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• ~ i~ ~,~, fri HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP VI. • l it -2: L'fiz,;. A LIVA a COADIITTEMS. (THIS DAY.) The members of this Committee met at twelve this morn. ing; Mr. Deedes chairman. 114ZISIIITILY AND YEOVIL, AND EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCNESTEIL. Sir William Harris was the first witness called. His evi dence,_ was chi e fl y di rec t e d t o th e a d va nta g es which would cult from a continuation of the proposed lines to the west of Exeter. Ur. Eb ury, merchant, of Cornwall, and dea li ng l arge l y i n 1141 ber, gave evidence of a similar nature. GROUP XIII. I PSWICH AND ISIIILY (TAXIVIOITTII EX TENSION). 0 ,% , !0nel A nson gave ev id ence i n f a v o ur of the superiority is line over that of the competing Norfolk Extension. ,A . ,he eviden ce o f thi s w it ness con c luded the case on behalf "'Lae promoters. Isi, u lje next li ne p rocee d e d with was that projected by the b. 710 11: Rail way C ompany , a ff or di n g a lire of communication "ween Thetford and Yarmouth, called the TEETTORD AND TANIVIOUTII. Evidence was then called in favour of the proposed line. GROUP XX. th t 711 ,,, Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of pigs comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual fur this morning; Mr. Goulburn in the chair. LONDON AND NORTII-WESTEEN . (LEAMINGTON EXTENSION). Oft r ia • S iin te w phenson was examined at some length in favour GROUP XXII. ABEILGAVENNY, AND MERE iciC"tp (EXTENSION TO TAFF VALE). jI Thi s Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Home rvitnond in the chair. dence on behalf of this line was resumed. m Blythe, civil engineer, was examined. He said the 4e would be fifteen miles long, and the est imated cost was l' re '' u i• The land to be taken would cost about 21,0001. 11 the nature of the country, the gra dients would be rather heavy, but still they would not be difficuit to work, gradients quite as severe were to be found in many exist e?,Rg railways. The other engineering features were of the — " 441 7 character. GROUP XXV. r The Committee, to whom the following Bills have been re erred, met this morning at half-past twelve o'clock, in Corn . I t littee-room No. 14, Sir Charles Lemon in the chair. lanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Branch to Bugs- Worth;,_ Sec.) astanche.ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and Manchester and Lincolnshire Union Railvay, and Chesterfield and ~,Gainsborough Ca na l A ma l gamat i on . Eanchester and Lincolnshire Railway (Deviation). dland Railway (from the Erewath Valley to the Not littingham and Mansfield Railway. &c.) a llehester, Buxton, and Matlock, and Midland Junction Rail way (Deviations, Amendments, &c.) -- ` ll behester and Bi rm i ng h am , an d N or th Staffordshire June c„.4oll Railway. p r ,Tne discussion ensued as to which Bill should first be kovreded with ; but as none of the parties were prepared to t to-day the Committee adjourned until half past wel ve vo i ()clock to-morrow, when the third mentioned Bil, be proceeded with. GROUP XXXIV. [ CHESTER, SHEITI.:I.D. AND LIN ,:: ....7,11.73/13HIRE STATION (APPROACH AT I‘, , esca . ,.._ 1. The 4.1 %MESTER). . Cu; Cotamittee met at the usual hour ; Mr. F. Baring, -..r nun ' ' Sev e . 1 / 4 1 eft fel witnesses were called, who gave evidence in favour , th toot poosed extension. Their evidence went t. to show . , a recaps . too m ion at Manchester, as at present ex a i t s_ o in t the 1 / 4 trifr p 41 4 and did not afford adequate accommo . d• i 1 i ,4 peed ° f . the North-Western and other lines which at present `' , j the station. Th a l,. h o,i) GROUP XLI. ,_ following Bills are comprised in this group : c edalk and Enniskillen Amendment. !Al t !, down and Dungarvon . .:; Act and Belfast - Junctin and Navan Branch Railway bebl . '• le and Drogbeda (branch from Navan to Kells). Newry b u b, and Enniskillen Amendment. . . 1 ,44 and Drogheda (Purchase of Navan branch). • ilag e C ommittee to whom they are referred met this morn , 4:l3hertly after twelve o'clock, in Committee-room No. 13; 4t,,,, Se Yineur in the chair. '.;" of t i:cmgst the petitions against the Bills was one from some 17 4 , 4 e s hareholders of the Newry and Enniskillen A‘Lend v.,ol74lOgainst their own line, which somewhat surprised the 1.., It tee, and slightly excited their risible faculties. T irtra t POILTAD OWN AND DUN GARVON, . • Va t . XIX AND DROGHEDA (NAVAUT hti. 'ICH) AND DUBLIN AND szi.r.ss . r, -C un kitt e ePposed, were referred to the chairman of the Com - e ( 11 1 r. Greene). tn a s s fi . sel tor the Dundalk and Enniskillen, and Newry and 04i9en, agreed to withdraw their opposition to each they L u lus placing the Bills in the position of unopposed ; foi g Cere, however, postponed, in order that the parties • th m t‘,consult with respect to clauses, it being understood tee eti fe Bills should come before the Committee at its next bu il ", ......_g• "*"AT AND DROGHEDA (BRANCH FROM 'kr. A_ NILSTAN TO METALS). gran ted I•EzCaliDEz opened this case. He said lines had been a ndlto from Dublin to Drogheda, from Drogheda to Belfast, Bill I n Drogheda to Navan • and that the object tf the It w as to carry on the fir.e from pavan to Bells. j r d o old be nine miles and a half in length. th e cost 103,0001. There were no engineering difficulties, Co untrya being extremely facile tor the construction of li., r4l( wity. The Dublin and Drogheda, the promoters of the' bad been selected as one of the lines to be favoured by b. grant from the Government , in accordance with the ' 4l l Introduced a few days ago into the House of Corn- Ibotts by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Atter re/et-ring at length to the object of the other lines, and urging thi;t this branch was absolutely required to complete the rr.ilway communication of the district, which yielded a vast quantity of traffic, he concluded by trusting that the Com mittee would pass the preamble of the Bill. Evidence in favour of the Bill was then adduced. GROUP XLVIII. „_This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Lord Conde '43' in the chair. All the other Aembers present. 4Z,413Cr0W. PAISLEY, EILMA&NOCK, AND AYR BRANCHES (No. IV). vtli the assembling of the parties, Mr. KEATING, on behalf' of this Bill, said, that in the ab bl/411 ee of Mr. Adams he had to call the attention of the fl ee to to it, as it related to the crossing of the Clyde, and tril t been postponed on account of the decision of the Admi tt i.i . l h against the proposed crossing. The promoters of the ab " 44 no wish to call on the Committee to disregard the ittgolute veto of the Admiralty, and as they had in vain th t e era ta Ned to get the decision reversed, the only course lett witha wed Bill on that from t h e further and on that consi gderatio n round alone, of the to Contnnttee. e CllAtax tx—Does your withdrawal apply to bath Nos. and 5 Bill tit tiorl K EATING said it applied to both, except a small por the of ofie of the Bills that related to the employment of of fhT nl n Pany's station, wich would come under the notice ,30 mmittee in the course of the sitting. R onEwrsoN, on behalf of the Caledonian Railway, inti n ;Ld in what had fallen from his Learned Friend, and they Nv ,. that on account of the decision of the Admiralty, Th. " o e'd for the present withdraw their Bill. dt s ' 113, -lemA s wished to know, which of the Caledonian AL", to be withdrawn? Qtly 4 l:4l tb '°n pp l ied to EnTsoN said, the Bill for the crossing of the Clyde e Glasgow stat h ion. The decision of the Admiralty 4 a one of tese Bills. li Ezasorr, on behalf of the General Terminus and of tl l e w Harbour B ranc h es Bill, sa id th a t N os . 4 an d 5 et am e Ayrshire a! all unopposil lssad being withdrawn, their Bill wo u ld r ris _ e. til l .7 CHAIRMAN thought that point had better be reser ve d C "'e proper time for the consideration of the Bill. -*DOMAN, GLASGOW, GARNBARH, and a 'ATZULTEIGE (BRANCH TO GLASGOW The case on b e h a lf o f thi s Bill was th e n resume d. e ,7r. Robert B rown an d M r . J. M axwe ll we r e shortly 2 ,7n:tined, as to the value of the land to be taken for the Purposes of the Bill, when the case tor the promoters closed. The case for the opposition to the Bill was then taken. Mr. Adie, engineer of the Glasgow and Edinburgh, was e latuined with the object of showing that the proposed crossing of the line over the tunnel of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway could not be made without the danger of breaking it in. He was also afraid that the going under the canal would be attended with danger, not only to the Edinburgh and Glasgow tunnel, but to tits city of Glasgow. • that, with the In cross-examination the witness admitted, diversion of the canal, and proper precaution on the part of the Promoters of the Bill, the danger of the crossing would be greatly removed. He did not, however, think it would be Possible to construct the works over the railway tunnel with oat danger. JERRY LIND. —During Jenny Lind's last perform -11°es at Vienna, at the great theatre, the stalls, which Itthrer habitually sold at two florins, rose to fifty, and still th :o thousand persons had their names put down tor them, and were disappointed. The last night, not con tent with calling her forward innumerable times with r„ lth dita, cheers, and deafening shouts, when she returned ol me the spectators within joined the crowd without, and CrWed her to her house. Thirty times she was called to I,i' m window ; the crowd kept constantly rereating "Jenny p ,saY you will come again." Every means wasem- A:;" to extract a promie; which, however, we believe, not given. At last Jenny Lind was moved to tears, hot knowing how to express her feelings, she broke se,i n htcherless bouquets of ovation lying on her table scattered them over the crowd, eves-) individual of J e l ' e4 eagerly snatched at a fl.,aer, taking it away as e , ot hll 3 , Lind' s souvenir and Veryies me nicht." One day eons s he was induced to sing for charity in the gigaeti , g ro tn . eer t room ot Vienna. On 1% ednesday she left at G' / I t b ,'• - end until two, a.m., theVienese set enaded her. Wa s t ,!`Y INN, MAY I. Edward Kenealy, Esq., li ono (us day called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law by the llr able Society of Gray's Ina. oft h. I NSTITUTION.—The general annual mee tin g ele eti :nlembers, for receiving the report of the visitors and tiArdam,g t he officers for the ensuing year, took . place on , S_ 13 11.ke 3 . I'he attendance of members was consideraule. he Pr es i d Northutnberland was unanimously re electedl, , as . se,ekr._ arlowW, J o , a rt, R' Hamilton, Esq., F.R.S., and the ,CN aftelrN"arY, were also re elected as Treasurer and bat their election was not unanimous. C.ENDIART FIRE AT IVELBECK ABBEY.