gifts of fortune and intellect were counterbalanced by an organic malformation of the brain, which, rivetted by the system of his education, increased with his years, and, having em bittered his whole existence, buried these brightest pros pects in the darkness and solitude of insanity. In the terse, biographical memoirs of "American Orators and Statesmen," every pes3ible justice is done to the energetib patriotism of those crriloent speakers in Congress, who firm rye that mighty national impulse which for ever septitOted the United States from the mother-country. Forel - 1;0.1 among these sturdy democrats stood Patrick Henry, whose iinpassioned eloquence is stated to have pro duced quite an electrical effect on all who heard hi m . He was a wholly uneducated man, hi s person coarse, his manners awkward, his d ress slovenly , a nd his conversation rude ;'' but when he came to enter into the active business of life, he f o und the necessity of hard reading ; and accord i,igiy, we arc told, in the midst of his inisfortune6 aq en agriculturist, " he was deep in a translation of Livy, whose eloquent hara ngues p art i cu l ar l y a ttracted him." In 1774 he was elected a mem • ' "at Congress, and in the ensuing year her of the e-- ,,, ,lutions for arming oe IJIVU , 6II, ?rIVVci a series o, occa the Colonie.a. The speech he 11;:.(le ""' • slob Was a meitiofabk ott , 2. and from the eCtraL... given by time lievie; , vei- ; eve ti easily belie !tilt it carried all 'refute it, The eloquebee is fat: iliar, and senteittiOttS, and of h blast Ppitit-gtirtibm order, blending the simple energy of Chatham with the epigrammatic point and frequent felicitous meta phor of Grattan. There is not a sentence —not even a word thrown away. The very imagery rises strictly out of the subject, as when the orator says, "Our chains arc forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace, ce but I there is 110 peace. Wilf is aEtriall‘, - be" : next sweeps from the north, will bring to our car the clash of resounding arms." If Wash ington achieved America's independence, by his sword, there is no eitie!tion that the fountrii:o:l of it" liberty was laid by the eloquence of Patrick Henry. " Zionty.Anism in helarnJ,” is an article whose chief blemish ig, i‘.hat it is too much of an alarmist character. The toc'siin is rung, and for what? To tell us " that some vower of a mys terious and alarming nature is now, Lind has been for years, working in the heart of Ireland 1" Sound ing words these, but there is far more sound than sense in them. The " mysterious power" of 1 which the Reviewer insists with such emphasis, is so far from being a mystery, that it is as palpa ble as Mr. Tooke's desire to sacrifice everything to a seat in Parliament, and quite as evident as the fact that he ilill never obtain that distinction. The " poorer" at work in Ireland, is neither more nor less than that of discontent, occasioned, naturally enough, by the constant indisposition of the Lords to do adequate justice to that aggrieved country. " Foreign Policy," though we disapprove some of its sentiments, in which party prejudice peeps out, is on the whole a sensible, and we may even add, a 1 dispassionately reasoned article. The comments on M. "Biers' late rash war-clamour are penned in the justest spirit ; nor can anything be more strictly correct than the statement that " the com motion he excited in France was a mixture of personal pique at his own failure, and of party tactics to cover his retreat." The text of the paper on the " Affairs of the Church of Scotland," is furnished by Lord Aberdeen's Bill, of which the Reviewer says that " it preserves the 6.61 rights of the patron, but subjects it to limita tions alto recognised by law, and necessary to pre vent its abuse:" From these few significant words utIT readers will gather a pretty accurate idea of the sort of spirit that pervades the article in question. " Infant Labour" is an essay very much to our taste, for it adopts the humane view of the queg- Lion, which is always the rational, and, eventually, i the successful one. COMIC MISCELLANIES. 