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fFr F'-~>`"~~ TH RAILWAY COMMITTEES. LITERATURE. (THIS DAY.) HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NAPO LEON, Vols. 111. and IV. By General Count Montholon. Exactly twenty-six years ago, dating from this sth of May, 1847, namely, on the .sth of May, 1821, the Emperor Napoleon died in the arms of Montholon on the miser able island of St Hslena. It cannot be without peculiar emotion that those who sympathize with genius and mis fortune, op n a narrative penned by so faithful and affec tionate an adherent. The aspiration of Lord Palmerston, that all our old animosities should be buried in the tomb of Napoleon, has been long since fulfilled, and it is now the particular privilege of Englishmen to atone for the unmerited aspersions of a preceding generation, and the inaliguant cruelties of a former Government by the candid and honourable reception of such histories as the one just completed by General Count Montholon. The work is unquestionably among the most remarkable of the present century ; and it is remarkable not so mach for the additional light it throws open the domestic virtues of Napoleon, as for the new illustration it aff .rds of his legislative policy, and his incomprehensible intel lect. In these respects the " History of the Captivity" by Montholon possesses a twofold interest. It completes the picture of the exile at Longa ood, which had becn already commenced by Las Cases, by Gourgaucl, by Miss Bal combo (now Mrs. Abell), by O'Meara, by Captain Basil Hall, and by Antammarchi. It does more, it furnishes conclusive testimony as to the principles by which the imperial Government was actuated, and the plans it was intended to accomplish. This testimony, be it observed, is contained in very lengthened dictatione from the lips of Napoleon himself. Thanks to the eternal vitality of trutb, the facts of history will " out," as assuredly as the commission of murder. In spite of the most specious and elaborate. 3 calumnies, in spite of lying biographers, and unprincipled historians, and infamous commentators, no personage really great and good can long he held up to the detestation of mankind. How sublimely has not this been very recently instanced in the case of the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell ! The character of the tm- Peror Napoleon is in like manner becoming gradually revealed to us English in its true brightness ; the fogs of vituperation and slander are rolling away from the noble and majestic name which they have hitherto darkened. No man has ever been so monstrously and pertinaciously traduced ; no man has ever been the object of such gra tuitous and flagrant obloquy. That libels should have appeared in the heat of international conflict is but the natural consequence of the bitter sentiments engendered by warfare. That an ungrateful hypocrite like Bouri enne should malign his benefactor is a very comprehen sible act of atrocity, for, as William Hazlitt has said, " there is no hatred equal to that we feel towards those we have injured." That a brother like Louis Bonaparte should publish two volumes of false accusation against the very man who had crowned him with the diadem of Holland, is one of those deplorable ebullitions of spleen which can be readily understood, and it is a fault which has been generously forgiven and nobly expiated. We can conceive, too, how a regicide like Fouche could de scend to the ignoble and damning infamy of traduce ment. But that Chateaubriand—the pure and lofty minded Chateaubriand, the panegyrist and the philoso pher of Christianity—should become the lying pam phleteer of legitimacy; that Sir Walter Scott—the high priest of imaginative literature, the avatar of romance, and the glory of his age—should dwindle down into the sycophant of a king-adoring rabble ; that Colonel Mitchell—a member of that profession which, before his appearance, had been remarkable for its love of honesty, and valoir, and truthfulness, —should degenerate into the falsifier of history and the slanderer of a deceased hero ; that these and a host of less important writers should deliberately, with malice prepense, endeavour to garble a story which was the sacred depositary of many illustrious lives, is utterly beyond comprehension, and must inevitably render them the perpetual derision of mankind. Their venom and ability have been equally employed in vain. Their aspersions have fallen as ludicrously short of the mark as the javelins of the Lilliputians did of the head of the upstanding Gulliver. Napoleon himself was conscious of that sublime moral integrity which can alone render an historical character invulnerable to attack. He smiled with equal contempt at the libels of his many assailants and at those fulsome panegyrics which were so often uttered at the foot of his throne in the days of his supreme greatness. " I appeal to history !" was his frequent exclamation ; as in his celebrated pro test of the 4th of August, 1815. He was consoled by an implicit confidence in that love of distant posterity which the author of " Waverley " has happily spoken of as "in some degree, the metaphysics of natural affec tion." And his reliance is already being verified. Not merely is his last wish complied with, not only do his august remains repose "in the midst of that French people whom he loved so well," not merely is a monu ment being erected to his memory " under the dome in the midst of the temple consecrated by religion to the God of armies," but it was solemnly asseverated in the Chamber of Deputies, by the French Government of 1840—during the reign of the Orleans Louis Philippe, and consequently of a younger Bourbon—it was solemnly asseverated before Europe, " Napoleon was an Emperor and a King ; he was the legitimate sovereign of our country I" Paltry then was the revenge, which denied to bins in his captivity that im perial title which had been conferred upon him by the voice of an unanimous people, and the chrism of the Pon tificate! What does history declare of the unanimity of the French people in his election to the throne? Thus speaks Bourienne—even Bourienne—(vol. iii., p. 163.) and e hveotd a t vvhn against. o e c e. e were 6eot hereditary : ..I.3 l ,ll, i sd m i e tw4a, ( rasy l r9 B dB. o .u 4 ocv ) feo e 3et o e:ss n rois t o.o a n i o n . 00 e , d 108 departments, o f lc,h t i these s e e lps o e n ba only s d g2siesvo6:9nt son this occasion; of whom ' only b p. 6915,,a,i;30;5°0 had against p ar u e e d hess dA h the n proposition." speaks on s lf w 5t woii. rthy o 1 f i r ) e , m o f.a, negative r ,tr k vwho , oet that millions First oA o cn r nso d t . h es o e ut n enems hundredpi speaksre declared l theeue Hazlitt e t became Emperor, thousand b t ( y hl v i : n a tk . e s 1 -majo rity to a. few hundreds." Was William of Orange, rightful Sovereign, as we all acknowledge him to be, welcomed with a similar accordance by our Eng lish forefathers ? To g ra t if y , therefore, an ignoble malignity, the Government of St. James's, ranging f r om 1815 to 1821, subjected Napoleon to this frivolous insult ; and but one man, Vassal Hol land, had the courage or the magnanimity to raise his voice in the House of Lords against this wretched system of persecution. One of the old blundering opinions is, therefore, as we have already shown, for ever dissipated —namely, the belief that Napoleon was an usurper; and England, by signing the Treaty of Paris with him in 1814, and by comining with the other powers of Europe to restrict his Sovereignty within the circumference of Elba, there and then virtually proclaimed before the world that he was no usurper. The arch-sin that remains levelled against him is consequently the sin of ambition ; and to discern how far he is culpable or not in this respect it is necessary to discover the principles and the purposes of that ambition. Mankind cannot rest satisfied, however, in observing with the Encyclopcedia Brttannica, that "in extenuation of this glorious fault,' he might say, like Mahommed, " Je fus ambiticux Mais jamais roi, pontife, ou chef, ou citoyen, Ne congas in projet aussi grand qui le mien." Mankind, we repeat it, cannot rest satisfied with such an extenuation. We are not all of us capacitated, like Thomas Carlyle, to become mere hero worshippers. The tangible glory must rest upon the durable basis of moral greatness to win universal admiration, and a last• ing popularity. A schoolboy may have his mind in flamed with wonder and enthusiasm by the idea of Napoleon on the bridge of Lodi, among the quagmires of Arcola, under the shadow of the Pyramids, among the olives of Mount Thabor, among the corn-fields of Marengo, or among the crags and glaciers of the Great St. Bernard. But the full-grown man, the ripe thinker, the lover of judicious discrimination, will look rather to the causes and effects than to the actual achievments ; he will inquire rather into the origin of a battle than into the trophies of a victory ; he will consider the con sequences effected by a campaign rather than the vari able disposition of the belligerent armies ; and, above all, he will regard the intentions and the spirit of the in ternal andexternal government of &wonderful mortal like the Emperor Napoleon. "I shall go down to posterity," he said, " with the Code in my hand." That, for example, is one of his chiefest glories—the Code Napoleon—which has been justly declared to have proved not only" a boon of inestimable value to France, but to be even at this day received as authoritative in a g reat p ortion of Eu rope." Those who have not already formed a decisive opinion as to the character of this extraordinary man— who have not investigated the writings, for and against, by Botta, Capefigue, Caulaineourt, Bourienne, Boutourli lln, Norvins, Paces, Pe let, O'Meara, Larrey,: Lecretee, Antommarchi, Las Cases, Beauchamp, Scott, Artaud, Hazlitt, Berthier, De Bausset, Ireland, Thiers, Mignet, Michelet, Vandoncourt, Thibaudeau, D'Abrantes, St. Hilaire, Segur, Rovigo, Gourgaud, Montgaillard, Men neval, Jomini, Labaume, Chaboulon, Dumas, Benjamin Constant, and a multitude of other author i ti l es the very enume ration of whom is bewilderingwl find mate rial assistance in these vo lumes by G e neral Count Montholon. As an example of how far the " History of the captivity," tends to the elucidation of Napoleon's policy, and the explanation of his ambition, we give this one significant paragraph:— " Peace once signed is Moscow, the war in Russia would be the last continental war of the reign of Napoleon ; as re garded the great cause of the people, it would be the ter mination of danger and the beginning of security. A new era would open, and new works be commenced for the well being and prosperity of all. The European system being founded, there would only be to consider of its organization. The cause of the age would