—SO OII ,‘ 'r ideight o'clock on Wednesday evening last a fire broke W V i le stack-yard of his Grace the Duke of Portland, at th e near Welbeck Abbey. A few minutes before th e 5t . 11 2,7 8 were discovered, a gamekeeper passed through in g to ' w "..,''Yard, and saw no indication of fire, but on return sent f - 0 212;( 1 a home he perceived the flames. An engine was the tin ; "'Om Welbeck, but there being a scarcity of water afd g _ 4 1 kly dest roye d three stacks — one of oats , one o f 400 / : one of straw. The damage has been estimated at :3 great exertions the farm buildings were preserved. • Mischief h • Illotuij ary. as La all probability been tbe work of some LITERATURE. ME2IIOIRS OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE 11. By Ho ace tfalpole. Edited by the late Lord Holland. 3 Vets, As well from his position in society as from his natural temperament, Horace Walpole possessed many peculiar facilities for obtaining a clear insight into the political transactions of his contemporaries. The son of a twentyyears' Prime Minister, the companion, if not the friend, of many of the chief politicians of his time, he was naturally familiar with all the mysteries of political intrigue; to him the secrets of the prison-house were revealed. He mingled in public life more as a spectator than as an actor, but it was as a spectator behind the scenes; near enough to understand all the secret work ings of the machinery, without himself bearing a part in the play. While the public, further removed, looked on with wonder and admiration, believing all they heard, deeming all that glittered gold, he, from his more proxi mate position, disenchanted and undeceived, recognised the illusion and understood the cheat; and yet, also, from that very cause, he was the better enabled to admire some piece of clever acting (knowing it to be such), or to appreciate the cunning of some marvellous deceit. And not only was he in this manner enabled to pursue such investigations, but he took a pleasure in. so doing. Though his judgment and his heart alike condemned much of what he was a daily witness of', yet, as he tells us himself, he had " a love of faction;" he felt an in• terest in the progress of the pow though conscious of the worthlessness of the consoullosts and the athletes who were struggling fo. the stet* The results of his continued and scrutinising observations—the various ad ventures and anecdotes with which he became acquainted —the secret causes of many a public transaction, and his own shrewd guesses and suggestions thereupon, formed the topics of his numerous epistles to his familiar cor respondents, and also constituted the theme of many volumes of manuscript, which we may almost regard asa continuation of his letters addressed to posterity. Of these are the " Memoirs" now before us, which, with many others of a similar kind, were, after his death, in accord ance with his strict injunctions, kept sacredly sealed up in a wainscoat chest until a given period had arrived. At the appointed time this chest being examined, was found to contain many manuscripts, and among others memoirs of the reigns of George H. and George III.; the latter of which was published about two years back. and a second edition of the former is now before us. Thus after fifty years have passed over his grave, and nearly a hundred have elapsed since the events of which he relates, we are startled by the appearance of a new work by Horace Walpole. And very welcome is it—it comes to us like the communication of some familiar friend, as in such a light we are accustomed to consider its author ; for in our sentiments with regard to authors whom we know only from their works, it is the same as in our relations to the individuals whom we meet with in every-day life. There are some, there are perhaps many, with whom, though well acquainted, we can never become intimate ; while, with others, on the contrary, owing to some peculiar affability of temperament we can be friends from the first introduction. To this latter class belongs Horace Walpole, a friendly, nay a familiar, relation seems to subsist between him and his readers ; an almost colloquial freedom characteris s his writings, partly attributable, perhaps, to his great epistolary practice. So easy and agreeable is his style, so happy are his descrip tions, so interesting and entertaining the various anec dotes and reminiscences scattered through his pages, but, above all, so natural and communicative is his manner, that while perusing his works we seem as it were to be listening to the passing cow ersation of some intimate companion. These Memoirs of George 11. are, however (comparatively speaking), somewhat deficient in this agreeable characteristic, and on this account they are hardly so entertaining as were the delightful volumes relating to George 111., which preceded them in this edition. Though disavowing all claim to the title of historian, yet, in inditing memoirs illustrative of history, Walpole 'evidently felt it advisable to assume a certain degree of decorum and dignity: he could not introduce so insignificant a person as himself into such a work, or at least, if occasionally necessary, it must be in the third person. This little circumstance, in a certain degree, destroys his ordinary familiarity of style; and on this account, and also because diversified with fewer anecdotes, the volumes relating to G,eorge 11. are, to our thinking, less entertaining than those concerning his successor ; for in the latter, as if the unwonted formality were irksome to him, he again assumed his natural egotism, shall we call it?—he again indulges us with the ego et rex nzeus style. Before attempting , to analyse the contents of these volumes, we cannot do better than give the author's own account of his intention, together with the comments of his distinguished editor. " I am no historian," says Horace Walpole, speaking of this work—" I write casual memoirs ; I draw characters ; I preserve anec dotes, which my superiors, the historians of Britain, may enchase into their weighty annals, or pass over at their pleasure ;" and in another place he speaks of " having never proposed to write a regular history, but to throw together some anecdotes and characters which might cast a light on the times in which I have lived, and might lead some future and more assiduous historian to an intimate knowledge of the men whose counsels or actions he shall record." " Here are no assassins, no Poisoners, no Neros, Borgias, Catilines, Richards of York ! Here are the foibles of an age, no very bad one; treacherous Ministers, mock Patriots, complaisant Par liaments, fellable Princes. So far from being desirous of writing np to the severe dignity of Roman historians, I am glad I have an opportunity of saying no worse ; yet, if I had, I should have used it." Lord Holland's preface is likely to be of advantage to the reader of the memoirs; it may serve as a correction to some of the errors of the author. After awarding him due praise, the noble editor judiciously draws attention to some of his faults, especially to the variable nature of his judg ments ; in his delin ea ti on o f c h aracter, it appears, that he swhaes describesnflu nc d i more u th e ‘ l ' a b s t y t h oa t cn h c e u rb c rye o n n c d ae u c t t s h ( t a ) e f t a t d h b y e r o u P a g e, n l i r d - t them before hi s eyes, comprehensive view of their merits and defects. Hence, excepting the very few individuals to whom he was con stant in his attachments or dislikes, there is scarcely any strong expression of commendation or censure which in some subsequent passage he does not quality, soften, or correct. It is a proof; however, of his fairness, at least of his desire to give his readers the impression he formed at the time of the personages and transactions he de scribes, that even when he changed his opinions, he allowed his original account to remain, leaving it to be effaced in the minds of others, as it was not unfre quentlyinhis own, by subsequent reflections and events." The contents of these memoirs may be divided into three classes, namely, a sort of epitome of the principal political events of the years to which they relate ; a series of portraits of the politicians who were then chiefly conspicuous ; and, , hirdly, a very excellent summary of the debates in both Houses of Parliament, including outlines of some of the principal harangues. Walpole's industry was here most usefully employed, for be it remembered, that in those days there were no newspaper reporters with their rapid succession of " five minute turns," to jot down Nord for word as it fell from the speakers, neither was the infal lible referee, Hansard, then in existence. " The account of Parliamentary debates in these Me moirs," observes Lord Rolland in the preface, " would alone be a valuable addition to our history. No one is ignorant that from the fell of Sir Robert Walpole to the American war, our reports of the proceedings in Parliament are more barren and unsatisfactory than at any period since the reign of James the First. For the last ten years of George the Second, Mr. Walpole has supplied that deficiency in a manner equally entertaining and instructive. His method was, to make notes of each speaker's argument during the debate, and frequently to take down his expressions. He afterwards wrote out the speeches at greater length, and described the impression they made on the House." Some of these debates are very interesting, and the speeches are given very effectively; but there are, per haps, almost too many details of ordinary affairs; too many pages that read like the summaries of our daily papers, nevertheless they are interesting to a certain extent; and great praise is certainly due to Walpole for preserving them. Some of Mr. Pitt's (the elder Pitt's) orations are detailed with great force and apparent fidelity, and their effect is described with a degree of enthusiasm. The second volume contains some very excellent remarks upon the orators and oratory of the day. The various peculiarities of the various speakers are admirably demonstrated by contrasting them one with the other, as for example:— Mr. onway soothed and persuaded ; Lord George Sack vine informed and convinced ; Charles Townshend astonished ; but was too severe to persuade, and too bold to convince. Conway seemed to speak only because he thought his opinion might be