2 You'. Co!burn, London, 1840. We are not surprised at these volumes having rebelled a second clition, for they are just the sort of things to please, ccir.sisting, for the most part, of light, airy, prose essays ; poems sparkling with lively fancies, and polished wi:lt evident care ; epigarris full of point, and remind:9g the reader of the wits of Queen Anne's days; aad songs ,: penned originally for Mathews' "At H o nieb, and stuffed with such racy humorous conceits 1s would have delighted O'Keefe, who was the very prince of farcical song writers. To add to the at tractions of these " Comic Miscellanies," a brief Memoir of their author, James Smith, is prefixed. from the pen of his brother Horace, which places him before us in a truly amiable light, as a cheer ful, unaffected, man of wit, without a particle of spleen or malice in his nature, a warm-hearted friend, a►nd an intelligent and highly-accomplished gentleman. Such a person is sure to be a general favourite in society, and accordingly James Smith could boast of " troops of friends," at whose houses he was ever a welcome guest. His famous " Rejected Addresses," which first brought him into repute, kept him alive as a lion—a rare cir cumstance in light literature—to the latest hour of his existence; a►►d but a short time before his death, he had the satisfaction of learning that this cele brated jeu d'esprit was passing through its nine teenth edition—an unparalleled popularity for a trifling volume intended only for the passing mo ment ! Its success appears ever after to hare acted as a sort of night-mare on his energies; he was pre vented henceforth from attempting any work of consequence by the fear of diminishing the splendor of his reputation ; and " inflexibly adhered," says his biographer, " to his favourite position, that when once a man has made a good hit, he should rest upon it, and leave off a winner." There is good sense in this remark, but it is not the sort of sense that would have influenced the mind of a man conscious of the possession of high genius. His first successful effort would have stimulated him to future ones, and given him courage, instead of fill ing him with apprehensions. Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron were not deterred from persevering in their literary career by the success of their Wa verleys and Childe Harolds. They knew that the good stuff was in them, and wisely and boldly re solved that it should find vent. But the truth is, James Smith rested satisfied with the fame he had acquired by his " Rejected Addresses," because he knew well that he had done all he was . ever likely to do. He had made one lucky hit, and ❑either by his powers of wit or fancy—both of which were of a limited, second-rate order—did he feel himself justified in attempting a second. His Comic Miscellanies are admirable of their kind, but such is their shallow and evanescent dia. ratter, that we forget them almost the instant after we have laid down the volumes. EVENING ED ITIOv. PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON. The Prinev Louis Napoleon has forwarded to some et .;s friends in Paris the following invocation to the manes of the Emperor : " Citadelle do Ham, 15 Dkembre, 1840. ". Sire—Vous revenez dans votre capitate, et Ic peup l a en route salue votre retour ; mais moi du fond demon es chot je ne puis aperccvoir qu'un rayon du solei( qui eclair° vos ftinerailles " N'en voulcz pas a votre famille de ce qu'elle n'est pas is pour vous recevoir. Votre exit et vous malheurs ont cease avec votre vie ; mais les mitres durent toujours Voui etes most sur un rocher loin de la pstrie et loin d os wires.. La main d'un fils n'a point fermi! vos yells ; aujeork.. 'hut encore aucun parent ne conduira votre &nil! m'on:holon, lui que vous amies le plus parmi vos devoues it eat pagnons vous a rendu tessoins d'u n fils ; rest 6 6..hfle a votre pensee, a vos dernieres volontesit ; m's rapport. orbs dernieres paroles. Aujourd'hui it est en prison comme " lin vaisseau Fra ncais conduit par un noble jeune homme est elle re.dan,er 'Jos cendres, mais c'est envain que vous cherchiez sur lo quelqu'un des viitres. Votre famille n'y etait pas " En abordant au sol Francsn, un chic Cectrique s'est fait sentir. Vous vous etes s Malt 1/6 dans wove cercue il„ vos yeux se sont ouvcrts un moment. La dra p cau tricolore flottait sur le rivage, mais votre n'y etait pas I Le people se presse comme autrefutb sur votre passag e ' it vous salue de ses acclamations con'tge si vous clot vivant; mais les grands du jour tout en vols rendant horn mege discnt tout bas. Dieu! ne l'eveillez I)" airn •f" " Vous avez enfin revu ces Francais que yous l tans ; 70US etes revenu dans cettc France que vous aviez rendue si grande; mais l'etranger y a laisse des ti'sices que les pompes scules de votre retour n'effaceront pas I Voycz cette jeune armec, cc sont les fits de vos t Irave.it s; vous vetierent car vous etes la gloire, mais on feu"' dlt croisez vos bras I 4' Sire, le peuple c'est la bonne etoffe qui couvre beau pay's, mais ces hommes que vous avez fait si gralsks et qui etaient si petits. Ah, Sire, ne les regrettez es! i .. s ont rcnie votre &and°, vos ideas, votre glow, votre sang. Quand je leur ai parte de votrc cause tL m'ont dit—Nous ne la comprenons pas " Laissez les dire, laissez les faire ; qu'irnporte au ch qui route !es grains de sable q ui se j ettent sous les% 3-01 ar .CS• Its ont beau !lire quo vous fetes un me.eare qu e no. talsr OS point de traces, its ont beau nicr vo tre g loire civil ne nous deal eriterons pas " Sire, le quinze Delembre est un grand jour pour le France, et pour moi, Du milieu de votre somptuetlo, cortege, dedagnant car taint hommages vous a vez un in stautjetc vos regards su: ma sombre demeure, et vont' souvenant des caresses que v7us prodiguiez a mon enfancer veils m'avez dit—Tu souifres pour moi, awl ; je suss con tent de Lei! " A FREE TRANSLA rioN. Fortress of Haw, Dec. 15, 1840. Sire,—You return to your capital , and the people to crowds welcome you back ; but. I, alas ! from the deptwhich of my dungeon can only catch a glimpse of th at ray illumines your funeral. n ot present ceased Take it not ill of your family, that they arc w receive you; your exile and your m isfortunes a veur life, but ours still endure. \' - :,u expired on a rock , far from your country and yo a d friends. T he hand of a son closed not your eyes ; even now oot one of your race is prese nt to conduct ycoa you loved the to the tomb . Montholon, he, wt. performed of all your devoted companions your will was his, het,:itL'fully obeyed your last w isbcs ; 12 convent° he told me your last words; . A French vessel, commended ,by but he is now my erformed the last duties of a son; in prison. Prince, was •.. ben, to convey back yaw but you looked ashes, . .our in vain there for even one member Pf •your house , ) family were all absent. • i, like that ock r On approaching the soil of France a a, an illustrious young from lightning was felt ; you raised yours.lif T he iY°.o t ut shroud, you opened your eyes for a mom ent. as "t coloured flag floated on the co ast, but yo ur eagle n. there ! The people, as in bygone days, thronged the processiork; they welcomed you with acclamations( as they were woe when you lived; but the rulers of the day. while they ren dered you all due homage, whispered to each other, " In 1 God's name 1 le: us not disturb his repose 1" You have again beheld Frenchmen whom you loved so well ; you have returned to that France which you Ten dered so IlusiZions; but foreigners have there left traces of their footsteps, which this pompous display slope can never efface. You behold that younj army, the children of your bra" warriors; they worship y,:u as the god of their glory, but the word of command to the is—Be still. Sire, the people that inhabit our beautiful country ard still men of the same stamp, but for those whom yots made so great, for those whom jott found so little, baa's They have renounced y our faith, par ideas, ylory, n o regrets. our g your very blood. When I addressed them in behalf of your cause,. they replied-4. Wu understaad you not." e Heed not what they say nor what they do ; the rain s ' 3 ' sand o'er which the wheels of the chariot roll affect it not. These men may say you were a meteor that left no traces behind, but they vainly attempt to deny your glory. They can never disinherit you. Sire, the Fifteenth of December is a great day for France and for me. From the midst of the pornFous. procession, and treati n g with contempt this show o f homage, you have turned to my dismal abode, and calling to mind the caresses you heaped upon me in infancy, you have thus said, " Friend, thou sufferest for my sake; thy conduct I approve." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNksoAv.—Her Majesty and Prince Al bert and the Princess Royal, attended by the Royal suite, in four carriages and four, arrived at the Castle twenty minutes before :two o'clock this afternoon, from town, escorted by a party of the Horse Guards. A meeting has bean held at the Town Hall to-day, to address her Majesty, &c. The Royal dinner party at the Castle, this evening, will include only the members of the Royal Household. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is expected to arrive at the Castle to-morrow. Tile Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert left town yesterday morning at half-past eleven o'cluck for Windsor Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal flightless left Buckingham Palace in a carriage and four, with out riders in scarlet liveries, escorted by a party of Lancers. A chariot and four followed, containing Colonel Wcmyss, Equerry to the Queen, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry to Prince Albert. Her Royal High ness the Princess Royal, attended by her nurse, viar in the next carriage ; two carriages and four followed, the Du chess of Bedford, Lady in Waiting ; the Hon. Miss Paget, Maid of Honour in Waiting, and Lord Lilford, Lord in Waiting, occupying the first ; and Mr. Rich, Grooai in Waiting, and Captain Seymour, Groom in Waiting on Prince Albert, occupying the last carriage. Her Majesty was conducted to her carriage by the Lord Steward and the Vice-Chamberlain. The Royal Standard was lowered from the marble arch immediately on her Majesty's departure. The Duchess of Kent took an airing yesterday to Ken sington. Her Majesty's Royal Bounty and Gate Alms were dis tributed on Monday and Tuesday last, under the orders of the Lord High Almoner, by Joseph Hanby, Esq., Secre. tary and Yeoman of the Almonry. The Bounty was conferred upon upwards of 950 per sons, who received five shillings each. The Royal Gate Alma were given to 168 persons, at thirteen shillings each. All the recipients were above 60 years of age, and many of them ►ery infirm and disabled. The Marquis of Normanby left town yesterday for Brighton. Viscount Palmerston has left town for his seat, Broad lands, Hants. THE ELEVENTH HUSSARS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUZY. has been circulated with much industry that lair--.. ' •or years previous to the Eleventh Hussars 6, , , , riyg 4e She'''- , than twelve duels were fought by quitfir4 l India no 1e..., ~ The obvious intention of such officers of the legtiment. good 04 revu,. nt, but is is un m tr e u r e e , ly as " a l ' - want of good feeling and report is an r.ttempt tv show tn, . ~ • 1838 (when good humour in the weak invention of the enemy," and is utv..." can attest—that a from Mdy 1834 to February the regiment embarked), which is only three niu,lths less than the "four years" mentioned. The following duels only were fought, viz.— N e with Mr. W e ; settled on the ground. F t with Mr. \V e; exchanged shots. R—s with Mr. W— e; ditto. ji y with Mr. M n; ditto. Iv% 16 a true statement, and, like all the statements on the indepen:lcut side of the Cardigan affair—easy of proof, if desired. Only jive me a hint in the meantime. I am, Sir, AN INDIAN OFFICER. Ll,O YD'S SHIPPIN G-(Ti!JS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 24 —Wind this day at noon, lit north-easterly brcaze and fine. DEAL. DEC 23.—Wind E.N.E., moderate.—Sailed , the Marlborough, Bridge, for Jamaica; Joseph Henne, Hume, Sierra Leone ; Erzeg, Chizzorisch, Constanti nople; Bulky, Sinclair, New Zealand ; Anne Sophia, James, Port Philip ; Cleopatra, Ruthwell, Demerara ; Atlas, Reynolds. Jamaica LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23.—Wind E S E., moderate. — Sailed, the Severn, Williams. for Rio Grande ; Hannah, Havannah ; Gazelle, Hogg, Jamaica) Garland, Aphalachicola ; Alliance, Marshall, New 'York; -n, Alexandlia: E. Louise Maria, Week 11'44 lit Adfa. 1 the Arc Grant, Walker, Watts, DEc Sietra Leone. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 22.—The Bryan 13,:::0 :h t h k a i r n b s o o u n; from Dublin to Liverpool, in bearing up thisoff, and morning brought . Cottingham, T th h e e r e t s h . HULL, DEC. 23.—Wind f pr7,,, S f li ro ie m lds m t , o la L g o a n t d o on i s th c , o w m a i s n a g b u a r,d l o e t a ic k d d y , .in Oct. 2 5. in a sitil:ing PORT ASKAIG L;LANI: 0 . 7 OR - 1 ,1 " 11 ) , °EC ' 17.—The Ft-ylc; at the entrance of the; h ar bour of Small laleSl Isle of 5 00),Th 4own dur. . ing a gale 7th in* MK. WILLIAM TOOKE. - Our correspondent, " Anti-Pharisee," informs us that the report of the Sub-Committee of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, quoted in his letter in the Chronicle of yesterday, ran thus:— " We are of opinion that Mr. William Tooke has used the influence he possesses as treasurer to induce two (not three, as printed by mi stake) to promise him in 'writing their active and zealous support at the next election for the borough of Finsbury, and that he has used the agency of the secretary for that purpose." We copy from the Times the following correspondence ,. Mr. Tooke is mistaken in supposing that he can better trio position by such an insolent note as that to Mr. Edw.,rds :-- " Sir—l very reluctantly intrude a private difference• upon your columns, but Mr. William Tooke has lately at tracted so much public notice by his pretensions to repre sent the borough of Finsbury in Parliament, that I cannot but think your readers will take some interest in our cot respondence,which arises out of the subject now in a gitation.. " F..cling that as a professional man so disrespectful air allusion to my name might, if