be gained, and the revolution ac complished. Napoleon would be the arch of the ancient and new alliance, the natural mediator between the old and new order of things. Not having identified himself with either, he would belong to both, and would conscienti ousl y su p port the cause of each in a general congress, where everything would be organized for the European continent, in the wisely-combined interest of the people and their govern ments. His glory would consist in his equity. Europe would, in future, be really only one combination of all the people who inhabit it. " When this great work was finished, he would associate his son with him in the empire; his reign as Dictator would terminate, and a freely constitutional reign would commence. He meant to found a royal institution at Meudan for the education of the King of Rome, and his project was to edu ef it t th w e van ot thrones, ro thosenes, in branches order t joincate there together all th e p r i nces o f hi s f am ily, particularly haidchhteaghes of private an(l public education. placed foreignonohi e education. Destined to reign over differentnations, these children would have acquired, during the course of their e ducation in common, similar man ners , principles, and ideas; and in order the better to facilitate the fusion of the h e federa tive pactions of the empire, each of these pri • nces should have taken with him, on his leaving the institution, ten twelve you ng persons of his own age, and of the first families of his adopted country ; and the effect of this would have been immense." To those individuals who view lispolcon as goaded on HOUSE OF COMMONS. This GROtheU XX. , C ommittee met at P usual hour this morning ; Mr. von bu rn in t h e chair. 311411 11 , ZINGR ANE A ND oxrOR,D JUNCTION, t i : l4 n) BIRMINGHAM, DUDLEY, AND WOL ....ftUAMPTON AMALGAMATION. -" IV IIATELv opened the case for the promoters of this 11 Lii lie w ent at some length into the c i rcumstances con -IZ,‘"led with th e pass i ng of the B i rm i ng h am a nd Oxford von - "d 4 pointing out to the Committee the fact that it was eeh,rceded by Parliament on the ground that the line should fl dl Bean independent line, competing with the London then orth Western Company. The Learned Gentleman r: proceeded to detail a correspondence which took .?_, 5 before the passing of the Bill between 112, Ilatherton, the chairman of the company, and Mr. 04 7 1 eY, the tenor of which appeal% d to express a desire, th .re part of certain large shareholdere in the undertaking, 8, 4" . the directors should endeavour to come to an amicable I, o : ll ,gement with the London and North-Western Company, ,'ne directors declined to do anything of the kind, feeling ir ut l the interest of the public was far more important than t o of the shareholders ; and the line was therefore allowed Pass i n • the London irect opposition to, and as a competing line with, London and North-Western Railway. GROUP XXII. 13 / 4 .I7 CESTER AND HEREFORD, AND The CANAL PURCHASE. Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock; Mr. --elmond in the chair. The ease fur the promoters was proceeded with. I,!kler.eStephenson, the engineer, and Mr. Bartley, his assistant, The at some length with respect to the line. Mat line i 3 Opposed by the Great Western, on the ground fa ,_, their Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester lines will be un 4ra interfered with by the project, and that their lines offer a ce , Pmmodation which the district requires. GROUP XXXIII. 441113433 5 e DEWSBURY, AND MANCHES TER ( ;TENSION T h TO WAKEFIELD, &c.) 11,; - " e C ommittee met this morning at the usual hour; Mr. ein the chair.-emi dence in support of the opposition of the landowners, Dartienla r l 7 that of the proprietors of the Wakefield cattle zlkelet;is continued at the sitting of the Committee. ftr• Sergeant WILKINS then addressed the Committee at in opposition to the project, and in favour of the paten he represents—the Great Northern Railway ( the _nun to Leeds, and the Manchester and Leeds)— to.,_tvco_lines are about to amalgamate), whose projects, he tu v rie n t a , d az , i would intersect the most populous parts of the kodation. would, consequently, offer the greatest accom- GROUP XLII. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, AND WICHLOIAT. The Committ ee met this morning at twelve o'clock—Mr. Tollemache in the chair —when a long discussion ensued as to the right of the Company to deprive the Carrick-bridge ciotomittee of thei r t o ll s, and Counsel were heard at erg able length on th e i r behalf, against the preamble o ROUP LVIII. This Committee met r o-day at X twelve o'clock; Lord Courte ' aay in the chair; all the members present. C CDONIAN, GLASGOW, GARNIEXTUL, and ~,„__°4 I IIILIDGE (BRANCH TO GLASGOW 0 ). • ... roc On the assembling of the p ar ti es th e c l a uses of this Bill .7 ere _ . A ▪ considerable with. nsiderable time was spent in the discussion of the uses to b e i nserted in the Bill to regulate the works, so as e • Protect the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 'orth and Clyde Navigation. and th ROULIX. • u This Committee asse G mbled P at X the usual time to-day; Mr. Cri Pps in the chair ; all the members present. • e.axmaorizarr AND GLASGOW, AND CMEENOCIC AMALGAMATION. e case on behalf of this Bill was resumed. Cubitt, C.F., examined—Deposed that he was con rg e ngineer of the London and Brighton line, and bad erience of i ts working. Formerl the London and Croy- W as an independent company between London Rand Croydon. Then came the London and Brighton r n anY, which c ons t ructe d t h e port i ons f rom C ro ydon to FLgate. Since then the South-Eastern came in, and the • Z u lt!on and C roy d on portion was worked by the three coin theB The London station wa s joi n tly use d by them. From at he h a d l earned of the Glasgow and Paisley joint sta- Present n, he apprehended no difficulty in the working of it. If the amalgamation took place it would lead to a great ee ',l l Puly in the working of trains and management. r , 'NA% Harding, formerly secretary and manager of the tireenock Railway, and now superintendent of the Bucking -4,11na lines, deposed as to the financial condition of the e°lll PanY when he w as conne c ted with it. They could, on several occasions, barely pay a dividend of one per e t,nt, and had to a b r id ge th e i r ex p e nses very much in () ulcers, trains, and general management. He was firmly Persuaded that the proposed amalgamation would serve, not °lll }' the shareholders, but the public. This closed the case for the promoters. GROUP LI. taller The Cco itmmtee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; Sir J. Y. , hman. NORTH BRITISH. Mr. d en% Dudgeon, farmer, near Kelso, corroborated the evi diet,,given yesterday by Mr. Rutherford, as to the expe whine of connecting Hawick and Carlisle by a railway th e nvrould give the agricultural districts of Roxburgh and f i .„2elghbouring counties the advantages of lime and coal, 0 7 w w h w ic h h ich they were at prese debarred, and from the want they suffered so severely nt . A )nr. Will iam Soon, cattle dealer, St. Boswell's, gave evi m6E oe as to the great accommodation which the opening of tat ilawick and Carlisle continuation of the North British ne would give to the dealers in his neighbourhood, by les- Selling the cost of transit to the great markets of the north o f England, namely, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and Newcastle. - - kle was 01)140 at present, to bend ,his stock for the former markets round by Glasgow, or - through Howick to Annan, there to be shipped. This mode of con veyance necessarily involved a great cost, and much loss, from the over-fatigue to the cattle and the detention at the ports before they could be got to sea. Mr. Wallbank, cattle-dealer, lieighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, said that if the railway from Hawick to Carlisle were finished, he should at once take his cattle to the latter town, and thence on to the markets of the West Riding by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Mr. Mark Tumbril!, miller, Melrose, gave evidence in fa tour of the line, as tending to increase the consumption of grain in the district. There were two distillers at Lang holm, who consumed large quantities, but they were unable to supply the orders they received from the country between %%wick and Carlisle, because they could not get carts to convey the produce to its destination. If the railway were completed this objection would be done away with. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 1 3 0irrsmouTir, MAY. s.—The Odin steam - frig ate, and the Geyser steam-sloop. are ordered here from Ireland to fit for foreign service. The Avenger has been taken into the basin *- 1 - :•-she is intended for the Mediterranean. The officer from • the Treasury in charge of the seed corn , &c., on board the Avenger, disposed of a large quantity at Killibegs and Tober morey, but very little at Lough Swilly ; the land in that , e ighbourhood was highly cultivated. The Averge r brou g ht `nick 1,400 sacks of seed barley, which are ordered to be ground into meal. __The D ee steam transpor t i s or dered here from Oban, to embark a company of marine artillery, and convey t hem to r embroke. e The augmentation of the marine corps, by adding 1,500 1 2 1 ?to it s strength, has been announced to the head - quar ters of the various divisions, and they are ordered to recruit ac cordingly. V.„1; 1 3'. Each company of marine artillery is to amount ot) officers and men, and there are to be three additional c ompanies of that branch of the corps. The companies of t he marines are to be increased to 110 officers and men. F inemarine cadets have passed out of the Excellent this day into the corps. Companies have been selected by the Rear- Admiral Superintendent, and will receive their com missions or appointments on the men being formed into squads. n T i he customary notice has been issued to the captains and V.manders of the ships in the port to attend at the Clarence ic Puilling-yard on Friday at three o'clock, to receive her 4•Livesty on her visit to the Isle of Wight. Champion and Serpent brigs will be taken out of dock 9 a missor two, and put in the basin, masted, and got ready tor coion. The Champion has had Muntz's mixed metal sheathing (a dirty yellow) put on, instead of copper. The Serpent has the usual copper applied. Her Majesty's steamer Bulldog is expected here from Plymouth, for a court-martial to be held on one of her Officers. DEATH or Amman& ADMIRAL.