of service; Lord George because he knew that others misled, or were misled Charles Townshend, neither caring whether himself or others were in the right, only spoke to show how well he could adorn a bad cause, or demo lish a good one. It was frequent with him, as soot; as he had done speaking, to run to the opposite side of the house ; and laugh with those he had attacked, at those who had de fended. One loved the first, one feared the second, one ad mired the last without the least mixture of esteem. Mr. Conway had a cold reserve, which seemed only to veil good ness : Lord George, with a frankness in his speech, had a mystery in his conduct, which was far from inviting. Charles Townshend had such openness in all his behaviour, that he seemed to think duplicity the simplest conduct : he made the innocence of others look like art. But what supe riority does integrity contract, when even uniformity of acting could exalt so many men above s .the most conspicuous talents that appeared in so rhetorical an age! Mr. Towns bend was perhaps the only man whdhad ever genius enough to preserve reason and argument in a torrent of epigrams, satire, and antithesis !" Of' the delineations of character and individual por traits, of which these memoirs contain very many, and to all appearance excellently well drawn, by far the most effective and the most interesting are the sketches of Lord Bolinbroke en.' of Sir Robert Walpole (the father of the author)• The character of Sir Robert is contrasted with that of Mr. Pelham, his successor in office ; and, notwithstanding that the one was the father of the author, and the other that father's rival and supplanter, there is apparently a de gree of impartiality in his delineations of their respecive characters. Horace makes no secret of Sir Robert's irvatrions habit of buying support ; for example, " In the knowledge of the reveoue, he (Mr. Pelham) and all other men must yield to Sir R. Walpole, though he and all other men make the same use of :bat knowledge, which is to find new funds for the neces sities of the Government, aed for the occasons of the Administration; by those occasions, I mean corruption, in which I believe Mr. Pelham would never have wet his finger, if Sir Robert Walpole had not dipped. up to his elbow ; but as he did dip, and as Mr. Pelham was per suaded that it was as necessary for him to be minister as i t was for Sir Robert Walpole, he plunged as deep." The portraiture of Bolingbroke begins as follows.-- "The 12th died Lord Bolingbroke, a man who will not be seen in less extraordinary lights by posterity than he was by his contemporaries, though for Very difierent reasons. His own age regarded him either as the greatest genius la statesman, ers eeuted t)) in, preserved by s abandoned by betrayed. op pressed. by "the consummategreatest v. i hi. ao l l o v io y pea ' t f r et or s r , ,and thewhom he t h d t r eac ero successively Posterity- Will look on him as the greatest plailoaoplar from Pope§ writings; or as an author of a bounded genius from his own. To see him in a true light they must neither regard all the incense offered to him by Tories, nor credit all the oppro brium cast on him by Whigs. They must see him corn pounded of all those vices and virtues that so often enter into the nature of a great genius, who is not one of the greatest. " Was it being master of no talents to have acted the second part, when little more than a youth, in overturning such a Ministry, and stemming such a tide of glory as Lord at bay t, for in s oho many ldin Godolphin's and the Duke of Marlborough's? Were there such no a power abilities, af a t s e r Sir r s R r o e b t e u r m t pole mb 's ani a s years, even when excluded from the favourable opportunity of exerting his eloquence in either House of Parli amen t? Was there no triumph in having chiefly contributed to the fall of that Minister? Was there no glory in directing the councils and operations of such men as Sir William Wind. ham, Lord Bath, and Lord Granville? And was there no art in persuading the self-fondest and greatest of poets, that the writer of the Craftsman was a more exalted genius than the author of the Dunciad? Has he shown no address in pal liating the exploded treaty of Utrecht? Has he not, in his letters on that event, contrived to make assertions and hypothesis almost balance stubborn facts? To cover his owh guilt, has he not diverted our attention towards pity for the great enemy, in whose service lie betrayed his own country? "On the other hand, what i , famy to have sold the con queror to the conquered! What ingratitude in labouring the ruin of a Minister, who had repealed his sentence of banish ment! What repeated treasons to the Queen, whom he served ; to the Pretender, who had received and countenanced of the e the present late King,Kiog, by him ; to the late King, who h a d reca ll e d hi m ! What n in effectualieao so f tiearts acquireDtooches sof thee odsl confidence ,and o Lady Suffolk! What unwearied ambition, even at seventy years of age, in laying a plan of future power in the favour of the Prince of Wales:" li e concludes by contrasting him with his own father, Sir Robert Walpole—his rival—his successful rival and the object of his vehement hate. Mr. Smythe has very forcibly depicted both the cause and the extent of Bolingbroke's hatred, when, in his " Op position Scene," he imagines him bitterly pointing out the " two words which mean one thing—St. John and Disappointment!" and seeking for any refuge, " where," as he passionately exclaims— " Where I might never meet the accursed thought, That I—l—Bolingbroke, should be remembered As one who could do all things but succeed ! And then you ask me not to hate this thing— This lackered sham, this mediocrity— This counterfeit that does! Youth, wealth, and beauty, And courage and high thoughts and genies I have had all—and what have they availed? Men say he might have been, but Walpole is !" The following is Horace's account of their rival careers : " Sir Robert Walpole and Lord Bolingbroke had set out rivals at school, lived a life of competition, and died much in the same manner, provoked at being killed by empirics; but with the same difference in their manner of dying as had appeared in the temper of their lives : the first with a calm ness that was habitual philosophy, the other with a rage that his affected philosophy could not disguise. The one had seen his early ambition dashed with imprisonment, from which he had shot into the sphere of his rival, who was exiled, sentenced, recalled ; while Walpole rose gradually to the height of temperate power, maintained it by the force of his single talents against Bolingbroke, assisted by all the considerable geniuses of England; and when driven from it at last, resigned it without a stain or a censure, and retired to a private life without an attempt to re-establish himself, — almost without a regret for what he had lost. The other, unquiet, unsteady, shocked to owe his return to his enemy, more shocked to find his return was not to power, incapable of tasting the retirement which he made delightful to all who partook it, died at last with the mortification of owing his greatest reputation to the studies he had cultivated to dis tress his antagonist. Both were beloved in private life; Sir Robert from the humanity and frankness of his nature; Bolingbroke from his politeness of turn and elegance of un derstanding. Both were fond of women ; Walpole with little delicacy, Bolingbroke to enjoy the delicacy of pleasure. Both were extravagant; and the Patriot who accused, and the Minister who had been accused of rapine, died poor or in debt. Walpole was more amiable in his virtues, Bolingbroke more agreeable in his vices." As regards their third qualification, (namely, that of historical summary), these volumes are certainly not deficient in interest ; in this respect they are chiefly valuable for the lights they throw on the causes of cer tain events. " 'Tis trifles make the sum of human things," and it is often to circumstances apparently most insignificant that events of great importance may be attributed. In ordinary histories we are too often obliged to take things for granted ; to receive certain transactions as faits accomplis, without being able to find out how they were accomplished. With Walpole it is quite otherwise • his memoirs might appear to any habitual reader of brief histories somewhat similar to an introduction to the cele brated manufacture of Gobelins tapestry, where, as is well-known, unlike similar manufactures, all the work is performed on the wrong side: so that to any looker-on instead of a beautiful grouping of flowers and figures it presents only an assemblage of joins and knots. Of a somewhat similar appearance are these memoirs: we have a continued succession of petty intrigues, jealousies, quarrels and raccommendemens, and the perusal is somewhat interesting it, as we have already observed, we only regard it as we might look upon the playing of some game ofskill, in that case we maybe perhaps amused, perhaps interested—though it is sad child's play at the best—" much ado about nothing." But if we come to look upon the whole as a history, if we think that these men were our ministers, and that these mat ters concerned the welfare of millions, then, indeed, we cannot peruse many of these pages without a sensation of contempt almost ofloathing. To judge from Walpole's per haps rather severepicture of his contemporaries, the grand and, indeed, almost the chief object of all the great men of his day, was the possession, not so much of power as of place. This desire was the source of all their jealousies, animosities, and heart-burnings—the cause of their apparenay noblest actions, and the instigator of their many, we may almost call them criminal, practices. These marvellous plots and counter-plots, cunning de c.ptions, and pett reprisals—these " jostli ngs , by d ar k intrigue, for place"—which Walpole here unfolds to us, are not, perhaps, without some interest ; they would almost, indeed, appear ridiculous, were there not some thing motonful in their very contemplation. Mournful, indeed, for in all the varied combinations of public affairs, what can the re b e more execrable, or more tit serving uunive sal re p re h ens i on. than the unhappily not very ncommon practice of making the welfare of a nation, and the happiness of countless thousands, subservient to the paltry pride or ambition of a few? All the heroes of Walpole's memoirs are not, however, of this un hapy character ; conspicuous among, and above all, is the illustrious name of Pitt—the great Pitt. Although Horace