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The Press.
London, England, 1857-11-07

BELGIUM.

The Ministry have placed their resignations in the
hands of the King. M. de Brouckere, one of the
leaders of the Liberal party, has been intrusted by
his Majesty with the task of forming a Ministry.
The names of the future Cabinet are given as fol-
lows :—M. H. de Brouckere, Foreign Affairs ; Liedts,
Interior ; Faider, Justice; Quolin, Finance ; Itenard,
War; but this is considered premature, as later
reports state that M. de Brouckere has not suc-
ceeded in forming a Cabinet. The result will pro-
bably be that a temporary and merely administrative
Cabinet will be formed, as the general elections take
place next June.
DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
Most of the German States (says a letter from
Berlin) have notified by telegraph to our Government
that they adhere to the measures projected by
Prussia and Austria in the Holstein question. A
London, England, 1857-11-07

PERIODICALS.

Le Falter. Sitnpkia and Marshall—.fand Marshall—Jtorton'a New Farm, re
.41manack. Mackie and Son—The Art Journal. Virtue
and Co.—Tilan. Groombridge—Deconport Dunn. Chap.
man and Hall—Yew Monthly, Ditto—Paced with Gold.
Ditto—The North British. Hamilton and Co.—The
Farmers' Alinanack. Itidgwxy—Lmidon University Magazine.
Hall and Co.—Nest of Scotland Magazine and Review.
Hall and Virtue•—Casselts Illustrated Alinanack.
Kent and Co.—The Commercial Traveller's Magazine.
Ditto—The Atlantic Monthly. No. I. Trulmer and Co.—
The British Expedition to the Crimea. Routlelo—Rout.
lodge's Shakespeare. "The Meny Wives of Windsor."
Ditto—Lett's Diarg for 1858. Letts.

PIMP H LET.
Question of the Danubian Principalities. E. Wil ion.

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London, England, 1857-11-07

11R. NV RI G,H T 0 NS FIRST BALLAD
. CONCERT, at the HANOVER-SQUAR 1.1 ROOMS,
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" My Mother's Gentle Word," 2s C4.—Oh. dearest, Cease Re•
2s.—" Truth in Absence." 2s.—You need not come
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" The Lover's Letter-box," 6d.—may be had of ROBERT
COCKS and CO., New Burlington-street, London, W.
London, England, 1857-11-07

THE PRESS, NOVEMBER 7, 1857.

letter from Frankfort, in the Augsburg Gazette,
says :
We can confirm on good authority the fact of an Eng-
lish note having been delivered at Vienna on the subject
of the Duchies. The fundamental views of the English
Cabinet on this question are not modified, but it begins to
consider as well founded the majority of the complaints
of the Duchies, and is disposed to co-operate in the steps
adopted for redressing their grievances. It appears, ac-
cording to this note, that England has sent agents to the
Duchies to inquire into the rights and pretensions of Hol-
stein and Lauenburg, anti that the result has been favour
able to the Duchies.

The Svenska-Tidning of Stockholm, the semi-
official organ of the Swedish Government, contains
in its number of the 28th ult. an article which
warmly defends the Danish Government against the
two great German powers, and which declares that
it is necessary to unite closely the efforts of the
three Scandinavian kingdoms, in order to resist
energetically the intervention of the Germanic Con-
federation in the internal affairs of a country which
is subjected to the sceptre of an independent king-
dom. This article (says a letter from Stockholm)
has caused a great sensation, as the belief is that it
has been approved of by the Government, and that
it expresses the views of the Prince Regent with re-
gard to the relations of the United Kingdoms with
Germany. According to an official communication,
the affair of Holstein has been referred to a com-
mission. Hanover has demanded that the provi-
sions of the Constitution of Holstein, in su far as
they may be opposed to the federal law, shall be
declared not obligatory if Denmark persist in sup•
porting them. This demand has also been referred
to the Commission. The question is assuming a
very serious aspect.
PRUSSIA.

The King of Prussia continues to improve, though
slowly, in health. His Majesty went out on the 30th
ult. for the first time, and walked for a few minutes
on the terrace of the Palace of Sans Souci with the
Queen and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg. His
Majesty repeated his walk the next day for a little
longer time.
Herr Von Niebuhr, the King's private secretary,
is gradually recovering his health. It is expected
that he will be able to attend the Finance Commis-
sion next month.
London, England, 1857-11-07

THE PRESS, NOVEMBER 7, 1857.

and interesting, for it will most certainly contain the
details of the capture of Delhi, and we sincerely hope
of the relief of Lucknow. It is quite possible that
we might have an Indian telegram via Sardinia, in
anticipation of the newi by way of Trieste, next
Monday, that is on the 9th inst.
London, England, 1857-11-07

BIRTHS.

DURHAM—On the 3rit instant, in Park street, Grosvenor-
square. tho Countess of Durham, of a son.
FITZOER ‘LD—On the 2cd instant, in Mansfield-street, Ca•
ven.lish-square, the wife of W. Seymour V. Fitzgerald, Esq..
M.P., of a daughter.
MILLS—On the 29th nit, in Hyde. Park•gardeos, the wife of
Arthur Milk Esq.. M.P., of a son.
SPENCER—On the 30th instant, at Spencer-house, the Countess
Spencer. of a son.
TURTON—On the Ist instant, at Thirsk, Yorkshire, Lady
Cecilia Turton, of a son.
London, England, 1857-11-07

pHRISTY'S MINSTRELS at Polygraphic
V Hall, King William street, Stroud. OPEN EVERY
EVENING. and on SATURDAY a GRAND MORNING EN.
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at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Boud-street, and at this
Hall. Admission, Ss., 25., and la.
London, England, 1857-11-07

Now ready, price 2s. 6d., postage free,

A CATALOGUE of new and choice BOOKS
in circulation at MUD) ES SELECT LIBRARY.
Also, Gratis, and Postage free, a LIST of SURPLUS COPIES
of RECENT WORKS withdrawn from circulation, and offered
at greatly reduced prices for cash.
CHARLES EDWARD Munig, 509, 510, and 511, New Oxford-
street. and 20 and 21, Museum•street, London.