—The navy has lost another of its old and distinguished officers, in the death of Admiral of the White Stephen Poyntz, the third of the list of full admirals wbo have died within the last few days. The gallant officer was made a lieutenant in April, 1791, • commander, October, 1795, captain, December , 1796 . He co mmanded the Solebay at the capture of a French squadron i n the West Indies in 1799, and, when in command of the Melempus, assisted at the destruction of the Impetueux off Cape Henry, in 1810. He succeeded to his flag as rear • admiral in August, 1819, vice admiral, July, 1830, and ad miral, November, 1841. By the decease of Admiral Poyntz, the following promo tions will take place :—Admiral of the Blue H. R. Glinn, to be Admiral of the White ; Vice Admiral the Right Ron. James Marquis of Thomond, G:C.H., to be Admiral of the Blue ; Vice Admiral Richard Matson becomes senior of that grade ; Vice Admiral of the White Sir Edward Dumford King, K.C.8., K.C.H., commander-in chief at the Nore, to be Vice Admiral of the Red. Vice Admiral of the flue Matthew Buckle to be Vice Ad. miral of the White, and Rear Admiral the Hon. George Elliot, C. 8., to be Vice Admiral of the Blue ; Rear Admiral the Right Hon. Lard William Fitzroy, K.C.8., becomes the senior of that grade ; Rear Admiral of the White John Ayscough to be Rear Admiral of the Red ; Rear Admiral of the Blue James Whitley Deans Dundas, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, to be Rear Ad miral of the White ; and Captain Edward Wallis Hoare (1810), to be Rear Admiral of the Blue. The senior captain now on the list, is John Coode, C.B. By the promo tion of Captain Hoare another good-service pension falls • to the patronage of Lord Auckland. Not less than nine flag Officers,„ have died since the pro motion and retirement in November last. Woot.wicir, MAY s.—Tbe Dragon steam-frigate was corn- Missioned to-day by Captain Hull, and is to have a crew of 19G men. Mr. Watts, a resident in Woolwich, and father of William Watts, late mate of the Loch Ryan steamer, which was lost ; , s tile North Seas on the 9th of October last, presented a memorial to the Lords of the Admiralty, on the Bth of March Of the present year, requesting that their Lordships would be pleased to take into consideration the humane and zealous exertions of Captain Hammer, of the Norwe g ian brig Del phin, Fredericshall, who saved the lives of twenty of the cr ew, out of twenty-one, on board the Loch Ry an, when she enc ountered the gale which caused her loss. A letter was eceived yesterday by Mr. Watts, anno uncin g that their Lordships had been pleased to award 201. to Captain Hammer, • and 30/. additi ona l to b e di v id e d am ongst the crew a his v essel, for their exertions on that occasion. for o t rm he g, of the Regent's- p ark , is the competitor P remium offered by the committeesuccessful c harged with the erection of a t ower i n commemoration of her Majesty's most gracious visit t o t hi s i s l an d . W e un d ers tand that nearly tinny designs were sent in, some of which are said to have possessed i great merit. Mr. Coiling arrived. here on Friday _ft, and n the cour se o f t h e a f ternoon i ns p ec t e d the proposed oti , e3.-- Guernsey Star. .11 by an insatiable lust for war, we commend the following brief sentences : rd tow"aNrdaspotlneeonregreengearateid a generalennfEurepe p ; e a a n c d e a w s b e t n h he first the very height of his power, he renewed his offer of peace with England, in concert with the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia, who had gone to Dresden for the ex press purpose of paying him a visit, and openly testifying the sincerity of their alliance. The English Ministry and the libels of all the oligarchs in the world may say what they please ; it is nevertheless true, that the Emperor Na poleon always desired peace with England. " So also, when surrounded by a royal cortege, and when 400,000 soldiers, under the French eagle, were encamped on the banks of the Niemen, he again held out a friendly hand to the Emperor Alexander, and sent to him his aide-de-camp, Count Narbonne, to make a last effort for the re-establish ment of harmony between two sovereigns, who, not long be fore, had mutually engaged to act as brothers." These statements rewinds us of some observations contained in the Memoirs of Rovigo, the recollection of which can never fade from our memory. "The Em peror," says Savary (Vol 3, p. 81), " far from taking an undue advantage of any his victories, had always re frained from oppressing the vanquished. He constantly checked himself in his triumphs, being reluctant, as he used to say, to reduce a nation to despair. In Italy he made the first step towards reconciling the French revo lution with Europe ; and he laid the basis of a peace which was signed at Campo Formic,. After the battles of Marengo and Hohenlinden, he stopped when it was in his power to have marched to Vienna. After the battle of Austerlitz, he stopt short, when it was in his power to have confounded the most shameful of aggressions. And at Tilsit, after the battle of Friedland, he renounced all the advantages of a war still more fortunate than the first ; and did not follow up s his against he gainsta power whose forces were ex ha us successese d ,hee uwished to facilitate peace, and to secure the tranquillity of Europe on a steady foundation. Such examples of magna nimity," concludes the Duke of Rovigo, "deserve to be remembered." As a species of corollary to this, we extract the entire of a very long document, too im portant, for a thousand reasons, to curtail ; it contains "Napoleon's Advice to his Son," the King of Rome, dic tated to Count Montholon, by the Emperor, shortly be fore the death of the latter. Let those who consider Napoleon only as a despot, as a successful soldier, as a monster of cruelty, as an enemy to liberty, and especially to the liberty of the press—weigh every phrase and syllable of this glorious and beautiful document. " My son should not think of avenging my death ; he should profit by it. Let the remembrance of what I hare done never leave his mind ; let him always be, like me, every inch a Frenchman. The aim of all his efforts should be, to reign by peace: if he should recommence my wars out of pure love of imitation, and without any absolute neces sity, he would be a mere ape. To do my work over again would be to suppose that I had done nothing; to complete it, on the contrary, would be to show the solidity of the basis, and explain the whole plan of an edifice which I had only roughly sketched ; the same thing is not done twice in a century: I was obliged to daunt Europe by my arms; in the present day, the way is to convince her. I saved the revolution which was about to perish; I raised it from its ruins, and showed it to the world beaming with glory. I have implanted new ideas in France and in Europe; they cannot retrograde : let my son bring into blossom all that I have sown; let him develop all the elements of prosperity enclosed in the soil of France, and by these means he may yet be a great sovereign. "The Bourbons will not maintain their position after my death ; a reaction in my favour will take place everywhere, even in England ; this will be a fine inheritance for my son. It is possible that the English, in order to efface the remem brance of their persecutions, will favour my son's return to France ; but in order to live in a good understanding with England, it is necessary, at any cost, to favour her com mercial interests : this necessity leads to one of these two consequences—war with England, or a sharing of the com merce of the world with her. This second condition is the only one possible in the present day; the exterior question will long take precedence in France of the interior. I be queath to my son sufficient strength and sympathy to enable him to continue my work with the single aid of an elevated and conciliatory diplomacy. His position at Vienna is de plorable. Will Austria set him at liberty unconditionally? But after all, Francis L was once in a more critical position, and yet his French nationality was nothing impaired by it. Let not my son ever mount the throne by the aid of foreign influence; his aim should not be to fulfil a desire to reign. but to deserve the approbation of posterity. Let him cherish an intimacy with my family, whenever it shall be in his power. My mother is a woman of the old school; Joseph and Eugene are able to give him good counsel; Hortense and Catherine are superior women. If he remains in'exile, let him marry one of my nieces. If France recals him, let him seek the hand of a Princess of Russia : this Court is the only one where family ties rule policy. The alliance which be may contract should tend to increase the exterior in fluence of France, and not to introduce a foreign influence into its counsels. The French nation, when it is not taken the wrong way, is more easily governed than any other : its prompt and easy comprehension is unequalled; it immedi ately discerns who labours for, and who against it; but then it is necessary always to speak to its sense, otherwise its un easy spirit gnaws, it ferments and explodes. " My son will arrive after a time of civil troubles; he has but one party to fear—that of the Duke of Orleans: this party has been germinating for a long time. On this point, repeat to him what Bertrand said to me : let him despise all parties, and only see the mass of the people ; excepting those who have betrayed their country, he ought to forget the previous conduct of all men, and reward talent, merit, and services, wherever he finds them. Chateaubriand, not withstanding his libel, is a good Frenchman. " France is the country where the chiefs of parties have the least influence ; to rest for support on them is to build on sand. Great things can only be done in France by having the support of the mass of the people; and, besides, a Go vernment should always seek for support where it is really to be found. There are moral laws as inflexible and imperious as the physical ones. The Bourbons can only rely for support on the nobles and the priests, whatever may be the constitu tion which they are made to adopt; the water will descend again to its level, in spite of the machine which has raised it for a moment. I, on the contrary, relied on the whole mass of the people without exception. I set the example of a go vernment, which favoured the interests of all. I did not go vern by the help of, or solely for, either the nobles, the prim*, the citizens, or the tradesmen ; I governed for the whole community, for the whole family of the French ne e:: which- n pm n o o or t tr ar b lon e wche d a i . eioadnedtdh, made e;bi besides, sai c d a ed n s na tion. To divide the interests of a nation is to injure them all, and engender civil war. A thing indivisible by nature constitution, ra o fn n t .o ly th b i n e oosof i d thho t oe i . u l d a la t dy e principal atbtaacsehsnoof be e t mayd definitively v b e a l y d s b e u t t t I e i d ts on fu tis m po e i n n t t al w p it r h in ou ci t p t le he s f h o o rm ul a d l c b o e n t s h e e nt un of