Walpole was not at all times very favourably disposed towards him, yet even in his perhaps partial records, amid the mass of intrigue and petty arnbitioa and selfishness, Pitt stands forth pure and immaculate— " the noblest Roman of them all." One of the most interesting portions of this work is Walpole's account of the trial and (as we may surely term it) judicial murder of Admiral Byng. All the particulars of this extraor dinary affair are detailed in a most interesting manner— and nxturally so, for Horace Walpole was personally concerned in them—it was mainly through him that the execution was delayed for a fortnight, and the matter brought before Parliament. In this affair Walpole him self appears in a more than usually honourable and noble character—his conduct here, as Lord Holland observes, "does credit to his feelings and humanity." The following is Walpole's opinion of the opposite st)lQs of Pitt and Fox, or perhaps we should say Lords Chat ham and Holland:— "PP t was undoubtedly one of the greatest masters of or namental eloquence. His lag ;wage was amazingly fine and tl ,wing; his voice admirable; his action most expressive; his figure genteel and commanding. Bitter satire was his forte : when he attempted ridicule, which was very seldom, he succeeded hanp:ly ; when he attempted to reason, poorly. But where he chiefly shone, was in exposing his own con duct: having waded through the mo3t notorious apostasy in politics, he treated it with an impudent confidence, that made all reflections upon him poor and spiritless, when worded by any other men. Out of the House of Commons he was far from being this shining character. His conver sation was affected and unnatural, ilia manner not engaging, nor his talents adapted to a country where Ministers must court, if they would be courted. " Foalt,,with a great hesitation in his elocution, and a bar renness of expre ss i on , h a d conquere d these impediments and the prejudices they had raised against his speaking, by a vehemence of reasoning, and closeness of argument, that beat all the orators of the time. His spirit, his steadiness, and humanity procured him strong attachments, which the more jealous he grew of Pitt, the more he cultivated. Fox always spoke to the questioo., Pitt to the passions; Fox, to carry the question; Pitt to raise himself: Fox pointed out, Pitt lashed the errors of his antagonists: Pitt's talents were likely to make him soonest, Fox's to keep ban first Ministe r the longest." These volumes are embellished with portraits o; George 11., of Lord Chatham of Newcastle, and some others of the chief personages mentioned in them. Lord Holland has care fully revised the whole of the letter-press, and added to the notes and appendix of the author. Having said thus much of this work, we will now, alter commending it to the attention of those too prone to look upon the surface, and be led astray by appearance and captivated by great names, dismiss it with the authors own portrait of himself. " Walpole had a warm conception, vehement attachments, strong aversions; with any apparent contradiction in his temper—for he had numerous caprices, and invincible perse verance. His principles tended to republicanism, but without any of its austerity ; his love of faction was unmixed with any aspiring. He had great sense of honour, bat not great enough, for he had too much weakness to resist doing wrong, though too much sensibility not to feel it in others. He had a great measure of pride, equally apt to resent neglect, and scorning to stoop to any meanness or flattery. A boundless friend; a bitter, but a placable enemy. His humour was satiric, though accompanied with a most compassionate heart. Indiscreet and abandoned to his passions, it seemed as if he dispised or could bear no restraint; yet this want of government of himself was the more blameable, as nobody had greater command of resolution whenever he made a point of it. This appeared in his person: naturally very delicate, and educated with a too fond tenderness, by unre laxed temperance, and braving all inclemency of weathers, he formed and enjoyed the finest and unabated health. One virtue he possessed in a singular degree—disinterestedness and contempt of money—if one may call that a virtue, which really was a passion. In short, such was his promptness to dislike superiors, such his humanity to inferiors, that, con sidering how few men are of so firm a texture as not to be influenced by their situation, he thinks, if he may be allowed to judge of himself, that had either extreme of fortune been his lot, he should have made a good prince, but not a very honest slave." ONE HUNDRED SONGS OF BERANGER, with Translations. By William Young. Great is the tame of a true poet, but immeasurably the greatest is the fame of a national poet. It is the na tionality of the verses of Bryant that renders them so conspicuous in the poetical literature of America. The nationality of the lyrical writings of Burns and Moore, is the secret of their supreme glory in the poetical literatures of Scotland and Ireland. But Pierre . Jean de Beranger i s a national poet more strictly speaking than eith er Bryant, Burns, or Moore. Berauger has vivifyed hi s Chansons with the very quintessence of the French cha r nn t m er a .il er i s o His rhymesFranc b e r , pourtray eu th ethe voiceofFrance, d ep i ct the passions of France, reveal the partialities and prejudices of France. They are instinct with a sentiment peculiarly French, and are coloured with mannerisms exchigvely French. Ifeuce, PRE SUN, LONDON', MONDAY EirVikTlNa, MAY B, 1847.1 • we conceive that the bay of Beranger is indigenous, that it is impossible to transplant it, or, in other words, that it hopeless to attempt the translation of his songs into any foreign idiom. As well might a sculptor expect to adapt himself to the lovers of fashion by clothing a classi cal statuette of Eurydice in some one of the costumes de picted in the last number of the Belle Assemblee. Unless the verses of Pierre Jean are studied in the original— unless the foreign reader -can - surround himself; as it were, with all the accessories of French tastes—unless he can fill his imagination and animate his heart with the memories inspired by French history—unless, in deed, he can virtually become, for the time being, a Frenchman—he can never appreciate Beranger; he can never recognise there inimitable graces of ex pression which defy even the plastic idiom of Ger many to copy ; he can never comprehend those subtleties of fancy ; be can never feel his cheek blanch, and his bosom thrill, and his eyes swim with emotion at those deep and passionate out bursts of enthusiasm which throw a golden light over the pages of this great poet, and render him the idol of thirty millions of his countrymen. Without a foreigner transplant and alienate himself, as it were, during the perusal of Beranger, he can never hope to behold the beauty of his muse. Mr. Young has done every thing that ingenuity, exactitude, and contrivance could well effect, towards the translation of the illustrious French man, but his compositions are absolutely un• translatable. Word may be given for word, dactyle for dactyle, spon dee for spondee, but the transcript will be as unlike the original as a faithful plaister cast and the Port land Vase. The original song may bo filtered through grammar and dictionary with the most scrupulous nicety, but in the very process of filtration the essence will have evaporated—the flavour will have departed—the aroma will have become utterly dissipated. The bloom will have become lost—there will be the pulp. The beautiful flesh tints will have faded—there will be the skeleton, or at best the corpse. It is no poverty in the English language, it is no inca pacity in the English translator, it is no obtuseness in the English reader which thus renders the Chansons ofPierre- Jean de Beranger untranslateable ; it is the difference of the idiosyncrasies of the two nations; and not merely the difference of their idiosyncracies, but of their social habits, their pastimes, their joys, their sorrows, their household and historical associations. In this manner Beranger is to the French people what the orator of the prairies is, or was, to the redmen. The words of the Indian orator spoke to the very core of the redman's heart, they made the blood burn on his tawny visage, they called at one time the gushing tears from his eyes, and at another maddened him to the clank of the gong and the scream of the war whoop. But to the European ear the eloquence of the Redskins sounded only as bombast and hyperbole. The songs of Beranger, again, act like the national reveillie to the citizens of France; even Chateaubriand, the loyalist and Bourbonist Chateaubriand, was moved with the supreme pathos of the Vieux Caporal when he heard one of the old guard of Napoleon singing it one day among a party of vine- dressers— Conscrits, au pas; Ne pleurez pas; Ne pleurez pas; Marchez au pas, Au pas, au pas, au pas, au pas! And how profound are the sensibilities of the veterans of the empire, when they listen to the chaunt of the Vieux Drapeau— Charge de lauriers et de fleurs, Il brills ear l'Europe entiere. Quand secotirai-je la poussiere, Qui ternit ses nobles couleurs ! - - Intense, however, as is the enthusiasm inspired by those lays of military glory, it is as nothing to the ecstasy with which one song of Beranger is hearkened tdin the home of the artizan, of the merchant, of the peasant, in the rustic merry making under the trees, among the fishermen, the hedgers, the ditchers, the ploughmen, the carriers, among all orders and classes of the people. " Les Souvenirs du Peuple"—it is the masterpiece of the immortal lyrist. His translator has here done him little justice, no justice, worse than no justice. Besides the want of all euphony in the appellative " Granny," the refrain of each stanza is diluted down to the merest insipidity. II vous a par/e, grandmere! Il vous a pane! O Granny, Granny, did he speak ? What, Granny ! speak to you? a * Quel beau jour pour vous, grandmere ! Quel beau jour pour vous I Oh, how much joy you must have felt, 0 Granny, how-much joy ! • • • Dieu vous balm, grandmere, Dieu vous benira. Poor granny! God will kindly look, Will kindly look on you! Mr. Young piques himself on being a literal translator, yet the above strikes us as being the very loosest Ora phrase, as Carlyle would say, the baldest, wretchedest paraphrase. We question the propriety or utility of placing the French original and the English version cheek-by-jowl in opposite pages. It savours of honesty and candour it is true, but it utterly