\TOTICE OF REMOVAL-E. RIMMEL,
Perfumer to her Majesty. Sole Proprietor of the TOILET
VINEGAR, de., has REMOVED his Manufactory from Ger-
rard-street. Soho, to more central and extensive premises,
58, STRAND, opposite Exeter-hall. where he will keep a large
assortment of perfumery, soaps, combs, brushes, dressing-cases,
and all articles necessary for the toilet, wholesale, retail, and
fur exportation.-9°., STRAND, W.C.
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London, England, 1857-11-07

THE INDIAN MAILS.

On the sth inst. the Bombay and Calcutta packets
will be due at Suez, with news from Calcutta up to
the 10th of October, and from Bombay up to the 17th
of that month. This news should reach London, via
Trieste, on the 12th inst. By the last packets Dell'►i.
was twenty days' post from Calcutta, and fourteen
days' from Bombay, and Cawnpore was six days' post
from Calcutta. There was considerable delay in the
post reaching Calcutta and Bombay from Delhi for
the last packets, on account of the mutinous state of
the intervening neighbourhood. If Lucknow was
relieved at the time it was expected to be, it would
probably be about seven or eight days from thence to
Calcutta. It is possible that the roads between Delhi
and Calcutta or Bombay might be clearer of interrup-
tions than by the lest accounts, and that it might be
only eight or nine days' post between the former and
one of the latter two places. Lucknow was expected
to be relieved on the 25th September. It is probable,
therefore, that by the next accounts we may have
t►ews from Delhi up to a fortnight after it was cap•
Lured, and from Lucknow up to nearly a fortnight
later. This news will undoubtedly be most important
London, England, 1857-11-07

QUITE NEW.

QOYER'S SULTANA'S SAUCE. A most
IJ refreshing and pleasing stimulant to the appetite, com-
posed principally of Turkish condiments combined with ♦arious
culinary productions of the East. It is au exquisite relish with
Fish, Meat., Poultry and Game, and forms a valuable addition to
Soups, Minces, Hashes, Stews, Meat Pies and Puddings, as well
as to Salads of every description. To Steaks and Chops it im-
parts a highly delicious and aromatic flavour.
To be had of all Sauce Vendors, and of the Sole Wholesale
Agents, Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyors to the Queen, 21
Soba-aquare, London.

MR. BENTLEY'S

LITERARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

HISTORY OF COURT FOOLS.
ily Dr. DORAN, Author cf " Table Traits, and Something,
on Them," " Habits and Men," " Monarchs Retired
from Business." Post Svo.

THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS.
A New Edition, handsomely printed and Woad, with Illus.

UAW Title, small dvo., Gs.

'lt.

THE THREE CLERKS.
By ANTHONY THOLLOPE, Author of " Barehestor Towers."

3 vols. post ovo,

CURIOSITIES OF NATURAL
HISTORY,
By FRANK BUD KLAN D, Son of the late Dean Duckland.
Fesp. Svo., With Illustrations.
London, England, 1857-11-07

ADAM and; EVE.—Last Day, Saturday, the
11th instant—These TWO sublime PICTURES, painted
by Claude M. Dubufe, will be removed on the Evening of S.ttur•
tiny, the 16th Instant, from LEGGATT, HAY WARD, and LEG -
(JAW'S New City Gallery, 19. Change•alley. Principal entrance
by 28, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange. Admission, Six-
pence each person. N.B. From Four to Six o'clock the Gallery
is brilliantly lighted by two large sun burners.
London, England, 1857-04-11

THE NIGHTINGALE FUND
It le intended to close Chia Fund during the first week in
May and to lay a detailed Report of Pro •eetilngs before the
public; when the Trustees appointed by Miss Nightingale will
receive the amount subscribed as a record of " National Grati-
tude," and to enable her to establish an Institution for the
training, sustenance, and protection of Nurse■ and Hospital
Attendants.
Iris therefore respectfully requested that all outstanding sub-
scriptions be forwarded to the honorary Secretaries; and that
Local Secretaries will be pleased to make up their accounts iu
order that they may be properly acknowledged and recorded.
SIDNEY HERBERT, 1 Honorary
S. C. HALL J Secretaries.
Office of the Nightingale Fund,
5, Parliament-street, Westminster.
London, England, 1857-04-11

APRIL 11, 1857•

ESTABLISHED 1811.

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Empowered by Special Aot—of Parliament.
At the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, held on 27th
November, 1856, it was shown that on the 30th June last :
The Number of Policies in force was . . 5,738
The amount Insured was • L 2,752,197 7s.
The Annual Income was . . £118,557 16s. 2d.
Two Bonuses have been declared (in 1643 and 1853), adding
nearly Two per cent. per annum on the average to sums as-
sured, and by which a Policy of 1,0001. issued iu 1e42 on a healthy
life, is now increased to 1,20.01.
Since the last diAsion of Profiti in 1863, the accumulated
funds have increased by more than 105,0001., offering consider-
able advantages to present assurers.
Profits diviaed every five years—next division in 1858.
The Society. since its establishment, has paid claims on 651
Policies, assuring 251,0081.
Assurances are effected at home or abroad on healthy lives at
as tolerate rates as the most recent data will allow.
Indian Assurances at very moderate rates, and great facilities
given to assurers.
Invalid lives assured on scientifically constructed tables.
Policies issued free of Stamp duty, and every charge but the
Premiums. •
Agents wanted for vacant places.
Prospectuses, Forms of Proposals, and every other Informs-
ion, may be obtained of the Secretary at the Chief Office, or on
p pl ication to any of the Society's Agents in the Country.
C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary.
London, England, 1857-04-11