iv t e h r e sa n l a it t 3 i . on o , f • votes. on the other hand, the North advances against civilisation, the struggle will be of shorter duration, but the blows more fatal; the well-being of nations, all the results which it has taken so many years to obtain, will be destroyed, and none can foresee the disastrous consequences. The accession of my son is for the interest of nations, as well as of kings. Be yond the circle of ideas and principles for which we have fought, and which I have carried triumphantly through all difficulties, I see nought but slavery And confusion for France and for the whole of Europe. " You will publish all that-I have dictated or written, and you will engage my son to read and reflect upon it. You will tell him to protect all those who have served me well, and their number is large. My poor soldiers, so magnanimous, so devoted, are now perhaps in want of bread I Whaecou rage, what good sense is there in this French peop le I What buried riches, which will perhaps never again see the light of day ! Europe is progressing towards an inevitable transfor mation : to endeavour to retard this progress, be but to lose strength by a useless struggle; to favour it, is to strengthen the hopes and wishes of all. " There are desires of nationality which must be satisfied sooner or later, and it is towards this end that continual pro gress should be made. My son's position will not be exempt from immense difficulties ; let him do by general consent what I was compelled by circumstances to effect by force of arms. ' When I was victorious over Russia, in 1812, the problem of a peace of a hundred years' duration was solved. I cut the Gordian knot of nations: in the present day it must be untied. The remembrance of the thrones which I raised up, when it was for the interest of m general policy so to do , should be effaced. In the yesr 1815 y , I exacted from my brothers that they should forget their royalty, and only take the title of French princes. My son should follow this example; an opposite course would excite just alarm. It is no longer in. the North that great questions will be resolved, but in the Mediterranean ; there, there is enough to content all the am bition of the different powers, and the happiness of the civi lized nations may be purchased with fragments of barbarous lands. Let the kings listen to reason; Europe will no longer afford matter for maintaining international hatreds. Preju dices are dissipated and intermingled; routes of commerce are becoming multiplied; it is no longer possible for one nation to monopolize it. As a means by which my son may see whether his administration be goad, or the contrary— whether his laws are in accordance with the mann ers of the country—let him have an annual and particular rep ort pre sented to him of the number of condemnations pronounced by the tribunals. If crimes and delinquencies increase in nu mber, it is a proof that misery is on the increas e, and that society is ill governed ; their diminution, on the other hand, is a proof of the contrary. " Religious ideas have more influence than certain narrow minded philosophers are willing to believe: they are capable of rendering great services to humanity. By standing well with the Pope, an influence is still maintained over the con sciences of a hundred millions of men. Pius "VII. will be always well disposed towards my son: he is a tolerant and enlightened old man. Fatal circumstances embroiled our cabinets; I, regret this deeply. Fesch did not understand me ; he upheld the party of the ultramontanes, the enemies of true religion in France. If yen are permitted to return to France, you will still find many who have remained faithful to my memory. The best monument which they could raise to me would be to make a collection of all the ideas which I expressed in the Council of State, for the administration of the empire; to collect all my instructions to my Ministers; and to make a list of the works which I undertook, and of all the monuments which I raised in France and Italy. Maret, Daru, Mollien, Merlin, and Cambaceres, may contri bute to this work; it will be the completion of what I charge Bignon to write on my foreign policy and the general heads which I have indicated to you on my wars. In what I have said in the council of state, a distinction must be made be tween the measures, good only for the moment, and those whose application is eternally true. " Let my son often read and reflect on history ; this is the only true philosophy. Let him read and meditate on the wars of the greatest captains; this is the only means of rightly learning the science of war. " But all that you say to him, or all that he learns, will be of little use to him, it he has not in the depth of his heart ,hat sacred fire and love of good which alone can effect great ,hings. will hope, however, that he will be worthy of his distiny." We must content ourselves for the present with these quotations ; and we cannot more appropriately conclude our remarks on the anniversary of the death of this astonishing being, than in the exquisite and mournful language of Count Montholon :--" After such a variety of fortune, the Emperor at length reposes in his last and unchangeable resting-place. The immense drama of his marvellous destiny has closed with the gates of his tomb ; but this glorious tomb itself will remain as an abiding lesson to the whole family of man; it will always remain to recal to the world the vanity of all earthly greatness and splendour. There sleeps the Emperor, together with the passions and animosities of which he was the object or the originator!" COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie. The Queen had a dinner-party yesterday at Bucking ham Palace. The company included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Marquis of Aber corn, Earl Cawdor, Earl Howe, Earl Fortescue, Earl Spencer, Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baroness de Speth, Viscount Clilden, Captain Francis Seymour, Sir George Couper, and Baron Knesebeck. The band of the 2d Lite Guards was in attendance during dinner. At a quarter past eight o'clock, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the noble directors of the Concert of Ancient Music, left Buckingham Palace for the Hanover-square Rooms, his Royal Highness being the director for the evening. In the carriage with the Prince were his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, and the Earl Cawdor. Three of the Royal carriages followed, conveying the Earl Howe, the Marquis of Abercurn, Viscount Clitden, Sir Edward Codrington, Captain Francis Seymour, Colonel Bouverie, Sir George Cuuper, and Baron Knesebeck. About ten minutes after the departure of the Prince, the Queen left Buckingham Palace for the Hanover square Rooms, to honour the performance of the Con cert of Ancient Music with her presence. Her Ma jesty was accompanied by her royal and distinguished guests. The August party left the Palace in the fol lowing order:-- A carriage, conveying the Hon. Misses Kerr and Cavendish, Lord Waterpark, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hun. C. B. Phipps. A carriage, earriage, conveyingconveing Lady Augusta B ruce, Lady Augusta Cadogan, and Baroness de Speth. A carriage, conveying the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse . A Countess of Desert, hi s Leiningen, and his Serene Highness P ' n ee Edward of Saxe Weimar. A carriage, ene 14 Serene eDueliess Highness o f Norfolk,he Prince t he f e conveying her Majesty the Queen, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal took airings yesterday in the royal garden. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton took a drive yesterday in a car riage and four. Among the visitors to inspect the royal pictures in St. James's Palace yesterday were the Bishop of Rochester, Lords Falmouth Leigh, Walsingham and Fortescue, Dowager Lady Suffield, Lady Mary Howard, and Lady 1 Radstock. A deputation from the London and South-Western Railway Company, h a d an i n t e rview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday a t the office of the Commis . sioners of Railways, in Great George-street. T he de pu . tation consisted of Mr. Chaplin, M.P. (Chairman), Earl of Morley (Deputy-Chairman), Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., Mr. H. Ker Seymer, M. 1 3., Mr. Laurentz Camp bell (secretary), Mr. J ose ph Locke, and Mr. F. 'l' Bircham. The Portuguese Minister transacted business yester day at the Foreign-office. Mr. Pringle bad an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Sir William Pym had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at the Home office. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the Council, gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers last evening at Lansdowne Rouse. c :a isut : i ' assume of fa eyimumnoyo3r,beci morall to i i t l nobility will,onecan afford ndgqpeu ireieses:sea.rt Ni . one From by tyosomu traditionp ptoh succeedret .) . toeit year nh m r en y :f aaB s ckl o ris n en, dg; all depo sit he pte r 1 o e ml ; grandees openly espoused the opposite party. I felt no re liance either on my marshals or my nobility, not even on my colonels; but the whole mass of the people and the whole army, up to the grade of captain, were on my side. I was not deceived in feeling this confidence; they owe much to me ; I was their true representative. My dictator ship was indispensable; and the proof of this is, that they always offered me more power than I desired. In the present day, there is nothing possible in France but what is necessary. It will not be the same with my son : his power will be disputed; he must anticipate every desire for liberty. It is, besides, easier in ordinary times, to reign with the help of the Chambers than alone: the assemblies take a great part of your responsibility, and nothing is more easy than always to have the majority on your side; but care must be taken not to demoralize the country, The in fluence of the Government in France is immense; and if it understands the way, it has no need of employing corruption in order to find support on all sides. The aim of a sovereign is not only to reign, but to elitfuse instruction, morality, and well-being; and any thing false is but a bad aid. " In my youth, I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them. The great orators who rule the assemblies by the brilliancy of their eloquence are in general men of the most mediocre political talents: they should not be opposed in their own way; for they have always more noisy words at command than you. Their eloquence should be opposed by a serious and logical argument ; their strength lies in vagueness i they should be brought back to the reality of facts; practical arguments destroy them. In the council, there were men possessed of much more eloquence than I was; I