unnoticed, be injurious to me,. I deputed a frier.d to dmand of Mr. Tooke tnat he should w ithdraw his note, an opportunity of which both my friond and myself expected lie would gladly have availed himielf, reflecting, as it does, so little cre.dit upon his good taste.. My friend considers that note M Tooke's present position: no other notice of his is nece2sary. Mr. Tooke peremptorily refused to withdraw his no-0 unless I with drew mine, for which neither my friend nor myself see the least o ccasion, and I venture to trouble you with see corres pondence to count eract any bad effoct to .nly self from the circulation by M r. Tooke of his note and his vgrsion of that which led to it. " It remains for me briefly to add, that I was imiuced, on the pressing solicitation of Mr. Williams, the frient..4 and relation of Mr Tooke, to subscribe the requisition in the month of February last. " y political opinions are of a decided ch iaracteo r, an an M it was not until I was assured by Mr. Willams f Mr. Tooke's professions on this most important subject that I allowed my personal regard for several of Mr. Tooke's re lations, and my respect for Mr. Tooko himself, as an ho noured member of the profession to which I belong, and as my neighbour, to influence my decision in favour of Mr. Tooke as a candidate te represent the borough of Finsbury in Parliament. I have waited Cain Mc. Tooke's vindication ,• I have read it, and still rmy original opinion of Mr. Tooke's conduct to wards Mr. Leighton , jun. who is a perfect strger me. "'I never had any personal a cquaintance with Mr. Tooke. " r obedient servant , I have the ho nour to be, Sir, y . ou " E. H. EDWARDS. "35, Bedford-row, Dec. 21. - ".:....----- I: " ' 35, Bedford - ro w, Dec. 15, 1840. ' "'Dear Williams ,-1 re g ret the necessity which has arisen for my withdrawing my name from the requisition to Mr. Tooke, which I had great pleasure in subscribing upon your request. " 4 I must refer you to the Times newspaper of to-day far my justification , and be g of y ou to forward the enclosed letter to Mr. Tooke in any way most agreeable to yourself. «' I remain, dear Willi a ms, yours very faithfully, " ' E. H. EDWARDS. " ' John Williams, Esq., Raymond -buildings, Gray's-inn.' " 35, Bedford -COW, D^-c• 16, 1840. " ' Sir,—l must beg to be allowed to withdraw Lny name from the requisition from the voters of Finsbury toy ourself to offer yours( If at the next election as a candidate to re. pre ,„, , !nt that borough in parliament. " I r emain, Sire; ou r obedient servant , E. H. EDWARDS. " Too.. F:9 Bedford -row.' „ i , iZessell-square, Dec. 16,1840. Mr. W. Tooke has bad nn;ch satisfaction in ex ' so long in such punging Mr. E. Edward4's name from the requisition: it was among so many better CUCS, th at Mr. Tooke felt much compunction in allowing it to roma , : good company. 'sir. E. H. Edwards, 35, Bedford-row!'" M.- A at N ti T a - c CORN f -tEhAia AGl- SS Thu O r F sda T y l l i a E st lussion TA 'he Chartist leader came forward and sta. '-‘a ixt „,„• , l Mr. Acland and his opponents, in St. Mary's-43311! ,Pwitsc)_G t o t. E r, t , the Charter to be unattainable at present,• and that Corn -law repeal was highly desirable, and of pro bable attainment., he had come to the determination of C o ventry , at b e li e ving foregoing the agitation of the former question in favour of the latter, end should be happy cordially to co-operate with the e nemies of 0,7. e bread-tpx for its entire abolition. On Monday . last Mr. Acland opposed by the Socialist in the Amphitheatre at Leicester, who, at L ist i c ‘ ‘ t s :i o u=r 3 : , of Mr. A.'s lecture on the following evening. 4, came forward and, declaring his conviction of the iniquity of ,L'- t . tie Coro 'law, avowed h r :cadillet!s to sign a petition for ;77 its immediate repeal. This looks like progression ; and we sincerely hope dad believe that erc long we shall seo 4 a cordial union bt twecr.l a ll classes of the oppressed people of this country against the injustice of the common e nemy.. 6, TEST OF INEI3IIIETIC--Men are said to be, , drunk when they go to the pump to light their pipes when they can't see a hole through a laddor ; when they 1 e t.he utterg and call out to be LIIA:k,:d in ; wh en . they • go borne, and, not teing able to put the , key into trt , h;;;nebudy stoien the KeYiloAe ;--;rkg3 up definition is, when a man attempts to wind Ilia watch with the fireptcogo..—American rape. / 4 1 ..„ - A Cot his na Place aught the br and a taken by dai " T (AND , Xay b e the ,5 prom] catior duly I genies dresse occasi out ei T he pi SIXI FRE . 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