THE Waal) OF TRADE have published a revision
of the mercantile marine signals. The principal
alteration is the substitution of letter, in place of
numeral flags. By these means communication at sea
will be rendered more convenient, and the opportunity
be more frequently taken advantage of. The signal
code being divided into two parts, the messages in tho
first intimated by three and those in the second by
four flags, a means of international communication is
also made available. In all languages the signal will
have the same meaning, and it can be made known
either by the same or corresponding flags adopted
by previous arrangement. An alphabetical index
to the volume now published, and available for refer-
ence to any particular vessel, the distinctive signal
of which it is wished to ascertain, adds greatly to the
utility of the scheme.
BY ♦ TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND
lately concluded, British subjects no longer can trade
by right from the mouth of the River St. John to the
Bay and :Fort of Portendic, on the western coast of
Africa. On the other hand, France concedes to
England the French factory at Albreda, on the north
bank of the Gambia; French subjects and vessels
to have access to the Gambia under similar restric-
tions as enforced against the British.
Ma. BECKETT DENISON, ➢I. P. for the West
Riding, at a public dinner on Wednesday at Don-
caster, in reply to a complimentary toast, said he
had now been elected for the West Riding for the
fourth and, he believed, the last time. (" No, no.")
He said for the last time because he felt that in the
first place he had arrived at the eleventh hour of his
life, and, in the next, because he believed that before
another general election the West Riding would be
cut up into smaller. divisions under a new Reform
Bill :

He would not offer any objection to such a measure as
that, for he confessed that a constituency numbering some
37,000 voters was too large for any two members to do
justice to. He admitted that the time had arrived for in
troducing some measure of Parliamentary reform, and he
should certainly vote for the second reading of such a
measure, unless—which he did not expect—it should go
too far. In that measure of reform Doncaster would in all
probability be included as one of the new boroughs autho-
rised to send a member, if not two members, to Parlia•
went, for he found on looking over the statistics of popula-
tion that Doncaster. Rotherham, and Keighley, were, in
point of numbers, the three largest unrepresented towns.
London, England, 1857-04-11

RUSSIA.

The Nord of Brussels states that in the reply of
the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to the circular despatch
of M. de Scheele Russia recommends Denmark to
display deference and conciliatory dispositions
towards the great German powers, and engages her
to discuss the question with Germany in a direct
manner without heightening the difficulties by any
intervention on the part of other parties. The same
journal states that,—
According to explanations given by the Danish Govern.
ment, the major portion of the proceeds of the funds
derived from the capitalisation of the Sound dues will be
employed in paying off the two loans contracted in London
in 1849 and 1ti.50, which prove a heavy burden to the
country.

A letter from St. Petersburg of the 31st ult.
IA .Ys • - - - - - - -

A grand ball was given the night before last by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, which was honoured by the
presence of the Emperor. The Prince of Mecklenburg
was likewise present. The Emperor conversed some time
with Prince Gortschakoff, Governor of the Kingdom of
Poland. A grand review of the Imperial Guard took
place yesterday in front of the winter palace. The
weather was very favourable for the evolutions, which
attracted a large crowd of spectators. The merchants of
St. Petersburg have given an order to the sculptor
Pimenoff for a statue in white marble of the Emperor
Nicholas, which will be placed in the grand ball of the
Exchange.
London, England, 1857-04-11

THE PRESS.

BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
32, NEW BRIDGE•STREET, BLACKFRIARS.
EXTRACTS FROM THE TENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
There were received during the year—
s. d.
1,193 Proposals to Assure
And there were Issued-
-1,113 Policies, Assuring
45 Proposals were declined, for 10,775 0 0
41 Ditto were under consideration, for 6,308 0 0
8 Immediate Annuities were granted, for 255 13 4
The Annual Income is now 51,389 14 7
The Claims arising from Deaths during the Year,
including Bonuses, amount to 9,018 13 11
The Total Amount paid to the Widows or other
Representatives of Members Deceased since
the Commencement is
The Accumulated Fund, after deducting the Cash
Bonus paid on the last Division of Profits,
amounts to
The appropriation of the £ls,ooo profits, declared at the last
division, has been completed during the year, as follows :
s. d.
Cash Bonus (27i per cent. on premiums paid) 9,195 3 7
Applied in Reduction of Premiums
Ditto in Reversionary Bonuses

1-1,000 0 q
ut :

Progress of the Company from its 0

Policies Issued. Amount.
From Jan., 1i47, to end of 1851 .. 3,1,d1 .. . . 551,303
From Jan., 1052, to end of 1854 .. 3,257 .... 679,351
From Jan., 18:.5, to end 01 4858 .. 2,005 .... 579,041

Ten Years
6,9G8 Policies are now in force, assuring R1,41^,86R.
JAMES INGLIS, Secretary.
London, England, 1857-04-11

FRANCE.

An Imperial decree in the Moniteur of Tuesday
contains the decision of the Council of State in the
matter of the Bishop of Moulins, and repeals certain
measures adopted by that prelate to the prejudice of
his under clergy. This decision of the Council of
State is regarded in Paris as a severe blow to the
Ultramontane party, but has given great satisfaction
to the general clergy.

The return of Count Morny from St. Petersburg
is stated to be probable.
The Grand Duke Constantine will not arrive in
Paris before the Ist of May. A grand review of the
garrison of Paris. and a ball on a magnificent scale
at the Hotel de Ville, will take place during his stay
at the 't'uileri:ts. His Highness will subsequently
spend a few days at Fontainebleau. The reigning
King of Bavaria will arrive in Paris during the visit
of the Grand Duke.

General Tudtleben, the Russian hero of SebaF-
topol, is at present in Paris, and has been received
with distinction by the Emperor.
The appeal of Prince Danilo of Montenegro for
the settlement of his differences with Turkey is at
present under the consideration of the French Go-
vernment. The question in dispute is for the
cession by Turkey of a certain portion of agricultural
territory for the support of the 3lontenegtins, for
which the Prince will consent to pay tribute. The
difficulties to this arrangement are—first, that
Turkey is not disposed to surrender any territory
without retaining her rights of suzerainty in full ;
and, secondly, that the Christian Montenegrins will
resist any attempt of their Prince to place them
under the domination of a 3lussulman Sultan.