always defeated them by this simple argument—treo and two make four. France possesses very clever practical men; the only thing necessary is to find them, and to give them the means of reaching the proper station : such a one is at the plough, who ought to be in the council; and such another is Minister, who ought to be at the plough. Let not my son be astonished to hear men, the most reasonable to all appearance, propose to him the most absurd plans. From the agrarian law to the despotism of the Grand Turk, every system finds an apologist in France ; let him listen to them all ; let him take every thing at its just value, and surround himself by all the real capacity of the co untry. The French people are influenced by two powerful passions, which seem opposed, but which, nevertheless, are derived from one and the same feeling—viz., love of liberty, and love of distinc tion. A government can only satisfy these two wants by the most exact justice. The law and action of the government must be equal towards all; honours and rewards must be bestowed on the men who seem in the eyes of all to be the most worthy of them. Merit may be pardoned, but not in trigue. The Order of the Legion of Honour has been an immense and powerful incitement to virtue, talent, and cou rage ; if ill employed, it would become a great evil, by alien ating the whole army, if the spirit of court intrigue and co terie presided at its nominations or at its administration. " My son will be obliged to allow the liberty of the press this is a necessity in the present day. In order to govern, it is not necessary to pursue a more or less perfect theory, but to build with the materials which are under one's hand ; to submit to necessities, and profit by them. The liberty of the press ought to become, in the hands of the Government, a powerful auxiliary in diffusing, through all the most distant col ners of the empire, sound doctrines and good principles. To leave it to itself would be to fall asleep on the brink of a danger. On the conclusion of a general peace, 1 would have instituted a Directory of the Press, composed of the ablest men of the country, and I would have diffused, even to the most distant hamlet, my ideas and my intentions. In the present day, it is impossible to remain, as one might have done three hundred years ago, a quiet spectator of the trans formations of society ; now, one must, under pain of death, either direct or hinder everything. " My son ought to be a man of new ideas, and of the cause which I have made triumphant everywhere. lie ought to establish institutions which may efface all traces of the feudal law, secure the dignity of man, and develop those germs of prosperity which have been budding for centuries. He should propagate, in all those countries now uncivilised and barba rous, the benefits of Christianity and civilisation. Such should be the aim of all my son's thoughts; such is the cause for which 1 die a martyr to the hatred of the oligarchs, of which I am the object. Let him consider the holiness of my cause. Look at the regicides I They were formerly in the councils of a Bourbon ; to-morrow they will return to their country—and I and mine expiate iu tortures the bless ings which I desired to bestow on nations. My enemies are the enemies of humanity; they desire to fetter the people, whom they regard like a flock of sheep; they endeavour to oppress France, and to make the stream reascend towards its source. Let them take care that it does not but st its bounds ! With my son, all opposite interests may live in peace; new ideas be diffused mid gather strength, without any violent shock or the sacrifice of any victims, and humanity be spared dreadful misfortunes. But if the blind hatred of kings still pursues my blood after my death, I shall then be avenged, but cruelly avenged. Civilisation will sutler in every way, if nations burst their bounds, and rivers of blood will be shed throughout the whole of Europe ; the light of science and knowleuge will be ext in g uished amid civil and foreign war fare; more than three hundred years of troubles will be re quired in order to destroy in Europe that royal authority which has but for a day represented the interests of all classes of men, but which struggled for several centuries be fore it could throw off the restrainte of the middle ages. If, THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAT 4.—The symptoms to-day have changed for the worse. The first bulletin this morning states, that the cough was troublesome throughout the night, and that his Excellency is not so well as yesterday. It is apprehended that a suffusion of water in the region of the chest, which gave way to medical treatment towards the close of last week, is again accumulating, affecting the respiratory orga ns, and ind ucing the cough, which deprives the Nobl e Earl of the rest which is all-essential to his depressed co ndition. Up to post hour there was n o change in his Ex cisesluleed. -_ nc y's symptoms, nor was there any other bulletin HEALTH OF THE KING OF HOLLAND. --The follow. ing bulletin was issued under date Hague, May 4 :—" The intermittent fever under which his Majesty is suffering con tinues to abate.—The Hague, May 3. The e i sad i e d v d e i n e t . s t t o r o e k et " P. F. EVERARD, M.D. " ••••••• BECKERS, M.D." , Pl a a f e t e e after b U ri o e l f l d i a l ill ness OF Mn. GEORGE WIGNET.--It is our pain ful task this week to record the death a Mr. George Wigney, ness not extending beyond week. Mr. Wigney was the second son of the late Mr. William Wigney, the founder of the brewery which still goes by his name, and the Bright helmston Bank, —Brighton Guardian. of morning,this to w a n t , h b i s re r w e e s r i d . DEATH OF VISCOUNT ASHBROOK.—W e have to record the decease of the Right Hon. Henry Jeffrey Viscount Ashbrook, who expired on the 4th inst., at his seat, Beau mont Lodge, Old Windsor, in his 71st year. He was mar ried to a sister of the late Lord Metcalfe, and was father of the Duchess of Marlborough. The Earl Fitzwillia.m entertained a distinguished circle at dinner on Tuesday evening, at Mortimer House, Halkin-street. Th e guests included the Earl of Burlington a nd the Hon. Mr. Cavendish, Viscount and Viscountess Milton, Sir Robert and Lady Price, the Hon. F. Dundas, and a distinguished circle. AMATEUR DRAMATIC PERFORMA NCE ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.--lier Majesty , we understand, has commanded her box to be retained for the second amateur performance for the benefit of the distressed Scotch and Irish, which is to take place at this theatre on the 13th inst. Her Royal Higbness the Duchess of Kent has also retained a box for the occasion. The performance will consist of Lord Elles mere's adaptation Victor Hugo's• c play of Her nani, and rlanch e'of romantic comedy of Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady. The Societe Generale of Belgium has just lowered to 4i per cent. its rat e of discount on commercial bills. 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The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee : _ _ _ 1. That in the case of the Van Diemen's Land Company petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 2. That in the case of the British American Land Com pany petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 3. That in the case of the Leith Harbour and Docks Dues petition, for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce such additional provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 4. That in the case of the North Staffordshire Railway (Alterations and Branches) petition for additional provision (Shsgborough Deviation) the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce such additiinal provision if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, on proving before the said Committee that notices have been inserted in the London Gazette, and in some newspaper of the county of Stafford, for three successive weeks; that plans, sections, and books of reference have been deposited with the clerk of the peace for the said county, and the clerks of the parishes affected by the said provision; and that they have obtained the consent of the owners, lessees, and occupiers of all the lands to be taken, and have also given notice to the owners and occupiers of the lands in which the portion of the work intended to he re linquished is situate, of their intention so to relinquish the same; and that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill.—Resolutions agreed to. THE ROYAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL. The seventh anniversary of this excellent institution, which is established for the cure of club-foot, lateral curvature of the spine, and all other contractions and de formities, was celebrated last evening at the London Tavern. About 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner. The Lord Mayor presided, and was supported on his right by Lord Dudley Stuart and the Hon. Thomas Liddell, 11. P., and on his left by Dr. Stebbing and Mr. Deputy Evans. Amongst those present we observed—the Rev. E. Repton, Rev. John Wright, Charles Joyce, Esq., Thos. Saunders, Esq., City Comptroller ; Wm. T ooke, 9 Esq., F.R.S. . Moffatt, Esq., M.P., Quarles Harr is, Esq., Philip Hanbury, Esq., &c. The exact nature of the charity is ably explained in the following extract from the report, circulated at the dinner : " The treatment of club- foot an other distortions was, until a few years since, confined to mechanical applications ; and in the majority of severe cases was either wholly unsuccessful, or attended only by partial or temporary relief. A new and successful treatment, based upon surgical and scientific principles, was dis• covered by Dr. Stromeyer, of Hanover, and from thence introduced into this metropolis, with the happiest re sults, by Dr. Little. The discovery of this important operation—that of dividing the tendons—by which ex treme adult cases of contraction and deformity can be cured in a few weeks or months, and those of children in a much shorter period, obviating the slow and uncertain progress of cure under the mechanical plan of treatment, has elicited the approbation of many distinguished members of the profession. The frequent occurrence of these deformities amongst the poor, the expense and un certainty of curing them by the sole application of mechanical means, and the great tendency to relapse on relief having been so obtained, constituted some of the more urgent reasons by which a few individuals, having derived benefit in their families, or being otherwise con vinced of its great utility and importance, were induced, in 1838, to propose the establishment of an hospital for the cure of these afflictions by this and every available method." Subsequently the treatment was extended to the cure of contractions and distortions of every part of the frame, but particularly to that most distressing deformity lateral curvature of the spine. Since the last anniversary the Queen has been graci ously pleased to become the patroness of the institution, and to present it with a donation of 501. The excellent dinner and superior wines having been done ample justice to, and the usual loyal and constitu tional toasts given and warmly responded to, The LORD MAYOR proposed " Prosperity to the In stitution." In doing so he stated that he had recently visited the hospital, with some of the members of his family, and that he had been quite astounded at the wonderful cures which had been effected, and the many severe cases which were in the course of favourable treatment ; but it was a matter for regret that the number of patients was so limited on account of the want of sufficient means to extend the building to the required size ; still its progress from year to year had been most gratifying. Cases of the nature of which the institution took cognizance were not attended to as a separate branch of medical science until the formation of the in stitution.