annihilates whatever little beauty there is in the English. Phcebus shines, and the stars are invisible; so is it with Beranger and his interpreter. It is some satisfaction to those who admire the greatest lyrist of this, or perhaps any other age (and among such admirers we acknowledge ourselves to be enthusiasts), to know that the heart of Pierre-Jean de Beranger still beats to the measure of the old songs which he used to sing of yore. Nay, more than this, that Beranger can still, notstandwith ing the pressure of many years, chaunt new chansons equal in melody, if not in philosophy, to those com posed in his adolesence. Here is one—" Notre Coq"— beginning like a flourish of trumpets. " Notre coq, d'humeur active, Las d'Alger, s'ecrie faut Que jusqu'au bon Dieu j'arrive, Pour voir s'il s ' en d ort la h aut . J'ai response ii tout qui rive. Co, co, coquerico, Franee, rernets ton schako. Ccquerico, coqu6rico." The song—manife st ly i n sentiment a war-song — o f which this is the op en i ng made its appearan ce i n a new edition of Beranger, now Who publishing in Pari s . verse, has only very recently cannot recognise the voice of the great master in the music of the refrain ? " Co, co, coqu e rico, France, r emets ton schako Coquiric o , coquerico. " We trembled l est M r. William young might have seen this chanson i n ti me for his series of translations, as in that case we sh ou ld infallibly have had some such literal burthen as this:— " Co, co, cockadoodledo, France, resume-thy schako Cockadoodledo, cockadoodiedo.'" Having given the commencement of Beranger's latest composition, we cannot resist transcribing the conclu sion, premising that the Gallic cock visits Heaven, being conducted thither by the imperial eagle of the Emperor (Napoleon). “ Sous le drapeau tricolore Vag echauffer cceurs et bras, De vows j'ai besoin encore. Coq, bientot to chanteras Le reveil avaunt l'aurore. Co, co, coquerico, France remets ton schako Coquerico, coquerico. L'oiseau, prompt comma la foudre. Rentre au q aart i er general, Disant : Li on en va decoudre; Dieu fait sell er son cheval ; Les angel fo n t de la poudre. Co, co, coqueri co , France, remets ton schako. Coquerico, coquerico. Having presented our readers with this fragment of the last poetical production of th e great F renc h l yr i st, we cannot do better than commend the little volume just published by Chapman and Hall, to the notice of the public, seeing that it contains not merely the translations by Mr. Young, but the matchless originals of the im mortal poet. In this respect the book is a literary jewel. • FINE ARTS. THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. From the success which these beautiful engravings acquired on their original publication, they are being again issued in a more elegant collected form, with revised and sometimes re-written memoirs, from the pen of Dr. W. Cooke Taylor. The Gallery, es the majority of the lovers of this description of the fine arts already know, comprises portraits of an extraor dinary number of illustrious and eminent personages, of Peel, and Burke, an d Melbourne, chiefly of the nineteenth century. I n t hi s preliminary volume, for example, there are lik enesses, among other statesmen, and Lansdowne, and Huskisson, and Aberdeen there are Byron, and e Amo and Ileu m's , and Among g poets Canning, and Grey, and Durham. Among distin guished Eldo la n w , lawyers T s Brougham, theernetearrdeen.Amog warriors th ere n and L yn dh urst, and are Nelson, and Collingwood, and Rodn ey , and Wel lington, r g or t d on s w, andandorth, Allan Anglesey .. andn Cunningham, g l e ll s e e yb Heber. Besid es th ese, there are thirty-five other individuals commemorated by the skill of the engraver, and the accuracy of the biographer. Many of the plates are dimmed by fre quent printing, but many likewise are nearly a s brilliant as though they were proof impression. The series will be a treasure for the book-shelves. us PartsT R majesticl , T - E1 .D: andi i . , NEWfascinating sn ein:ing TES TA• in its magnaficent works produced HEATH'S AmongltEhiev lL Tm L .any sublim eonde nt under the direction of Mr. Charles Heath, one more oetimcaol;emcoarleculated to exercise an ennobling ti p ce over the imaginations and the hearts of the character,iinfluence truly fl ue people, has not yet appeared than this periodical pub lication of the illustrated New Testament. The theme itself is too sublime to be treated with the ordinary pencil of the eminent artist employed upon the em bellishments. The various parables are illustrated it bearing iis treated o f criticism. w ith a with a grace and delicacy beyond an praise, and the various incidents preliminary to the Great Atonement are indicated with an energy that sometimes rises into awfulness :—The walking upon the sea, the raising co A rr n es d p the virgin to life, the praying apart in the mountain, the close of the transfiguration, the dies bye foretold in the twenty-fourth chapter of the first evangelist, and the consummation of all things by the appearance of the Redeemer surrounded by , the pomp of his angels. It is impossible to exag gerate the importance, or to eulogise too highly the peauty of this splendid feria'. THE BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND. Parts I. and 11. Another elaborate and elegant work is here com menced upon those majestic structures, baronial and ecclesiastical, which adorn Scotland in such profusion, and tend so much to the visible perpetuation of many of the proudest historical recollections of Caledonia. Old mortality would have paused to look lovingly, upon the book, though the chisel and mallet had been in his hands, and he had just detected an inscription, on one of his favourite tombstones, more than usually obliterated. The Antiquary himself would have gazed upon the pages with interest, though the depreciating comments of Edie Ochiltree had been ringing in his ears the while. Mr. Robert William Billings is without question an adept as an architectural draughtsman, and it is to Mr. Billings, aided by Mr. William Burn, that the illustrations of the periodical are consigned. Glasgow Cathedral, the south-west exterior, the choir screen, and the crypt, and the choir (looking east), are the embellishments in the first number. St. Anthony's Chapel and Holyrood House, Holyrood Chapel and Palace, the west front of the Chapel Royal of Holy rood, and the eastward interior of the same match less edifice, are the embellishments to the second number. The work is produced in a style of singular richness. THE HEROINES OF SHAKSPERE. Part XIII. Kenny Meadows gives us one of the sweetest and most fanciful physiognomies imaginable as the coun. tegance of the }airy -queen "Titania ;" crowned with a jewelled bauble, adorned with the plumage of a peacock, her features appearing through a maze of corn and blue-bells. To those who love to be, even in im agination, like Ebenezer Elliot : " -- far from the sensual throng, Who scorn the windfloner's blush, the blackbird's lonely song," this little engraving will be a dainty object of con templation. " Mariana," again, the Mariana of Measure for Measure, is depicted with singular grace. Looking at the expression imparted to her counte nance one can unriddle that chiming sentence of her's— " I cry you mercy, Sir; and well could wish You had not found me here so musical : Let me excuse me, and believe me so, — My mirth it much displeas'd, but pleased my woe." There is literally that saddened merriment in her eyes which the poet would infallibly have indicated, had he been a painter. The portrait of " Queen Katherine," we are anything but satisfied with : her face has not that passionless purity about it which is inseparable from the notion of that discarded matron. These portraitures continue, however, to display the fruitfulness of the imaginations of the artists engaged upon their delineation. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domes tic household, attended divine service yesterday in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hun. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk yesterday in the royal garden. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday, attended by his Equerry iu waiting Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal iiighnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual airings in the pleasure grounds of Buckingham Palace on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, the Earl of Morton, Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Augusta Bruce), and 'their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (attended by Baroness Hammerstein and Baron Knese beck), also honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera House with their presence on Saturday evening: Her — Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended Divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal St. James's. The Prayers were read by the Rev. C. Haden, the Lessons by the Rev. G. Repton, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Rev. C. E. Dering, who took his text from Psalms lxxiv. verse 18. The anthem was " Lord let me know my end" (Greene). The sacrament was administered ..14* the Bishop of London. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Viscountess Barrington, and Earl Howe. The Dean of Hereford was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in waiting. Among the nobility present were the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquises of Anglesey, Northampton, and Granby ; Ladies Wilton, St. Germans, and Somerset ; Lords Granville, St. Germans, Cawdor, Essex, Wilton, Emlyn, and Ebrineton. Tile Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of An glesey attended the early service in the Chapel Royal St. James's yesterday, The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and the Rev. C. E. Dering preached the sermon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness yesterday at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majrsty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Aarl borough House. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yes terday in Grosvenor Chapel. Major Stevens was in waiting on his Royal Highness. The Duke of Cambridge visited and inspected the Exhibition of the Royal Academy on Saturday. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yes terday at Clarence House, St. James's. The Committee of Council on Education had a meet ing at the Privy Council-office on Saturday, at which the Lord President of the Council, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Auckland, the Earl Minto, the Viscount Morpeth, Sir Charles Wood, and Sir George Grey were present. Mr. Kay Shuttleworth was in attendance. Mr. Perle), her Majesty's emigration agent for New Brunswick, had an interview with Earl Grey on Satur day, at the Colonial-office. A deputation from the Southwark Improvement Com missioners, consisting of Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P., Mr. Richard Moser, Mr. William Griffith, Mr. Joseph Sterry, and Mr. Alfred James Hiscocks, architect to the Commissioners, waited upon the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Improvements, on Thursday. Senor X. Isturiz, the Spanish Minister, had an inter view with the Earl of Clarendon on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Right Hon.' E. Strutt had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. The Earl of ZetlarUi had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home -office. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.--*The Conde de Mon temolin, attended by the Marquis de Villa Franca, General Don Juan Montenegro, and Colonel Merry, was present at the performances at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening. Her Majesty's box was occupied by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Mr. and Lady Caroline Duncombe and party. In the Queen Dowager's box were the Countess of Jersey and Lady C:ementina Villiers. The Count and Countess de Jarnac, Lord Foley, the Hon. Miss Foley, and party, occupied her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge's box. There were also present the Prince Louis Napoleon, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Clanricarde and Lady E. de Burgh, the Marquis of Granby, the Marquis of Huntley, the Earl and Countess of Harrington and Lady Jane St. Maur Stanhope, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Fitzwillianz the Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, the Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Mun ster, Earl of Cardigan, Viscount Clifden, Lady Lynd hurst and the Hon. Miss Copley, Lady Foulis, the Count de Bache, M. de Couttoy, Baron Rehausen, Baroness Rothschild, Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, Baron Nicolai, Count and Countess de Jarnac, the Comte D'Orsay, Count de Courcy, M. C. de Koudriaff sky, the Hon. Misses Maynard, Hon. G. S. Byng, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing, Mr. Hubert de Burgh and Miss Tre lawny, Sir John Guest, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Henry Meux, Sir Ralph Howard, Lady Palmer, Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworthi.• Colonel- Wrottesley, Colonel Bowers, Colonel Wildman, Captain Mulcaster, Captain Smith, Major Bowers, Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson, Mr. and Mrs. E. Phillips, the Misses Carrol, Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., &c., &e. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—Ier Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday night with their presence. Her Majesty was attended by Lady Cherie mont, Lord Morton, the Hon. Colonel Phipps, and Hon. Colonel Bouverie. Also, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady. Augusta Bruce. There were also present their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, the Earl of Cardigan, Lord Henry Lennox, the Right Hon. Lord Brook, Lord Granville, Lord and Lady Carrington, Earl of Strathmore, Earl and Countess of Malrnesbury, Earl Druce, Earl of Liverpool, Lord and Lady Suffield, Viscount Cantalupe, Honourable Spencer Cooper, Colonel and the Hoa. Mrs. Fitzgibbons, Hon. Robert Lawley, lion. A. Dillon, Hon. A. D. Willoughby, Hon. H. Norton, Hon. C. C. Cavendish, Hon. E. S. Rus sell, Hon. W. H. Peel, Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sr William De Bathe, Sir William Abdy, Sir Charles Kent, Sir Bel lingham and Lady Graham, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Wm. flerries, Sir William and Lady Nfolesworth, Si r James and Lady Hogg, y M g, Lad. Poulett, Lady Quintin, Lady Tyrwhitt, the Countess Dowager of Essex, Lady M.Farlane, Lady Ing leb y , Mr. William and Lady Ca • vendisb, Mr. and Lady C harlotte Dennison, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Captain Wemyss, Captain Meynott, Dela field, Esq., Miss Ha ward, Mrs. Auldjo, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Charles Mills, &c. THE COURT, &c.—The Queen, the Prince Consort, and a portion of the Royal Family—the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal most probably—will leave Buckingham Palace on the 7th instant for the Isle of Wight, to pass a few days at Osborne, p reviously to the state ball on the 14th instant, for which the C ourt will return to London. It is also probable that the Queen (agreeably to her Majesty's custom) will then pass I in cluding her two or three days at Claremont, • birthday, the 24th instant, and return to town for the state drawing-room on the 27th. The Court, it is understood, will return to Windsor Castle on the 29th or alit, tv in preggat st Ascot Heath ss, oil the let of jime. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. I Duc Foscari wa•3 repeated here last evening, for the last :iire this seasen we are sorry to say, f,,r we should have liked again to witn,: , s the admirable acting of Coletti, Fraschini, Madame Montenegro, and B nich e , i n their respective parts. After the opera we had a Diver tissement, in which Cerito and St. Leon appeared ; then a selection from La Favorita, with Gardoni and Bouche; and then the ballet of Thea, with Rosati and Marie and Taglioni. The house was crowded in every part. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA COVENT GARDEN. The opera of 1 Puritani was repeated here, last even ing with the same cast as on Thursday. After the opera a new Ballet Divertissement was produced, entitled La Bouquetiere de Venise, for the deldit of Mademoiselle Fanny Disler. It might be as well called by the name of that deessee de la danse, for it was a mere vehicle for introducing Fanny Ellsler to the public. There is no plot, no story, no change of scene. Funny Ender is all in all, and right Well able is she to be all in all. She is the same Fanny Ellsler as ever. There are the same "twinkling steps," the same wonderful tours de force, the same marvellous "toe walk ing," but the Divertissement gives her no scope for the exercise of her peculiar talent. As a mere danseuse she has many rivals—as a pantomimist she is unequalled, and we hope soon to see her in a character (and we emphasise the word character to distinguish it from a part) more worthy of her talents. The house was very well attended. SOUTH AMERICA. LI VEIWOOL. SATURDAY. By the ships Swordfi-h and Rafael we have advices from Pernamnuco to the 30th of March, Rio Janeiro to the Bth, and Bahia to the 16th. PERNAMBUCO, MARCEL 30. Cotton since our last has been as high as 6,800 reis per arroba; but, subsequent advices from England offering less encouragement to shippers, added to the advan ce w hi c h h as taken place both .in fre ig ht and exchange, it has declined gradually, and will, we think, go yet lower. Exports, 5,600 reis per arrobs, 6d. per lb. The supply from the interior has also been larger of late. Sugar—ln consequence of the encouraging advices re ceived from England at the latter end of last month, our market has since experienced a great deal of activity, and there was a considerable demand for sugars in cases at 1,100 reis to 1,150 reis per arroba above ferro; bags, fine white, 2,350 reis to 2.450 reis ; middle sorts, 2,250 reis to 2,300 reis; low ditto, 2,000 reis to 2,200 reis. Muscovados, 1,850 reis. Superior fellons, 1,900 reis to 1,950 reis. The market has been well supplied during the last fortnight, and this, added to the great want of tonnage and consequent advance in freights, has checked the demand ; and, within the last ten days, prices have receded. Exports—Sugar-cases, white, 900 to 1,000 per arroba above ferro, in usual assortments, and according to quality, equal to 21s. 4d. to 225. 4d. per cwt.; muscovados, 1,000 to 1,100 per arroba, equal to 16s. 3d. to 17s. 3d. per cwt. ; barrels and bags, whites, first to second quality, 2,500 to 2,450 per arroba, equal to 255. 60. to 255. 80. per cwt.; barrels, common assortments, 2,300 to 2,350 per arroba, equal to 235. 60. to 23s.8id. per cwt.; barrels, low whites, 2,100 to 1,950 per arroba, equal to 21s. 6d. to 20s. per cwt.; barrels, superior imuscovados or yellows, 1,900 per arroba, equal to 19s. 6d. per cwt. ; barrels, muscovados, good average, first 1,800 per arro b a, equal to 18s. 6d. per cwt. ; barrels, musco vados, more ordinary, 1,750 per arroba, equal to 18s. per cwt. A reaetion will no doubt take place so soon as our port is better supplied with vessels, and if the next accounts from England are no worse than the last. Ride-, dry salted, are not much in request at 110 per lb., equal to 3 6-10 d. per lb. Exchange has ruled very firm during the month, at 30d. it is, however, looking rather flat to-day, and, should the scarcity of shipping continue, a decline is our rates may be expected. Freights—Not a single vessel in port disengaged. Last rates obtained were 83s. and 5 per cent. to the Channel ; to Liverpool and Hamburgh direct 41. and 5 per cent. for sugar in cases, 15 per cent. less for bags. Two small English vessels have since obtained 765. 6d. and 80s. and 5 per cent- for sugar in bags to the Channel. Cotton to Liver- pool, 7-Bthe to id. and 5 per cent. per lb. Mediterranean, including Trieste, 41. to 41. 10s. and 5 per cent. for sugar in cases, and 15 per cent. less for bags ; these rates are still obtainable. Advices from Rio de Janeiro to the Bth of March state that the ship Courier, for London, obtained 41. for dry hides ; for salted hides, 655. to 675. 6d. per ton had been given. Coffee, 2,900 reis to 3 milreis superior ; 2,700 to 2,800 reis, good first ; 2,450 reis to 2,550 reis regulars ; stock, 45,000 bags. Advices from Bahia to the 16th of March quote salt 800 reis per alquiere ; sugars, 1,800 reis to 1,900 reis, and 2,400 reis to 2,500 reis ; stock, 25,000 cases. Freights last charter, 90s. and 5 per cent. for sugar in cases to Liverpool direct, and no disengaged vessels in port. Ex change, 80d. ; cottons, 5,800 reis to 6 milreis per arroba. We copy f rom the Rio Mercantile Journal of the 6th of March the following report of the market : " Rio de Janeiro, March 6. " Coffee—Little has been done, the sales not having ex ceeded 14,000 bags. Priceshave been steady, but were look ing downwards at the close of business yesterday, when the stock consisted of fully 45,000 bags. "Sugar—Small sales for consumption, prices unaltered. "Hides—Arrived from Rio Grande 4,141. No sales re ported; exported 1,304 to Hamburgh. " Freights—We quote the sales a trifle higher, vessels being scarce; the principal transactions have been for the south. " Money-market—Discounts continue to rule at 8 per cent., but money is more freely obtained. Exchange has been firm, the result probably of a demand for money from the north ; the business has not however exceeded 20,0001. upon London at 29d., at which rate the market was fiat atthe close of busi ness yesterday." A few days later advices from the River Plate have been received in town by a Dutch vessel. They contain no news. THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, APRIL 30.