The report of M. Abbattucci, Minister of Justice,
upon the prevalent habit in Franco of a false
assumption of titles of nobility, has created great
consternation throughout the country :
Never, perhaps (observes the Minister), at any former
time did the tendency to assume titles, and to put on an
appearance above one's real condition, manifest itself in
such a regrettable manner as it has done within the last
few years, and although in most cases these usurpations de
noblesse take their source in a ridiculous vanity, they very
often proceed upon fraud and interested calculations. It
is, therefore, necessary both for political and social
reasons to put a stop to these excesses. But will it be
sufficient to revive art. '2:19 of the law of 1810 or of
1816, or will it not rather be desirable to go deeper,
to take into consideration the state of the old nobi-
lity, and to lay down, in a complete system, what
facts shall constitute a misdemeanour, how these facts
shall be proved, and what penalties shall be applied? The
solution of these questions presents difficulties worthy of
the meditation of statesmen and lawyers ; it should be
such as to remedy the constantly increasing disorder in
the social relations of the present time, and, at the
same time, to restore for the future to an institution
inseparable from monarchical power all its lustre and
sincerity.
London, England, 1857-04-11

PRUSSIA AND SWITZERLAND.

The Neufchatel Conferences have been temporarily
suspended, but the question approaches its final
settlement.

According to the Band the following are the eor-
ditions which Dr. Kern brought forward at the fifth
sitting of the Conterence as the only bases on which
Switzerland would consent treat :

1. Prussia is to acknowledge the complete independence
of the canton of Neufchatel of every foreign tie ; and, as
a consequence of this, the King is to formally renounce
all pretensions whatsoever to that country.
2. Switzerland cannot admit a preliminary recognition
of Prussia's rights of sovereignty over Neufchatel.
3. Switzerland concedes neither to the present King of
Prussia. nor to any member of the Royal family of Prussia,
the right of bearing the title of Prince of Neufchatel.
She is bound, therefore, now and for ever to protest against
any sort of pretensions which might afterwards be deduced
from this title, disputed, as it is, by Switzerland.
4. The charitable institutions now existing in the canton
are to be recognised as such, maintained, and placed under
the protection of the constitution and of the laws of the
country. As for guarantees of another kind, no question
of then' can be entertained. ad
London, England, 1857-04-11

THE

Jackson, W. Newcastle•under-Lyne
Her, It. Downpatrick
hingscote, Colonel. Gloucester West
Einnsiril, Hun. A. Perth
Dirk, W. Newry
Labouchere, P.ight Hon. Taunton
Langston 11 Oxford

Langton, 'W. G. Bristol
Lewis, Right Hon. Sir G. C. Radnor
Lowe, Right Hon. Robert Kidderminster
Luce, Thomas Mulmesbury

Mackie, J. Kirkcutlbriiht
Mackinnon, W. A. HyN

Mli;.in, W. R. Westmeath
Alsjoribanks' D. C. Perwick
Mangles, R. D. Guildford
Marshall, W. Cumberland East
Martin, P. W. Rochester

Martin, J.
Massey W.

Tewkesbury
Salford

Matheson, Sir J. Ross
Matheson, Alexander Inverness
Mills, T. Totness
Milnes, R. M. Pontefract
Mitchell, T. A. Bridport
Moffatt, G. Ashburton
Moncrieff, J. Leith
Atonsell, Right Hon. W. Limerick County
Morris, D. Cartuarthen
Mostyn, Hon. E. S. Flintshire
Mulgrave, Earl of Scarborough
AI untz, U. F. Birmingham
Napier, Vice-Admiral Southwark
North, F. Hastings
Norreys, Sir I). Mallow
O'Brien, Sir Timothy Cashel
O'Brien, Sergeant Limerick
O'Connell, Captain I). Tralee
O'Flaherty, A. Galway
Osborne, B. Dover
Paget, Lord A. Lichtield
Paget, Lord E. Sandwich
Paget, C. Nottinvliam
Palmerston, Viscount Tiverton
Pechell, Rear-Admiral Brighton
Peel, Sir Robert Tamworth
Pigott, F. Reading
Pinney, Colonel Lyme Regis
Portman, Hon. W. Dorsetshire
Hamden, Sir J. W. Hythe
Raychem, Viscount Taniworth
Rebow, J. G. Colchester
Ricardo, Osman Worcester
Ridley, G. Newcastle-on• Tyne
Russell, F. C. H. Bedfordshire
Russell, F. W. Limerick
Sandon, Viscount Lichfield
Scholefield, W. Birmingham
Scrope, G. P. Stroud
Seymour, H. D. Poole
Shafto, Robert Durham North
Shelley, Sir J. V. Westminster
Sheridan, R. B. Dorchester
Smith, J. G. York
Smith, J. A. Chichester
Smith, Right Hon. Vernon Northampton
Smith, Martin I'. Wycombe
Stafford, Marquis of Stalterlandshire
Stanley, W. 0. Beaumaris
Steel, J. Cockerinouth
Tancred, H. W. Banbury
Thornely, T. Wolverlianipton
thonihill, W. P. Derbyshire North
Trail, G. Caithnesshire
tynte, Colonel Bridgewater
Villiers, Eight Hon. C. P. Wolverhampton
Vivian, H. H. Glarnorganshiro
Walter, J. Nottingham
Watkins, J. L. Brecknock
Weguelin, T. N. Southampton
Whatman, J. West Kent
Whitbread, S. Bedfoad
Wickham, H. W. Bradford
Willcox, B. W. G. Southampton
Williams, Major-Ganeral Caine
Wilson, James Devouport
Wood, Right Hon. Sir C. Halifax
Wortley, Hon. J. S. Buteshire
Wrightson, W. B. Northallerton
Wyndham, W. Wilts South
Wyvill, M. Richmond

CONSIMATIVES.
Antrobus, E. Wilton
Baring, H. B. Marlborough
Bentilick, G. W. P. Norfolk West
Blandford, Marquis of Woodstock
Bruce, Lord E. Marlborough
Butt, Isaac Youghal
Colville, C. R. Derbyshire South
Coote, Sir C. H. Queen's County
Denison, Edward West Riding
Drummond, Henry Surrey West
Egerton, E. C. Macclesfield
Emlyn, Viscount Pembrokeshire
Penwick, H. Sunderland
Gurney, J. H. King's Lynn
Harcourt, G. G. Oxfordshire
London, England, 1857-04-11

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LONDON, SATURDAY; APRIL 11, 1857.