—(Hear.) Contractions or malformations of the body were a source of the greatest unhappiness to those who were blessed with wealth ; but how much more misery did they entail upon those who, being poor, were compelled to support themselves by labour ? (Hear.) Last year the number of patients was nearly 1,500; and, as a greater number sought assistance than the hospital from its limited space could afford accom modation for, it was incumbent upon those favourable to its object to leave nothing undone to meet it wants : if it were not adequately supported a great public loss would be occasioned ; but, looking at the way in which it had hitherto been supported, and to the large donations it had received, and to those then present, he believed that the institution would continue to progress in usetulness as it had done since its establishment.—(Hear.) The toast was warmly responded to, as were also the following:—" His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the patron;" " The Duke of Cambridge, the president;" "The Archbishop of Canterbnry and the Vice-Presi dents;" " The Lord Mayor;" " The Sheriffs;" "Lord Dudley Stuart and the Stewards," &c. The subscriptions received during the evening amounted to nearly 1,000/. Among them were the fol lowing:—The Lord Mayor, 21/.; Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq, 50/.; Sir J. Hamner, 101; Lord Robert Grosvenor, 101. 10s.; R. GG. Wood, Esq., 100 s.; Sir C. For bes, 101.; Mr. and Mrs. Quarles Har l. ris, 101. 10s.; B. B. Cabbell, 101., &c. The receipts last year were 2,5351. 16s. Bd., and the expenditure 2,323/. Bs. Bd., leaving a balance of 212/. Bs. The institution is at No. 8, Bloomsbury-square. Several persons whose deformities had been cured by the institution, and some of those under treatment, were assembled in the ante-room, and, judging from the mo dels exhibited of the former state and the appearance which they themselves exhibited, the cures must be pro nounced commendable in the extreme. Mr. Toole discharged the office of toastmaster very effectively. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HARI. SMITH, BART., K.C.B. The distinguished services of this Gallant Officer have been duly recognised since his arrival in the metropolis. From the day on which he reached town the compli mentary visits of the nobility and gentry, to say nothing of the Government officials and authorities of the Indian empire, have been more numerous than any ever before paid to an officer holding similar rank in the Queen's service. Some idea of the high estimate in which the Gallant Officer's hard services in the cause of his country are held may be gained from the fact that upwards of twenty entertainments have been already arranged to be given in his honour. Among the invitations already accepted by the General are those of— The Lord Chamberlain, on behalf of her Majesty and the Prince Consort. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager. ller Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The Duke of Wellington, under whom Sir Harry served as Assistant Quarter-Master -General at Waterloo. The Earl of Ripon (late Lord President of the India Board). Sir John Cam llobhouse, now President of the Board of Control. Sir Robert Peel. General Sir James Kempt. Major-General Sir De Lacy Evans, the companion of his early services. Sir Charles Hamilton. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, to meet her Ma jesty's Ministers. Yesterday the Gallant General received a deputation from the Goldsmiths' Company, headed by Mr. Prime Warden Cox, Mr. James Garrard, warden, and Mr. Lane, the clerk of the company, who requested his presence at a banquet to be given in his honour at their ball on the firsts convenient day. Sir Harry received the deputation in person, and appointed Tuesday, the 11th of May, as the day on which he would honour the company with his presence. A deputation from the Junior United Service Club, headed by Sir John Buchan, K.C.8., and Sir Dudley Hill, also bad the honour of an interview with the Gal lant General yesterday, for the purpose of inviting him to dine with his old comrades in arms on an early day. The Gallant General received the deputation most cor dially, and appointed Tuesday, the 18th of May, for that purpose. This day the Gallant General and Lady Smith will have the honour of dining with her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Among the worthy acknowledgments of the Gallant General's services, we are glad to learn it is generally understood that a handsome pension will be awarded to I him by the directors of the East India Company, at their L " first board meeting. ley - - - - FRIGHTFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday evening, aborn half-past seven o'clock, an accident of a most deplorable nature occurred in Fetter-lane, Holborn, which resulted in the death of a fine little boy, named John Goudge, about four years of age, whose parents keep the Northumberland Coffee-house, in Little New-street, Shoe-lane. It appears that the child was out at play, and in crossing the r opposite Mr. Pimm's, the baker, be was knocked down by a h or se and cart whic h was coming along Fetter-lane at the time, the wheels passing over his head, crushing it in a most shocking manner, causing the brains to obtrude. The poor little fellow was immediately picked up by some of the by , standers, and conveyed to Mr. Kelly's, the surgeon, of Fetter-lane; but that gentleman being from home, he was taken to the house of Mr. Gibson, surgeou, Holborn, when that gentleman pronounced life to be extinct. A shell was then procured, and the poor little fellow was conveyed to Messrs. Comfort and Faulkner's, undertakers, in Bartlett's passage, where he now remains to await the Coroner's Inquest. SOUTHWARK -BRIDGE COMPANY.—The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday, at the offices of the company, Queen-street-place, City. Joshua Walker, Esq., took the chair. The secre tary read the report, which congratulated the shareholders upon the improved state of their affairs, but contained no thing of public in terest. A dividend of 1 per cent. was de clared. The d irectors and auditors who retired by rotation were re-elected, and a vote of thaulg to th e chairman cl osed the proceediDge• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET RACES—WEDNESDAY. This day's list was a vast improvement on Tuesday's, three of the races possessing very considerable interest, and bring ing out goodly fields of horses. Speculation was compara tively brisk, and the weather being favourable, the attendance was very respectable in number and rank. The racing com menced with the Sweepstakes of 50 SOTS each, for fonr yrs old. Last three miles of B.C. (4 Subs.) Lord Orford's Footstool, Bst 101 b ....... ..... (Nat) 1 Lord Albemarle's Radulphus, Bst Sib ........................ 2 Betting-9 to 2on Footstool, who made all the running, and won by five lengths. Run in 6 min. 33 sec. The Champion Stakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft.; colts, Ilst 71b, fillies, &c., Bst; about one mile five furlongs. (30 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Bridle (Butler) 1 Lord Orford's Ziska Mr. Watson's Sir Peter Laurie Mr. G. H. Moore's Watchdog 4 Lord Lonsdale's Martingale Lord Londsdale's CRedshank, out of Oxygen 6 Betting—Even on Ziska, and 3 to 1 agst Bridle. The Oxygen filly made the first running, followed by Watchdog and Sir Peter Laurie, the favourite next in good place. The Oxygen filly retired at the bushes, whence to the turn of the land, the running was made by Sir Peter Lsuiie and Watchdog, the favourite and Bridle then went in advance, and had the race to themselves, Ziska with a slight lead to the cords, where the mare headed him and won eacy by a couple lengths; Sir Peter Laurie a very bad third. Run in 3 nun. 17 sec. Handicap Plate of 501., for three yrs, &c. A.F. Mr. Barne's Tufthunter, 3 yrs. sst (Dockeray) 1 Lord Strathmore's Secundus, 6 yrs, Bst 51b Mr. Howlett's Libation, 4 yrs, 7st 71b The following also ran :—Campanile, 5 yrs; Caroline, 5 yrs; Collingwood, 4 yrs; and Duke of Rutland's Bella * Donna, 3 yrs. Betting-7 to 4 agst Bella Donna, sto 1 agst Campanile, and 4to 1 agst Tufthunter. The race from the first to last, was between Secundus and Tufthunter, the young one wait ing to the cords, and winning in a canter by four lengths. Run in 2 min. 12 secs. The Suffolk Stakes of 15 soya. each, 5 ft, if declared. Last mile and a-half of R.C. ; the second to receive 50 sous. (39 Subs., of whom 14 declared.) Mr. Greville's Mirmillo, 3 yrs, sst 31b (G. Sharpe) 1 Colonel Anson's Lazarillo, 3 yrs, sst 5/b 2 Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 3 yrs, sst 31b The following also started :—Jingle Pot, Paulton's, Gi selle, Colleen Bawn, Hydranger, Ukrane, Farthing Candle, Scarlet Runner, Ridiculus Mus, Doctrine, Watch-Dog, Mo galiston. Betting-7 to 2 agst Mirmillo, sto 1 agst Doctrine, 6 to 1 agst Farthing Candle, 7 to 1 agst Lazarillo, 7to 1 agst Cosachia. and 10 to 1 agst Paultons. Mir millo took the lead, followed by Cosachia, Farthing Candle, and some other light weights being laid up. The first four remained in front to the turn, which, with one exception—Farthing Candle—they came round so wide, that they were thrown out, thus giving Jinglepot, Paultons, and Farthing Candle a temporary lead ; the young ones, however, put on the steam, recovered their position before they had run another quarter of a mile, and Mirmillo resumed his lead, had it all his own way, and won in a canter by four lengths; Lazarillo beating Co sachia by a head ; Colleen Bawn fourth, about half a length from the third ; Farthing Candle broke down and was pulled up. Run in 2 min. 50 sec. The Jockey Club Plate of 501. B.C. Lord Exeter's Hydranger, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Match-500 sovs., h ft, Sir J. Hawley's Bravissimo , received from Col. Anson's lago. DERBY BETING. to 1 agst Conyngham I 9to 1 agst Van Tromp 6 to 1 apt Cossack—t 40 to 1 agst Montpensier—t (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SLY O'CLOCK. DERBY BETTING. 