—Her Majesty's packet Penguin, Lieutenant Swainson, arrived here this morning from Rio Janeiro, with the Brazil mails, having left that place on the 18tH of March. She brings a small freight in gold and dia monds, and the following passengers :-11is Excellency M. Lomonosoff, Russian Minister, Mr. Owen, Mr. Bunn, Mr. Ralli, Dr. Giaccomelli, Captain Wilmot, Count Trotti, Mr. and Mrs. Thomson and child, Mrs. Sarportis and three children, Mr. Mansfield, and Jllr. Dadson. The Satellite brought up the mails from the River Plate for the Penguin, and reports the blockading squ a d ron i n that quarter, at he time of her leaving, to be disposed of as follows :—At Buenos Ayres, her Majesty's steamer Fire brand and French corvette Expeditive; at Maldonado, her Majesty's brig Racer; at Colonia, tier Majesty's brig Comas, and Alecto and Harpy steamers. ller Majesty's ships Ra leigh, Melampus, Eagle, and Grecian were at Monte Video. This packet brings nothing new of a political character. The Emperor was to leave Rio on the 20th of March, in a Brazilian frigate, for Santos, and would return some time in April overland. The Empress was expected to be confined in July, and, pursuant to an order in Council, prayers were to be offered up in the different churches on her behalf. The Chambers were to be opened on the 3d of May, when it was supposed a change of Ministry would take place. A revival had taken place in the coffee market, and stock had been reduced to 25,000 bags of ordinary, the ruling prices being -2,900 to 3,000 reis per arroba for superior. 2,700 to 2,800 reis per arroba for good Ist. 2,400 reis per arroba for good 2d. The news of the partial admission of Brazil sugar into England reaelsed an individual house at Rio through Per nambuco and Bahia, if which it took immediate advantage, and the entire stock (about 1,800 cases and 3,000 barrels) was bought up at 2,900 reis per arroba for whites, and 1,800 to 2,000 reis per arroba for brown. For hides, also, the demand had revived, and extensive purchases made at 155 reis to 165 reis per lb. for Rio Grande and 155 to 160 for River Plate. The exchange business by this packet was done chiefly at 283%d., although River Plate bills and others to a consider amount have been taken at 29d.; about 240,0001. were done by this packet, closing at 28, 1 id. Six per Cent. Stock had been depressed by some considerable sales for Engl.sh ac count, and the present quotation is 82►%. Tonnage was very scarce, and there was every expectation of its continuing so, there being few vessels on the coast and few expected. Large vessels had obtained 60s. for Englend and llamburgb, and 50s. to 60s. for the Mediterranean. THE YORKSHIRE SOCIETY.—The anniversary of this society, established 35 years ago, was celebrated on Saturday, at the London Tavern, and was most respectably and numerously attended. Mr. Hudson. Lord Mayor of York, presided, supported by the Lord Mayor of London, the Earl of Harewood, Lords Feversham, IVharnclitle, and Hotham, Sir J. Johnstone, M.P., Sir J. H. Lowt her, Bart., M.P., lon. Octavius Duncombe, Hon. Arthur Duncombe, Mr. Yorke, M.P., Mr. Lawson, Sir John Simpson, and ofa large number of gentlemen connecte d with the county s Y n o d r k. clothe T The l o d b r j e e n c of one theo of whose board, born educate, s ca b t een society- parents s t in Yorkshire, has occupied a respectable position in life, has resided for three years within five miles of the Royal Exchange, and has been reduced by misfortune. During the past year, on an average, 49 children have been under the care of the society, which is at present, it appears, in a most prosperous and satisfactory condition. The chairman made great exertions during the evening to promote the in terests of the charity, and though his speeches excited con siderable merriment, from causes which it is unnecessary to spe.ify, the large amount of subscriptions announced, reach ing the sum of 1,0001., showed that his efforts had been crowned with success. There was more conviviality displayed on the occasion than is usual at public dinners of the kind, and that feeling was greatly promoted by Dr. Sainer, who sung an excellent song in the Yorkshire dialect, composed by himself expressly for the festival. The excellence of the dinner, provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breathe, no doubt contributed to the prevailing hilarity of the evening. Mr. Riggs was toastmaster. EXTRAORDINARY STUPIDITY.---011 Friday last two labouring men were at work in a field at Bunny, seven miles from Nottingham, when a son of John Wootton, footman to Lord Rancliffe, accidentally slipped into a pool at the end of the field. The water was not deep, and the lad might have been got out in a minute, but instead of attempting to save 3 him, these thickheaded- fellows ran three-quarter s of a 0 to the village to fetch the constabl , . On being asked “ no w hy -at t tempt to get him out of the water, as they he they had let the boy drown, they replied th e y madeu that there not according to the laws of our country, an d g ht it was should be some other witnesses to seeing him THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON , Royal West India Mail Packet the Avon, the West India Captain Norton,lly the water." 2.—The r left the river this day, at th ree r. i k and Gulf mails, also 36 passengers and.' witha full cargo, including quicllver, 1,050 bottles of v alue 16,390/., and specie valued at 20,0001 . The East In dia and China mails will be taken out to-morrow by the Achilles, Captain Wilson, under charge of Admiralty agent Lieut. C. L. Gardner, R.N. Th e Achilles has a full cargo of bale goods and twenty passengers. Alter transshipping the mails, &c., at Malta. she will pro ceed on her voyage to Constantinople. The Great Western steam-ship, lately purchased by the 11.yal West. India Mail Company, arrived in the docks at ten F.M. on Friday. FIRE IN STOCKPORT.—A destructive fire took t t h e e a-d d e e a a l t e h r, e A f l A id i d r. le G l . l c dl i g ay at t e e , n, St t o hce kp f o o r r e t m , c a t l e re-d a place on Wednesday last in the premis es occup i e d b y M rs. an, s l u ia lt r e t d le fn , c sur on e s d ide i r n ab t l h e e amount o s o t o f r Office. property. The Mrs.erigHinarotfle 3thewalisreinis unknown. The Sub-Deanery of the Chapel royal has be come vacant by the death of Dr. Sleath. The appointment is in the gift of the Dean, the Bishop of London. By Dr. Sleath's death the Prebendal Stall of Rugmere in St. Paul's Cathedral has become vacant. It is also in the gift of the Bishop of London. The number of sailing vessels built and registered in 1846 in th e p or t s o f t h e U n it e d Kingdom, was 7 32 , measuring 109,394 tons; and the number of steamers 77 , taea,suring 15,956 tons. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. The subjoined outline of the engagements for the enzr.;:rg: meetin g bulds out a fair promi s e of sport. The horses now at ..Newmarket are distinguished by an asterisk:— TUESDAY. Fifty sous. f or th ree years old; colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b. R.M. Fifty sovs.; for three years old, 6st 21b, four, Bst, five, Bst 71b, six and aged, Sat 121 b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs. T. M. hi. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; three years old, ist 4 1b1 four, Bst 71b; the winner to be sold for 60 sovs. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs, each h ft; Criterion Course. (8 Subs.) *Duke of Bedford's Gag, Bst 71b—M r . F or d' s Restless, Bst 41b--" Sir J. Hawley's Piccinino, Bst. 'EDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs.; three years old and upwards. A.F. The Jockey Club Plate of 50 soya. ; four years old, 7st 21b. five, Bst 31b, six and aged, Bst 91b; th e members of the Jockey Club. B.C. property of the A Sweepstakes of 10 sous each for three years old ; colts, Sst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to be cold for 100 Boys. T.Y.C. _ A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for four years old ; colts, Bst 101 b, fillies, Bst 51b; winners of the Derby, Oaks, or , Doncaster St. Leger, Port or Claret Stakes, 61b, of any two of those stakes, 101 b extra; maiden horses, which have never received 100 sovs. for running second, allowed Slb; winners of matches.only considered maiden horses; the last three miles of 8.8. (4 Subs.) •Lord Albemarle's Racial plius—*Mr. Bowes'; b c Hoorah—Lord Exeter's Lebanon—. Lord Orford's Footstool. 11ateb566,ilii;Tast mile and a half of B.C.