POSTSCRIPT.

(By Telegraphic Despatch.)

l'Anrs, April 10.

The Swiss Government have instructed Dr. Kern,
their Plenipotentiary to the Conference,, to refuse
further concessions on the Neufchatel question.
His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Con.
stantine has manifested his intention of visiting
England in May.

Intelligence from Marseilles, April oth, states that
accounts from Naples of the tlth announce the
arrival there of the King of Bavaria on the :Irkl. Ile
was to leave on the tith for Palermo, whence he
would proceed to Greece and France.

A letter from Pitrig, Thursday evening, says :

am enabled to state, on the best authority, that the
amnesty which is to crown the visit of the Emperor
Francis Joseph to Hungary will be of the most complete
description ; it will alone exclude Louis Kossuth. The
remainder of the emigration, including all the glorious
commanders of the Hungarian war, will be authorised to
return to their native land, and enjoy a new era of com-
parative freedom and national prosperity.
London, England, 1857-04-11

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Gt. Sth. and Wet of Ire
Great Western

Lancashiret Yorkshire
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London and Blackwall'
London and Srth- West
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Newmarket
Newry and Enniskillen
Norfolk
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North British

Kurth Staffordshire
North• Western
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South Wales

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Crystal Palace of France,
North BritishAucLand
Peel River Land A Mn.l
Scottish Aust. Invest.
South Australian Land
Von Iliernon'g Lend ..
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REELECTED MEMBERS WHO VOTED AGAINST
GOVERNMENT ON THE CHINA DEBATE.

CONSERVATIVES.

Adderley, C. B. Stafford North
Arbuthnott, Gen. Hon. H. Kincardineshire
Archdall, M. E. Fermanagh County
Bailey, Sir Joseph Brecknockshire
Bailey, C. Monmouth
Bailin*, H. J. I nvernesshire
Ball, E. Cambridgeshire
Baring, Hon. Francis Thetford
Baring, Thomas Huntingdon
Barrow, H. W. Nottingham South
Bective, Earl of Weatmoreland
Bennet, P. Suffolk West
Bernard, Captain Hon. W. S. 'Bandon
Blackburn, P. Stirlingshire
Bolder°, H. G. Chippenhatu
Bramston, T. W. Essex South
Bruce, C. L. C. Elginshire
Bruce, H. A. Merthyr Tydvil
Bunbury, Captain W. B. Carlow County
Burrell, Sir C. Shoreham
Burghley, Lord Northampton North
Cairns, H. M'C. Belfast
Came Sir J. It. Lymingtnn
Cecil, Lord Hobert Stamford
Child, Smith Staffordshire North
Christy, Samuel Neweastle-on•Tyne
Clinton, Lord Robert Nottingham North
Clive, Hon. Robert Shropshire South
Cobbold, J. C. 'lpswich
Cochrane, B. Lanarkshire
Cole, Hon. H. A. Fermanagh
Conolly, T Donegal County
Corry, Rt. Hon. H. T. L. Tyrone County
Dalkeith, Earl of Edinbnrghshire
Davies, A. S. Carmarthenshire
Davison, R. Belfast
Disraeli, Right Hon. B. Bucks
Pod, J. W. Shropshire North
buncombe, Rear-Admiral Yorkshire East
buncombe, Colonel 0. Yorkshire North
Dundas, G. Linlithgowahire
Du Pre, Caledon George Bucks
East, Sir J. B. Winchester
Egerton, Sir P. Cheshire South
Elmlex. Viscount Worcester West
Farnham, E. B. Leicester North
Forester, Col. Rt. Hn. G. C. Wenlock
Forster, Sir George Monaghan
Franklyn, G. W. Poole
Gallwey, Sir NV. P. Thirsk
Galway, Viscount East Belford
Gilpin, Colonel Beds
George, J. Wexford County
Goddard, A. L. Crickdale
Greenall, G. Warrington
Grogan, E. Dublin
Hall, General liuckingham
Hamilton, Lord Claud Tirone County
Hamilton, G. A. Dublin University
Hardy, Gathorne Leominster t
Hayes, Sir E. I lonegal County
Henley, Right Hon. J. W. Oxfordshire
Henniker, Lora Suffolk East
Herbert, Lieut.-Colonel Ludlow
Herbert, Right Hon. Sidney Wilts South
Hiltlyard, Robert C. Whitehaven
liolforJ, R. S. Glouee.ter East
Hothatu, Lord East Riding
Jerutyn, Evil Bury St. Edmund's
Johnstone, Hope Dumfriesshire
Johnstone, Sir J. Scarborough
Jolliffe, H. H. Wells
Jolliffe, Sir W. Petersileld
Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Suffolk East
Kerrison, Sir E. Eve
Knatchbull, W. F. Somerset East
Knight, F. NV. Worcester West
Knox, Brownlow Marlow
Knox, Major Hon. W. S. Dungannon
Langton, W. H. P. G. Somerset West
Lennox, Lord Alex. Shoreham
Lennox, Lord Henry Chichester
Leslie, C. P. Monaghan County
Lockhart, A. E. selkirkshire
Long. Walter \Vilts North
Lovaine, Lori Northumberland North
Lowther, Hon. Henry Westmoreland
Lowther, Captain Cumberland West
Lytton, Sir E. Bulwer Hem fordsh ire
Malins, R. Wellingfot d
Manners, Lord J. Leicester North
March, Earl of Sussex West
Maxwell, Col. Hon, J. P. Cavan County
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anb Volta.