5 to 1 agst The Cossack 40 to 1 agst Mathematician 5 to 1 agst Conyngham 40 to 1 agst Montpensier 9 to 1 agst Van Tromp 40 to 1 agst Nottingham 25 to 1 agst Wanota OAKS. 9 to 2 agst Clementina—t. 5 to I agst Famer's Daughter 9 to 1 agst Slander ENTRIES FOR 12 to 1 agst Quilt Arnold's d 25 to 1 agst Brown Bess—t. 30 to 1 agst Nannette f—t. THURSDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes. T.Y.C. Mr. Merton's African, aged, Bst 11lb—Duke of Rutland's Paultons, 5 yrs, Bst 41b—Colonel Peel's Oregon, 3 yrs, 6st 31b —Lord Exeter's Circassian Maid, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Mr. Wi gram's Philo, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b. Three paid. Sweepstakes ; winner to be sold for 200/., &c. Satyr, 6 yrs—Jinglepot, 5 yrs—Chemise, 5 yrs—Blackcock, 3 yrs—Cardinal's Niece, 3 yrs—Fistiana, 3 yrs—Vert Vert, 3 yrs. AFFGHANISTAN AND PESHAWUIL (From the Delhi Gazette , March 17.) The interest which attaches to the fate of the son of' Dost Mahomed Khan has induces ns to be a little more prolix than usual in our translation . of the letter last re ceiveFdebar from ru Caubul, and which brings intelligence to the 9th 3r, commencing with the i_ 9 th of January. On this day a person came in great haste to the durbar about ten o'clock, to inform the Ameer tha t Na:wab Ma homed Zuman Khan was suffering much limn violent pa e i s n sa in ge. hiswass ootosmancahhaerndbrwouasghvtomfriotmingsobojlo:_doo. d.Dt A second re 'wlab, stating that his father was very ill , and was very am xious to see the Ameer before his death, which he was cc...n& dent was approaching. His Hi g h ness i mme di ate l y b ro i- e up the durbar, and proceeded to the house of Nawab, but before he could reach it he received intelligence to the effect that the good old chief had expired. The Ameer immediately gave orders for the arrangement of the funeral ceremonies, which being carried out, the boey was, on the same day, committed to the grave, large sums being bestowed in alms on the occasion. After this the Ameer went. to console the sons of the depart( Nawab, declaring that his death was as much a source of sorrow to him as it could possibly be to them. It was agreed further, that as the Wuzeer was himself reported to be very sick, and this news might have an unfavourab le effect on him, a proclamation should be issued prohibiting any mention ()tit being made in letters sent to the came of the Wuzeer. On the 30th January the Ameer, attendefa by a large retinue, went to the house of Nawab b ooja ood-Dowlah to read the Futehah, and the whole totvn was mourning the death of Zuman Khan, every mou th being full of his praises. A hurkaru arrived this day from Gundamuk, and brought news that the troops of Wuzeer Mahomed; Akbar Khan had destroyed all the forts in the neighbourhood of that place belonging to the Mamakhel people, carried away all the wood that was moveable, burnt what they could not remove, and plundered the whole of the property of the inhabitants. It was also stated that the Wuzeer had determined on building a cantonment at Gundamuk, where troops were to be permanently located for the protection of travellers. The Ameer again went, on the 31st of January, being the third after the death of the Nawab, to the house of Sooja-ood-Dowlah,l and performed the ceremonies usual on the occasion, which lasted till past mid-day. On his return to the palace the Ameer held a private consulta tion with Meer Hajee Saheb, at which the cause of the death of the Nawab was taken into consideration, many people having openly expressed their belief that be had been poisoned. On the following day the Ameer de puted to his sons, Sirdars Afzul Khan and Amnia Khan, the duty of presiding at the durbar, pleSing sickness as the cause of his own absence. He was said to have received intelligence regarding the proceedings of Mahomed Shah Khan, Ghilzaie, which had added to his annoyance. Heavy rain and snow are reported to have fallen on this day. On the following day a letter came from the Wuzeer's camp, praying that all the shoe and boot-makers (M.oze-doz) in Caubul might be col lected to prepare boots for the use of his troops, whom he was about to lead against some forts high up the mountains, where snow was still lying deeply. A ffaid broke out about the same time amongst the sons of Nawab Zuman Khan, in consequence of his having ne glected to dispose of his property by will previous to his death, and they called upon the Ameer to decide between them. On the 3d of February news came in that the Wuzeer had made all his preparations for attacking the remaining forts of the Ghilzaies, notwithstanding that the people had come to offer the most favourable terms. The troops had, in anticipation of the operations, moved 'to Amoorkee-khel. On the 4th of the same month the Ameer directed a letter to be addressed to Mahorried Shah Khan, Ghilzaie, reproaching him with his conduct, which had induced him to abandon the camp oc the Wuzeer at the time that be was most wanted. He re ceived a long letter from Abd-00l Azeez Khan and other chiefs of the Ghilzaies, inquiring what crimes they had committed, since the late accommodation, that should have induced the Wuzeer to make war upon them and their people in the frightful manner which he had com menced on ? The Ameer replied that if the Chief would submit terms for his consideration they should be forwarded, if reasonable, to the Wuzeer, with instruc tions to discontinue his operations. The son of Nawab Mahomed Zuman Khan, being instigated thereto by some malicious people, brought an accusation against Akdoollah, the Kashmeeree steward of their father, of baying been the instrument of his death. Letters were sent on the 6th of February, summoning Sirdars Haider Khan and Ameen Khan, sons of the Ameer, to Caubul, with all the haste they could make. On the following day intelligence was received that the Wuzeer, having again moved from his late encampment, had gone against Bala bagh, and allowed his soldiers to commit the most horrible acts of depredation. A durbar was held on the 7th, at which a rumour which was spread during the night, that a number of the Ghilzaies had attacked and de feated the Wuzeer, was discussed with much anxiety. Sirdar Haider Khan, who had only just arrived from Ghuznee, immediately set out for Gundamuk with a few attendants, and he had scarcely left when a hurkaru arrived bringing full particulars of the battle which had taken place, from which it appeared that the Wuzeer had in reality been victorious, having anticipated the attack of the tribes, killed many of them, taking others prisoners (some of whom he put to death after they had surrendered), and plundered every article of their pro perty within reach. Snow having fallen immediately after the battle, the Wuzeer returned to his old encamp ment at Gundamuk, and was reported by the hurkaru tea have suffered much from the exertions he had made, while a private letter given to the Amecr caused a great change in his manner. This was attributed to authentic accounts of the state of the Wuzeer's health, regarding whom it became generally rumoured that he had be come suddenly so much worse that he had been obliged to leave Gundamuk for Jellalabad. This gave rise to a renewed suspicion of his having been poisoned in the same manner as Nawab Zuman Khan. On the 9th of February, the last date of our correspon dent's letter, the whole of Caubul is represented to,have been in a state of almost breathless anxiety as to the fate of Mahotued Akbar Khan, some of the inhabitants being instigated by fear and most more by hope, while the Ameer, attended by various members of his Court and the high priest, went to the several shrines to offer up prayers for the recovery of the Wuzeer. While so engaged, a horseman, who had quitted the camp of the Wuzeer at Lughman, came into the town, and had no sooner delivered his budget to the Ameer than a rumour immediately spread that the Wuzeer was dead, and the news is said to have afforded satisfaction to a large pro portion of the population, especially to the Kuzzulbashes. The general impression was that he had been poisoned, and our news w riter, being satisfied of the authenticity of the intelligence, thought it best to send off his letters at once instead of waiting for further particulars, which he promises in his next communication, and for which we will now wait before giving our sketch of the de ceased Wuzeer's life. Our Peshawur letter brings intelligence down to the 16th of February. It opens with an account of the pre parations of all kinds made to do honour on his arrival to Major Lawrence, of the summons sent to all the neighbouring Chiefs to present themselves on the occa sion, and the daily reviews which were gone through to bring the troops into order. The streets were ordered to be cleaned thoroughly, as also the various bazaars, and new clothes were issued to the greater part of the soldiery. On the 12th of February authentic in telligence was conveyed to the Governor, Sirdar Aopar Singh, that Sirdar Peer Mahomed, who had with Saeed Mahomed Khan come to Peshawur to be present at the entry of Major Lawrence, had received accounts during the previous night of the death of his nephew, Mahomed Altbar Khan, and that both the Barukzaie Chiefs had immediately expressed their determination of quitting the town with the intention of going to trallvuesulaetd nuggur. Allowing that the news must have to Caubul more rapidly t han to Peshawar, and have gotthertheaitnthaeboduetatlhBeofrth2eo hours, wuzee we a Bth of February. Wuzeeroccurred m ay s o e Id cal culate the THE SCOTTISH HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday the Spring festival of this ancient and excellent charity was celebrated by a public dinner at the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond, under the presidency of his Grace the Duke of Montrose. The company, though not so numerous as we have had the pleasure to meet on previous celebrations at the London Tavern, was highly respectable. Among the visitors were Colonel Mure, Colonel Tinling, the Rev. Dr. Cum ming, Major Adair, Dr. Copeland, Mr. J. T. Alston, Mr. Coates, Mr. Maxwell, Secretary of the Royal Highland Society, Mr. E. Semi, Mr. M. Boyd, Mr. Henderson, &c. After the usual complimentary toasts, the Chairman, in. proposing " Prosperity to the Scottish Hospital," expa tiated on the national importance of an institution which, in the absence of all legal claim to parochial relief, ad ministered to Scotchmen who happened to be over taken by temporary distress in the metropolis, such . oppor tune assistance as often enabled th em, without incurringthe resume d e gradation apos o i t io p n a pauperism, en's t o respectabilityr r retrieve v e d their be agrnetted that whereas for faincircessumasstanmecesmbausnd of society. It was much to o so f m do e n e a f tio th n e s contributed to the society in money year was not equal to the expen merly the governors had been enabled re . t ht to h f a u p n e d of the annuities given to pensioners, dilute. Independently been administered to more than 800 poor persons and legacies, its income last relief has every month , • on the average to 4,000 In the course of the year. Th e deficit, occasioned partly no doubt by the peculiar pressure of the present season, amounted to nearly six hundred pounds. He trusted the patriotism and generosity of Scotchmen would not allow this arrear to remain an incubus on the society's operations ; but that by augmenting its resources they would extend the sphere of its most useful and beneficent operations. The secretary then announced a subscription of upwards of 4001. —including the Queen, 105/. ; the Queen Dowager, 521. lOs ; the Duke of Su therland, half yearly, M.; the Duke of Montrose, 211. ; the Duke of Cambridge, 10/. ; Mr. Cosmo Orme, 211.; the Earl of Roseberv, 161. 