—Colonel Anson's lap, Bet 71b, apt Sir J Hawley's Bravissimo, Bst. The Suff.lk Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, if declared, with 50 added ; the winner of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, the Somersetshire Stakes at Bath, or the Chester Cup, 1847. sib extra, of any other sweepstakes amounting to 200 goys.. (including the winner's own stake), after the declaration of weights, or of the R.M. Plate on the preceding day, 41b ex-• tra ; the second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes; last , mile and a half of R.C. (39 subs, 14 of whom declared.) *Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—*Jinglepot, 5 yrs, Bst 51b— The Cur, 5 yrs, Bst 31b—*Paultons, 5 yrs, 7st 131b—*Loch invar, aged, ist 131b—Giaelle, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—*St. Demetri, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Jenny Wren, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—"Colleen Bawn, 5 yrs, Tat 6 1 b—*Hydrangea, 4 yrs, 7st Ilb—Leopard, 5 yrs, 7st 11b--*Ukraine, 4 yrs, 7st 11 b—Farthing-candle, 4 yrs, 6st 11b—*Scarlet Runner, 5 yrs, Est 131b—*Ridiculus 5 yrs, Est Bib—Crozier, 3 yrs, Est 11 b—Devil-me-care, 3 vrs, 6st 11b—*Doctrine, 3 yrs, fist lib—Emerald Isle, 3 yrs, sst 131b--*Watchdog, 3 yrs, sst 111 b— * Mogulistan, 3 yrs, sst 71b—*Lazarillo, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Mirmillo, 3 yrs, sst 31.13 *Cosachia, 3 yrs, bst 31b—b fby Don John, out of Prize flower's dam, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b. The rest pay 5 soya. each, The Champion Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; colts, Bst 71b; fillies and geldings, Bst; those by Arab or Farb horses, or out of Arab or Barb mares, allowed 101 b; if both sides Arabs or Barbs, 181 b; to start at the Ab. M. starting-post, and end one hundred yards beyond the Duke's Stand, about one mile and three furlongs. (30 Subs.):—*Lord Albemarle's Ingeldsbv—Lord Albemarle's Madge Gray — *Duke of Bedford's c - Eothen—*Duke of Bedford's Bridl,-- Lord G. Bentinck's b f Devil-me-care—Lord G. Bentinck's b f Archness—Mr. Bowes's ch c Epirote—Mr. Bowes's b f Jennala—*Lord Exeter's c Voronetz—*Lord Exeter's c Tanais—Lord Exeter's c by Hetman Plstoff, out of Mar -1 mora—Lord Glasgow's ch f by Sir Hercules, out of Deer slayer's dam—Lord Glasgow's bl f by Retriever, out of Canada—Mr. Greville's b f Ferina—*Lord Lonsdale's t Mar tingale—Lord March na b c Vampyre--*Lord Lonadalo's f by Redshank, out of Oxygen—*Mr. G. H. Moore's br Watchdog;-*Lord Orford's Mangosteen, sister to Mango— °Lord Oxford's b c by Clearwell, out of Vpporah—Mr. Osbaldeston's sister to Sorella—Sir R. Pigot's Wolverton— Duke of Richmond's b f Pell Blell—Mr. Sawyer's b c by Rolica (Arab), out of Young Duchess, by Walton—* 11r. Watson's b c Sir Peter Laurie—Sir W. W. Wynn's Faunus —Mr J. V. Shellev's b c Broadsword (pd)—Duke of Bed ford's ch c Free (lift (pd)—Lord Exeter's c (dead) by Het man Platoff, out of Valance (pd)—Sir J. Hawley's Pain. peluna. THURSDAY. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, 5 ft., if declared by ten o'clock the evening before running, to go to the owner of the second horse; for three yrs old and upwards. , T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sows. each for three vrs old; colts, Est 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to be sold for 40 sows. D.M. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each ; three yrs old, 7st 7lb ; four Bst 91b; five and upwards, 9st; the winner to be sold for 200 soya. T.Y. C. A Sweepstakes of soya. each, with 50 added by the Jockey Club, for two yrs old ; colts, Bst 716 ; fillies, Bst 41b ; the winner of a stake value 200 sous., including the winner's own stake, slb extra. T.Y.C. (20 Subs.) ;—*Duke of Bed ford's Duplicity—'Lord Exeter's Tippet—*Mr. Francis's b f Little Red Riding Hood—Mr. Gratwicke's b c Awkward— Mr. Greig's c by The Earl of Richmond, out of Singleton's dam—*Mr. C. Lilley's Brilliant—*Lord Lonsdale's c by Red shank, out of Bridegroom's darer—Mr. Moidyn's b c Propel ler—*Mr. Pott na c by Tory Boy, out of Rachel, by 11ulev —Mr. Mostyn's b f Daughter of Toscar—*Mr. 8.. H. Nevili r s b c Dover—• Colonel Peel's bk f lodine—*Colonel Peel's b f Teetotum—Duke of Richmond's br f Nectar—*Mr. W. H. Roberts's Practice, by Euclid—'Mr. Rolt's b c Sea-room— *Lord E. Russell's Cracow (late Duke of Sussex)--*Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff (51b)—Lord Strathmore's Sweetsauce —'Lord Waterford's Wilmot. -- -- ---- - - - RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CALEDONIAN. An extraordinary meeting was held at Edinburgh, on Monday, Mr. Lockhart, M.P., in the chair. The report, after detailing the company's projects, stated that they had agreed to a lease of the Dundee and Perth at a guaranteed rent of 36,0001. on a capital of 450,0001., being assured that the above mentioned capital will amply suffice for the com pletion of the line and its contemplated branches, and for providing suitable station accommodation in Dundee and in Perth ; as also, for forming the necessary ccnnexion with the Scott ish Central, Scottish Midland, Edinburgh and Northern, and Dundee and Arbroath railways. The directors have fur ther agreed to adopt the engagement already entered into by the Dundee and Perth Company with the Dundee and Ar broath Company. The capital of this latter company is 266,6661. 13s. 4d., the whole of which is not yet paid op. The Dundee and Perth Company are under an obligation to pay a fixed rent of .21,3331., being at the rate of 8 per cent on the capital. The lull rent, however, will only become payable when the whole of the atgive capital shall have been paid up. As regards the state of the works on the main undertaking, the favourable; state of the weather during the winter has enabled the con tractors to press forward the works with a degree of rapidity which could hardly have been anticipated; and the directo , s confidently entertain the hope that the first forty miles fry in Carlisle towards the north will be opened in the mood' of August, and the whole line before the close of this year, in stead of Ist March, 1848, the period specified in the contract. As it is, therefore, highly desirable that there should be no relaxation of the exertions to complete the line at the earliest posible period, it will now be necessary to call on the share. holders for further instalments at the periods sanctioned by the Act of Parliament. The directors, therefore, give notice that it is their intention to make a call of 5/. per share pay able on the 26th of May, a second of like amount on tile 30th July, and that the balance of 10/. will be required in the course of the autumn, to enable the directors to make a final settlement with the contractors. THE IRON DUKE ON THE GREAT WESTLr..I7. Saturday last, the Ist inst., was selected as the dziy for a new engine on this railway, called the Iron Duke, to make its first trip in honour of the birthday of Hs Grace tlt Doke of Wellington, which it did with the ordinary train ti a! ar rives at Paddington station at 5 . 30 P.M. The engine it, Ties tion has eight wheels, of which the driving wheels arc S !CA diameter, the remainder 4 feet ti inches. It has 152 ;gum feet of fire-box. It started from Swindon with six ca.-ri:ves, and attained from that town to Farringdon-road an average speed of about 55 miles an hour. At Reading it got an addi tional load, making a gross total of 130 tons, with which it acquired a maximum rate of 51t miles, the last quarttr of which Was 56 miles an hour. In the course of the journey one of the eccentrics got out of order, which occasioned a delay of 17 minutes at Maidenhead, and a slight delay at Slough, which with a stoppage at Dideot of 25 minutes, and also of 94 at Reading, and 34 at Wallingford-road, tn,de the ' entire loss of time 74 minutes. The average speed acquired between Swindon and London throughout the entire run, taking the above facts into consideration, was 33 miles an hour. OPENING OF THE COCKERMOUTH AND WORKINGTON. This line, 8 1 / 2 miles long, and which runs through one of the most picturesque portions of the county, was opened on Tuesday. At Cockermouth the opening was celebrated as an event of extraordinary i riportance. Business was suspended, bands of music paraded the town, flags were hoisted, ant' there were all the usual demonstrations of satisfaction and delight. About ninety gentlemen sat down to dinner at the Globe Inn. The Cockermouth and Workington Railway Company was formed on the 23d of December, 1844, and the Act for the formation of the line was passed in the following year. The capital authorised to be raised in shares was 80,0001., kith power to borrow 26,0001. The spirited borough of Cockermouth wanted but a rail way to place it upon a par, in respect of civilisation, with its more precocious neighbours on the coast—Workington and Maryport. Hitherto it has been shut out from all communi cation with the rest of the world beyond that afforded by the - old-fashioned, lumbering, melancholy, slow methods of transit upon which an extinguisher was put on Tuesday last, by the opening of a railway to Workington. Now all manner of merchandise will be conveyed' to their places of destina tion mith speed and economy ; and, ere long. it wi ll be opol sible for the worthy burghers to realise what wa n s rs i e n:. cons,. dered lost " dered an Utopian expectation—a reply "in F.:) . under the prevent will be conceived when it is stated that po d nee is concerned, is so far as eerree l n e isle.—Sendal 1 ill cury system London, . car mi e ._ a er - to letters of business. The importance of this improvement The express train on the o . accelerated. The regularity with which to be still furtherracztherto -Western Railway is about some nearer to Cockerinothan is the journey has be en _ p erformed, has induced experiments, and it is found that the whole distance between Southampton and done e do i n n ( a n n ear h ly ou e r ig a h n t d y miles) quarters._)canbee gularl and Harap-shire Independent. The evening train from Southa a l t n s p e t v on e nt,oandaril.% summer m in London, startingW stern n at seven o'clock, isabout to be repl ace d on the South-i stetsilt leave increased probably accommodation ten o'clock.—Hampshir e Independent. t:lim.itie-r d m n o e o n i n l a w t months. It i DEATH or LORD LURGAN:—wVith unaffected announce Lurgan. r . t di lanemoefticlhe Fight sorrowßroNv wn 1 ov, e • , Baron The melancholy Icon. C he Le;a ff r e i ct s of an attack of typhus fever —took place yesterday (Friday) morning, at Lurgan Castle. The deceased nobleman has ever been one of the most deservedly estemed resident laud lords iu Ulster. We speak the sentiments of all wi,o knew him, or knew of his worth, when we say that Lord Lurgan's death will be felt as a public calamity. His Lordsi ::) w.s in ; his fifty-second year, haying been born in 1795. 110 was created a peer by the Whig Administration of th. , y, in . 1839, and was a Privy Ccuncillor and Deputy- Licht , : of the county of Armagh. He is succeeded in his id!c_and estates by his eldest eon, the Hen. Charles Brow►il r, in his seventeenth year.—Neicry Telegraph. • TUE ItECORDERSHIP OF WINCRESTR,R.—in the room of Mr. William Burge, late recorder of this city, Mr. Stock, of the Western Circuit, has been appointed. The sessions, which were adjourned on the sth of April wail tho 19th of the same month, were again adjourned in consequence of there being no recorder appointed. Within the last few days, however, the appointment of Mr. Stock has been ratified, and the fact was made known on Saturday to the citizens that the sessional trials would take place this day (Monday). It has been a matter of general surprise amongst the citizens that a new recorder was not earlier appointed, as the pri soners, of whom there are several awaiting their trials, have beerf kept in prison nearly a month longer than they ether wise would have been, had their cases been brought on at • the usual time. k-