A TRIAL of great interest, in which Cardinal
Wiseman was defendant, took place at Gloucester
last week, before Mr. Justice Crowder. The action
was brought by one Abbe Roux, a French priest,
who sued the Cardinal to recover a document in-
trusted to him, and which it was alleged he detained.
This document was an acknowledgment of a debt
of 25,000 fr. (1,0001.1 by the Princess Letizia Bona-
parte, niece of the late Cardinal Fesch, first cousin
to the Emperor Napoleon 111., and wife of Sir T.
Wyse, British Minister at Athens. This document
the Abbe, in Nov., 1847, had given to the Cardinal, who
was to endeavour to obtain the money from Sir
Thomas (then Mr.) Wyse, at Ath ms. It should be
observed that Mr. Wyse and the Princess were sepa-
rated. In Dec., 1847, the document was seen in the
hands of Mr. Wyse, who was then in London
on leave. Mr. Wyse refused payment, and for
the next seven years the Abbe appeared to have
been content to let matters take their course.
When Napoleon 111. ascended the Imperial
throne he paid off the debts of his family. The
Abbe Roux, learning this fact, applied to the Cardi-
nal, in 1854, either for the restitution of this docu-
ment, or for his interest with the Emperor to obtain
payment of the debt. This the Cardinal declined
to give, and the consequence was that the Abbe could
not obtain repayment of his money, which, it ap-
peared, he had originally borrowed, and for which
he was now paying interest. Cardinal Wiseman,
upon his part, denied ever having received the docu-
ment in question. A deposition also was put in from
the Princess Letizia that she now owed the Abbe
nothing, but she acknowledged having signed a
document to the effect that she owed him 25,000 fr.

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APRIL 11, 1857•

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The further hearing of the case was then adjourned
to the 22nd inst., when Alderman Kennedy will be
examined.
THE PRISONER WEBB, alias :NARY, charged with
an attempt, on the sth of March last, to rob and
murder, in a railway
.carriage between Poplar and the
1 lampstead-road station, one Buckler, a I inendraper's
assistant, was tried on Thursday at the Central
Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Williams, found
guilty of " wounding with intent," and sentenced to be
transported for life.
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NOMINATIONS.

Dunt.tx CorNrv.—Thenomin:tiOn;ok place nn Thurs.
day. Mr. Hans Hamilton was proposed by Mr. T. O.
Vernon, and seconded by Mr. Thompson. Colonel Lancer
then proposed, anti Mr. C. Cobb, jun., seconded the
nomination of Colonel Taylor. Sir C. Dooiville was pro•
posed by Mr. Henry Grattan, and seconded by Mr.
O'Neill. The show of bands was in favour of Mr. Hamilton
and Sir C. Domville. A poll was demanded.
ANTRIM Covyry.—Captain T. H. Pakenham (C), Mr.
George Miteartney (C), Mr. O'Hara, Mr. M'Neill, and Mr.
Rea, were nominated ; but Mr. Rea afterwards withdrew.
A roll was demanded, and fixed for Monday next.
LONGFORD COUNTY.—OOI. H. White ( L), Col. Fulke
Greville (L), and Hon. Mr. Forbes, nominated. Poll de-
manded, and fixed for Monday.
-WICKLOW COUNTY.—Viecount Milton (L), Mr. W. F.
Hume (C), and Captain Monck (Palmerstonian), were
nAnivated. Poll demanded.
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DIND UP-WIND (P.

Frederick William was well aware that his political existence
was thenceforth wound tip with tue success of Russia in the
German wan—Alison.

In this sentence "wound up" is improperly put for
"bound up." To "wind up " a thing is to bring it to a
close or termination, as when we wind up the attairs of a
partnership, or an estate. To " bind up " means to unite,
to blend. In the phrase above quoted, the writer wished
to say that Frederick William's political existence was
" inseparably blended interwoven," with the success
of Hassid ; and he should therefore have said " bound up."
By using the expression " wound up," he tells us that
Frederick William's political existence was put an end to
by the success of Russia; which is the contrary of what he
intended.

He then quotes ten other instances of the
error. "To wind," however, has a meaning
"to enfold " and "to encircle." The chapter
on " Mannerism" contains come curious
illustrations of the frequency of certain modes
of locution in Alison's work. In the fifth
chapter of the first volume of his " Sequel to
the History of the War," twenty two para-
graphs, within one hundred pages, begin with
the word " if," as in these sentences
:
if the wide spread of his fame and deep impression pro•
duced by his poems is to be taken as the test of excellence,
Campbell is the greatest lyric poet of England.
If the Procures of Hope, to the end of time, will fascinate
the young and the ardent, those of Memory will have equal
charms fur the advanced in years and the reflecting.
If ever two poets arose in striking contrast to each other,
Rogers and Southey are the men.
If Southey's knowledge as a historian has impeded his
success as a poet, his fancy as a poet has nut less seriously
marred his fame as a historian.

Two pages further on (162-3) are occupied
with illustrations of this mannerism. Mr.
Breen then continues:—

Alison has a peculiarity of a still more offensive form,
winch consists in the repetition of certain words in close

succession to each other: Of this I have noted the follow-
ing instances in his " History of Europe during the French
Revolution '':—

The circumstance which ultimately brought about the contest
was the succepot with which Cardinal Richelieu succeeded in
destroying the rural influence of the French nobility.
It would seem as if in the very disposition of the Rests,
it had been intended to point to the intended union of the
Orders. _ . .

Crowds of all classes daily came to 'Versailles to encourage
the members in their courageous iesistauce to the measures of
the court. _
.

The able leaders of the popular party, keeping in adranee
of the movement, adraneed steadily in their career of usurpa-
tion.