165.; Dir. Hender son, 10'. lOs. , &c. The healths of the Duke of Richmond, president of the Hospital; the Duchess of Sutherland and the ladies patronesses ; the Duke of Montrose, chairman ; the Duke of Buccleuch, president of the Scottish Branch Society ; the Rev. Dr. Cumming, the stewards and officers of the institution, were severally toasted; and the company, who were delighted with some excellent singing from Mr. Ransford and Miss Cubitt, with several other professionals coadjutors, separated before ten o'clock. ALLEGED LIBEL ON THE INEEcToEs OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAT.-The directors of the com pany have caused steps to be taken to ascertain ale name of the writer of certain letters which have lately appeared in the columns of our contemporary, the Independent Pass, in sinuating that the sum of 960,000/.—a toleraVie item cer tainly—had utterly disappeared in a manner which could not be accounted fur on any known principles. The name of the writer has been given, and is found to be that of a director of the Royston and llitchin Railway Company. This gentle man appeared before the mayor on Thursday, and gave bail to answer an indictment for libel at the next assizes for this county. —Cambridge Advertiser. Prince Scipio Gaspard Gorghese, Duke de Sal viati, son of the Prince and Princess Aldobrandini, is to be shortly married to Mdlle. Isabelle de Fitzjames, dexighter of the Duke de Fitzjamea,-,Galiguani! SHREWSBURY RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Patshull Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Griffiths' Lady Lift... (Denman) 1 Mr. Copeland's Cheapside \Von in a canter. The Great Cleveland Handicap of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, and only if declared, with 50 added. Lord Warwick's Gwalior, 5 yrs , 7 st 41 b ...... (Francis) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Alliance, 4 yrs , 6 st 21 b 2 Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b . Annandale, Bst 21b, Arthur, 7st 81b, and the Polka, Est 81b, also ran. Won cleverly. The Pradoe Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added. Heats one mile. Mr. Davies's The Wizard, aged, 9st 61b ...(Calloway) 1 1 Mr. Bristow's Carissima, 5 yrs Oat llb 3 2 Mr: Warman's Crib, 5 yrs, Oat llb ......... Mr. Corbett nd Maid of Lorctte, 3 yrs, 7st 31b 2 dr AQUATICS. The London Rowing Club's first match this year came off yesterday, from Putney to Mortlake. The prize contended for was a pair of silver oars, and the race was decided as under; Hughes and Tuke (Yellow) I Cornwall and Vincent (Red) 2 Richardson and Burton (Blue) 3 Shaw and Allen ..(Green) 4 Vallings and Henson (Lilac) 5 Cooper and Walker (Purple) 6 After a very even start, Yellow went away with the lead, and at Hammersmith-bridge led by three or four lengths; here Red and Blue struggled gamely to overhaul Yellow, but never quite succeeded, Hughes and Tuke winning by a length, Red defeating Blue for second place by about two lengths. The rest, far in the rear, afforded a good contest amongst themselves. THE CHRISTIAN COMMON WEALTH. Before Mr. J. M. Morgan, who is on his way to England from Italy, left Rome, he submitted the following summary of his views to several Cardinals and to the Agricultural Commission. A copy of the summary was alto laid before the Pope : That which peculiarly distinguishes the proposed Christian colony from the constitution of society in general, is the power which it affords of maintaining the supremacy of religion, not only in theory and in precept, and in framing the laws and regulations, but in spirit and in truth, by sup pressing or prhibiting all institutions, practices, and influ ences, calculated to impair the love of God and man, as the ruling principle of action; thereby strengthening the motives to good conduct, by discouraging the temptation to evil, and more especially by rigidly excluding competition and a spirit of rivalry. It is this pernicious principle of competition that has been the great impediment, both in Catholic and Protestant countries, to the existence and diffusion of vital Christi anity. It has perpetuated war, and left Christian Europe little to rejoice in from any diminution of its barbarous conflicts since the ambitious conquests of Pagan Rome. It has perverted the blessings of peace, and inflicted misery upon the people, no less fatal to their general improvement and happiness than the scourges of war, and it is the chief cause of the present famine. If Europe has the power, as no one can doubt, of produc ing food in superabundance, and of laying up a store of three or four years' supply for allits population, to guard against the consequences of bad harvests, why has it not been done ? Because competition limits production to the market demand, and the market demand is limited not by the actual wants of the people, but by their inability to purchase. It the wants of a neighbourhood require 1,000 quarters of corn, and 1,200 quarters are brought to market, there is a competition among the sellers, in order that they may not be the holders of the 200 quarters unsold, and the prices fall; if, on the contrary, 800 quarters only are brought to the mar ket, there is a competition among the buyers, that they may not be among those who are left destitute, and the prices rise. It is this uncertainty, under a system of competition, of obtaining a remunerating price, that limits the growth of corn and the quantity of all useful productions. When the people are organised in communities, or Christian colonies, with such modifications as the monastic orders and other religious societies of the present day . might suggest for the further advance of mankind in religion and virtue, and for the greater and more beneficial progress of science, the uncertainty of markets will cease, as the communities in different localities will adopt a system of exchange, and their mutual wants will be for several years anticipated. Sr. ANNE'B-----Scnoox..—On Wednesday at three o'clock a meeting of the friends and supporters of the Royal Asylum of St. Anne's School, Brixton• hill, which is esta blished for maintaining, education, and clothing the children of those once in prosperity, was held at the Asylum, for the purpose of distributing rewards to the females whe had been in the school, and who received testimonials according to the length of time they had respectively filled the situations they had been placed in. The Bishop of Winchester pre sided, and several of the clergy of the neighbourhood at tended. The school-room was crowded, the majority being ladies residing in the vicinity. The whole of the children of the school, amounting to 150 boys and 80 girls were also present, who, with the candidates, were addressed by the Right Reverend Prelate, and who forcibly impressed upon them the importance of a strict attention to their duties through life. There were 36 young women who were appli cants for the several rewards, which consisted of money, bibles, and other religious books. They were presented by his Lordship. The proceedings lasted about two hours. TTPRUS FEVER.—Typhus fever is very prevalent in Rochdale, particularly amongst the Irish, in the low lodg ing -houses and cellars about Mount Pleasant, School-lane, and Back Packer Meadows. We have noticed in another paragraph the death of Mr. Barker, surgeon, from this ma lady. Another surgeon has also caught the disease in similar manner, and lies dangerously ill. At the pettyofficer, said ses sions, on Monday last, Mr. J. Whitehead, relievingmet ffi said the fever increased every day. and it w e a t s h a e l meo l vos. On impos sible to make some of the Irish people Op being questioned by the bench, .he said atthhieeb:ahrkde of guar dianser had tried to take land to build some ward at the outskirts of the town, but they were u h n e a d ble re to . meet with a place for that purpose; lle however, oyf pro cured lime lime and whitewash brushes. creased almost every day, and the fever was alarming in various parts of the town.—Marichester Guardian. CONTINENTAL COMMUNICATION. The South- Eastern and Continental Steam-ship Company's vessel the Queen of the Belgians arrived at Folkstone from Boulogne at half-past twelve on Monday, having on board 120 passen gers, amongst whom were the Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury, Lord Ranelagb, Sir Richard Jephson, &c. The s teamer Queen of the French sailed from Folkstone for Boulogne at noon on Monday, with 54 passengers, amongst whom were Sir Robert Murchison and suite ; also with 16 horses and one carriage. The same company ' s steamer Princess Maud sailed from R amsgate on Monday for Ostend with numerous passengers. A. DISTINGUISHED CHAItACTER.—" The most cu rious incident," says the Union Monarchique, " that occurred at the meeting of the officers of the National Guard in the galleries of the Louvre, was that of beholding a chief of battalion, dressed in his grand uniform, and whose breast was covered with twelve decorations—five crosses, four cra chats, and three collars 1 Pending the two hours during which the officers waited in the grand gallery, that officer was constantly surrounded by a crowd anxiously inquiring in what kingdems, in what battles, and for what exploits he had gained more orders than ever figured on the breast IDI Turenne or Massena? The enigma was so on solved. The name of M. Alexandre Dumas' having b ee n uttered, curi osity ceased, and.mado room for raillerY'• .k-w Y.) and ho rl of e aP their ;han we ~ 7 ~ '...,,