And nearly eight pages of this volume are
then filled with instances of the repetition of
words by Sir Archibald Alison,—a fault too
blameworthy in an author.
There are mannerisms also in Mr. Macaulay
which Mr. Breen might hare specified. We

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SATtrltbAlt,

REELECTED MEMBERS WHO VOTED WITH
GOVERNMENT ON THE CHINA DEBATE.
LIBERALS.
Agnew, Sir Andrew Wigtownshire
Anderson, Sir J. Stirling
Atherton, W. Durham
lisgshaw, J. Harwich
Bagwell, J. Clonmel
Baines, M. T. Leeds
Bass, M. T. Derby
Baxter, W. E. Montrose

Beamish, F. B. Cork
Beaumont, W. B. Northumberland South
Berkeley, F. H. Bristol
Berkeley, Capt. F. W. H. Cheltenham
Bethell, Sir B. Aylesbury
Biddulph, P. N. Denbighshire
Biggs, J. B. Leicester
Black, Adam Edinburgh
Bonverie, Right Hon. P. Kilmarnock
Brand, Hon. H. B. Lewes
Brocklehurst, J. Macclesfield
Buckley, Mj.-Gen. Hon.E.P. Salisbury
Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Anglens
Butler, C. S. Tower Hamlets
Byng, Hon. G. H. Tavistock
Carter, Bonham Winchester
Castlerosse, Visconnt Kerry County
Cavendish, Hon. C. C. Bucks
Cavendish, Hon. G. H. Derbyshire North

Cayley, E.'
8.
Clay, J.
Clifford, H. M.

Yorkshire North
Hull
Hereford

Clive, Geo.

liereford

Cobbett, L. M. Oldham
Cudrington, Sir W. Greenwich
Collier, R. P. Plymouth
Cowan, C. Ruinburgh
Cowper, W. F. Hertford
Craufurd, E. H. Ayre Burghs
Crossley, F. Halifax
I)aahwood, Sir George Wycombe
Davie, Sir Henry Haddington
Deasy, R. Cork County
Denison, J. E. Nottingham North

De Vere, S. Limerick County
Dillwyn, L. L. Swansea
Divett, E. Exeter
Huff, G. S. Elgin
Duke, Sir J. London
Duncan. Viscount Forfarshire
Dundee. F. Orkney
Dur.combe, T. Finsbury
Dunne, M. Queen's County
Ellice, E. Coventry
Ellice, Edward, Jun. St. Andrews
Elliot, Hon. J. E. Roxburghshire
Esmonde, J. IVaterfurd County
Euston, Earl of Thetford
Ewart, J. C. Liverpool
Fagan, W. Cork
Fergus, J. Fifeshire
Ferguson, Colonel Kirkaldy
Ferguson, Sir Robert Londonderry
Fife, Earl of Banffshire
Fitzgerald, Right Hon. J. D. Ennis
Fitzroy, Right Hon. H. Lewes
Fitzwilliam, W. C. Maltun
Fitzwilliam, lion. G. Peterborough
Foley, J. H. 'Worcestershire East
Forster, C. Walsall
Foster, J. Berwick
Fortescue, C. S. Louth
Freestun, Colonel Weymouth
French, Fitzstephen Roscommon
Gifford, Earl Totness
Glyn, U. C. Kendal
Gower, Hon. E. F. Stuke•on•Trent
Grace, 0. D. J. Roscommon
Gregson, S. Lancaster
Grenfell, C. W. Windsor
Grey, It. W. Liskeard
Grey, Right Hon. Sir G. Morpeth
Hall, Sir Benjamin Marylebone
Hankey, T. Peterborough
Hastie, Archibald Paisley
Hayter, Right Hon. W. G. Wells
Ileadlam, T. E. Newcastle
Heard, J. T. Kinsale
Heathcoat, J. Tiveiton
Henchy, D. O'C. Kildare
Holland, E. Evesham
Horaman, Right Hon. E. Stroud
Howard, Hon. C. W. G. Cumberland East
Howard, Lord E. Arundel
Hutt, W. Gateshead
Ingham, Robert South Shields
Ingrain, Herbert Boston
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CLARE COUNTY.—General Sir J. F. Fitzgerald (L), Lord
F. Conynghain (L), Mr. F. Caleutt ), and Mr. L. Whyte
(L), were nominated. Poll demanded.
The remaining elections are those of Dublin,
Clare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Galway, Longford, King's
County, Antrim, Cavan, Tipperary, Monaghan, and
Wicklow. With the exceptions of Longford, Antrim,
and King's County, there are likely to be clos3 con-
tests for the other counties enumerated.

A GREAT NUMBER OF PETITIONS against the
return of certain members are in preparation for
presentation to the new Parliament.
LORD lIARRINUTON has written to the papers
stating that the letter published last week by Mr.
GlNile, with reference to Lord Althorp's election,
was a forgery.
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gout au (Min.

Her Majesty the Queen continues in excellent
health, and has taken daily drives in the Park during
the week. On Thursday the Viscount Palmerston
and the Mirquis of Breadalbane had the honour of
dining with her Majesty.
The royal charities were distributed, with the u'ual
ceremonies, on Thursday to thirty eight men and
thirty-eight women, the numbers corresponding to
the age of the sovereign.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the
Countess Persigny leave town next Thursday for
Paris, en eonge for a short period.
The Duke of Montrose left town a few days since
for Scotland. The duchess still remains in London.
The Earl and Countess of Bradford left town on
Wednesday for their seat, Castle Bromwich, near
Birmingham.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained
at dinner on Wednesday at their residence, Cam•
hridge-house, Piccadilly, his Excellency the Sardinian
Minister, the Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady
Victoria Ashley, Sir John cnd Lady Milbanke and
Miss Milbanke, Mr. John Evelyn Denison, and Mr.
Norman Macdonald. The noble viscount leaves
town for Broadlands next week.

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli
have left town for Hughenden-manor, Bucks.

Valitual

Ax ORDER Is Cooxem was published on Saturday
last prohibiting the importation of cattle, or of
horns, hoofs, hides, or skins, from those temtories
of Russia, Prussia. or Mecklenburg Schwerin which
lie on the Gulf of Finland, or between the gulf and
the city of Lubeck.

A CABINET COUNCIL WAS held on Saturday at the
official residence of Lord Palmerston in Downing-
strect—all the ginisters present.
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358

fringement of the regulations with the guilty co.tni•
sauce of the managers, or else a practice which has
grown up in the absence of defined rules :
This (observes the report') is an important fact, because
the public hare a right to require that the traffic on rail•
ways shall be conducted with the greatest attainable
degree of safe!.

It is thought, on the other hand, that freedom from
railroad accident is not t 3 be secured by external
interference, but by efficient and responsible internal
management and the maintenance of strict disci-
pline. It is suggested that all important railway
accidents should be inquired into publicly by a com-
petent officer or tribunal, the coroner's inquest being
a tribunal ill-suited to such inquiries.
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MESSRS HENNENIAN AND CO.,
Photographers to the Queen. beg respectfully to announce
to their patrons that they have DISCONTINUED the business
at KENSAL•OREEN, in consequence of Mr. Henneman find-
ing it necessary to devote the whole of his personal attention
to the Establishment at 122, REGENT-STREET. The pewit
having expired prices have been proportionably reduced. At-
tendance daily from Ten o'clock until dusk.
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THE IRISH ELECTIONS.

WITH the exception of the counties of Dublin,
Leitrim, and Wicklow, the Irish contested elec-
tions may be said to be over, and the feeling of
the people of Ireland has been unequivocally
declared to be in opposition to Lord PALMERS-
TON'S Government, and in favour of sound
Conservatism. We challenge contradiction to
this assertion.

Let us begin with the University. The
constituency of that great institution at the
late election was little under 2,000. We
need not add that it comprises—us the
University represents—the opinion of all
the educated classes, the bar, the medical pro-
fession, the clergy, the country gentlemen,
and merchants in Ireland. It was represented
by two gentlemen who bad occupied offices
high in Lord DERBY'S Administration. To
unseat, or even to shake either of these gen-
tlemen, would have been a great triumph to
the present Government. We are prepared
to state that a plot was deliberately concocted
to take the University by surprise. It was
concocted as soon as the dissolution became
inevitable, and was conducted with the utmost
seerecy and care. The Lord Lieutenant him-
self was a party to it ; and the groans with
which the Provost's name was received among
the highspirited students may indicate their
opinion on the subject. Mr. LAWSON, a gentle-
man possessing the highest academical attain-
ments, was selected as the instrument. He
had carried off nearly every college distinction,
had been elected to the chair of Archbishop
Wityrnur's Professorship of Political Eco•
nomy, and la`terly had been marked out for
Government favour, being appointed Secre-
tary to the Encumbered Court Commission.
Mr. HAMIIJON, one of the representatives of
the University, laboured under the disadvan-
tage of not being an alumnus of Trinity Col.
lege He had the misfortune of having been
educated at Oxford. This, if properly worked,
though he had served as member for the
University of Dublin since 1842, and had
previously represented the city of Dublin,
'night turn the popular current against him.
He accordingly was chosen as the subject of
attack. We know that Mr. HAMILTON, up to
one week before the nomination, was in total
ignorance of any intention to disturb the
University. A contested election for a univer-
sity is unusual : it is not desirable that such
an institution should be lightly involved in
the turmoil and excitement of a contest. An
eccentric gentleman had, indeed, addressed
the electors ; but it would have been unne-
cessary to take any trouble in repelling Mr.
WILSON. We are warranted in stating that
every effort which the Lord Lieutenant or the
Irish Government could in any way make, was
used unsparingly and in the most profligate
manner to induce the electors to support Mr.
LAWSON. The clergy are poor—it was thought
they would be unable to come from the coun-
try; the Bar—it is not likely that its mem-
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THE PRESS.

of South America, whore the Spanish and
Portuguese Governments had absolute power,
and where the most perfect zeal animated the
rulers of the Brazils, and Chili, and Peru.
The artificial " unity " of the Papal Church
has been of little aid to its missionary efforts,
though its gaudy ceremonies have done much
to rivet the attention of savages to its robed
priests. England is the great colonising
power, and it may be within the decrees of
Providence that the circulation of the Bible
amongst the heathen should be specially re-
served for the Anglo Saxon empire.
There is an excellent map of Ceylon at the
end of this volume. It is engraved by Mr.
Arrowsniith on a reduced scale from a larger
one drawn by him from actual survey. It is
the most complete and authentic map of
Ceylon which h,ts yet appeared. The volume
also appears to have had the great advantage
of being read in sheets by Sir Emerson
Torment, as amongst the list of " errata" are
sonic important corrections from his pen.
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3M

Upon Sir Archibald Alison Mr. Breen leans
with great severity ; and when he is so copious
in his enumeration of the faults of that
eminent writer, Mr. Breen (who has his laurels
to win) might have generously acknowledged
his indubitable merits. Sir Archibald Alison,
iu fairness of statement and in judicial tem-
per, is an example to all historians ; and, un-
like other writers of history, he gives the facts
on both sides. We admit that his pen moves
so rapidly that it would be hardly possible to
expect correctness in his style, and on various
occasions in these columns we have specified
some of the faults which seriously detract
from his valuable qualities. In making these
objections to his style we have never done so
in a cavilling spirit. His first historical per-
formance is a great literary work, and is ac-
cepted universally for its authenticity, impar-
tiality, and its attractive qualities. We do not
like, therefore, to see such an author singled
out specially for castigation. In Lord
Brougham's various literary performances
there is frequent neglect of ordinary grammar,
and many sins against composition ; and why
does not Mr. Breen apply his critical vision
to the performances of Dr. Cumming ?
Voluminous writers are rarely correct.
Swift and Voltaire are remarkably so, when
we consider the prodigious quantity that
came from their pens ; but, except in his dra-
matic writings, Voltaire could not be called an
ambitious writer. The fervour of Sir Archi.
bald Alison's mind hurries him along at racing
speed, and he bounds over all grammatical
abstractions as if he were engaged in a literary
steeplechase. He must be taken as an author
with many merits and not a few faults, which
are the more censurable as they are easily
corrigible; and we could desire that Sir Archi-
bald Alison would carefully revise his compo-
sition. Mr. Breen writes