The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1851.

ENSUING WEEK:

FINE AR7'S.

i sor now says," This is my text-book." The publisher, I
i" This is one of my aeries of manuals." To decide
j the question of property we have but to ask who has; THE BRIDGEWATER AND THE GROSVENOR
paid for it? Mr. Griffin, certainly. That little' COLLECTIONS OF PICTGAEs.
volume has cost him for engraving, advertisements, ! For the sake of cantra,t, these Avell-krown gal-
and copyright alone, atinf., to be pnid out of the !cries are hose coupled under ore heading. The
, money received for the book, over and above the pictures which rue the property of the Earl of Elks-
coat of printing and paper. If there had been no mere, better knoscn us the Bridgewater gallere,
• Professor Balfour there would have been a Griffin's
I manual, but would there have been Balfour's text- ' consist chiefly of Italian paintings, which formerly
book without Mr. Griffin ? l' formed part of the &leans collection, visited by
11/r. Johnson, on his visit to l'aris, sonic SO
But to the second edition. The professor had refused ' years since,
to have aught to do with it. Botany, we know, is as he tells us himirsj in his brief notes of
progressive science :it does not, however, a i his
ijourney. There we find him nodding approv-
antiquated in eighteen months, the time which had
become . ing y at some of the pictures; and it is not a little
' satisfactory to find this courtesy to the great
. lexica-
elapsed since the first edition ; so it was resolved to ! raphcr reciprocated towards numberless sareigners-1
reprint the worn verbatim, correcting only the evi-
dent errors of the press, and relying upon the Ihe paintings of which the Ilarquis tenorerni is
the ponsessor,and known as the Groa gallery, arc, author's good sense should a third edition be re- on thc contrary, the produce of the Dutch and FlCmish etuired. A gentleman well acquainted with botanical schools, with a spnnkling of English and Italian
hterature was engaged to edit the second edition landscapes. Whilst the Bridgewater gallery is strong
anonymously, and the book was published. in masters of the 16th century, the Grosvenor col-
And now commence the circumstances of which lection shines with those of the 17th. The Dutch
Mr. Griffin most bitterly complains. Professor Bid- and Flemish undoubtedly- occupied during the last
four is the acknowledged editor of the North British
century that place in public estimation and affection
Agriculturist newspaper. In that journal appeared, which many now believe to be supplanted by the
on the 7th of May, 1841, a review of the new edition, growing reverence for the higher grades of art. Be
which it is not asserted was written by the Doctor, that as it may, we can merely point to the fact of the i
but which could hardly appear there without his now notorious relish for Italan architecture, in ifselfi
knowledge and consent. It begins by a modest ex- significant fact. Thus as you enter Bridgewater pression of homage to the "name of Balfour," de- House, at the very threshold, one might fancy the
clams that the new volume is not a correct reprint ; entrance to an Italian palazzo, one evidently restored
that new errors have been introduced, and so on. from the too usual dilapidation. This is conspicuous
Mr. Griffin meet positively states that no additions
not alone in the plan of Mr. Barry's edifice, or even
whatever have been made, and that 410 error; of the in the superstructure of the orders ; but in the
first edition have been corrected in the second. But rough-cast walls which have a pleasant smack of the let us pass on. The reviewer's condemnation of the old Roman travertine about them. The wide reprint is moat unqualified; but the chief sin charged steps are climbed with an ease which show
is that this manual—this first book—which only a successful solution of Vignola's intricate eighteen month's before left Professor Balfour's hands, rules. On the first flight is the picture gallery.
is now disgracefully in armor of the scientific know- With the exception of the lights crossing oneanother
ledge of the day. And it is in the paper edited by at top, which prevent some pictures from being
tho disappointed author himself that this con- seen except under given conditions, this gallery is a'
demnation appears. It is added that the re-issue model one in size and disposition,a hint which should
of the work has been declared by Professor not be lost on those who are to benefit the nation
Balfour to his class to be " unauthorised," a with a bran-new Kensingtonian National Gallery. statement which Mr. Griffin invites the public to And it should be particularly impressed on the compare with the very precise words of the receipt, mind of this architect, whoever he may be, that
" I authorise them to publish the said work in any Italian art is degraded by being thrust into room-. as]
manner they. think ht." The review of the North at Trafalgar-square. From this, perhaps, timely The "
British .Iyriculturist was reprinted and extensively sion we now turn to the pictures themselves. The 1 circulated, and with what deadly effect is shown by Bridgewater Raffaelles have had that doubtful beam.
goo, letters given from publishers at Cambridge, Gists- fit which accrues from rash and sceptical criticism. I
gOW; and elsewhere. The article preceded everywhere The German connoisseurs especially have wiitten on
the book, and where Professor Thilfour had a friend the aubiec teed; oubtingly as on any- other known or
the new volume was rejected. Mr. Griffin must iwoirog creed it is Ind just, however, to note
have lost hundreds of bounds from this cause. that they have subsequently recanted. We
Comment upon these facts would be misplaced. are content to waive all questions of authen-
They are for the judgment of the public, who tieity-- when contemplating the most graceful in-
may be more intimately concerned in upholding the vention and most unique draughtsmanship. The
strictness of commercial integrity in literary matters, Raffuellm being placed together, contrary to usual
and the impartiality of reviewers, than it suspects. practice, it is singular to note the ingenuity with
The manual was published. originally by !s essrs. which is varied the painter's favourite theme, the
Griffin, to supply a really good work at an unusually Holy Family, and to find that the simpler is the
low price. The public was served here. But die composition the more it is laboured. Such is, we
second edition, on which the outlay of original pub- believe, the accepted favourite, "The Virgin with the
lication had already been incurred, could be afforded, Infant Saviour in her arms" (38), which is marked
under the laws of competition, even with all im- with those after-emendations known as rrpratirs.
provements paid for, cheaper by Messrs. Griffin than The celebrated Chandos portrait of Shakspeare is
an entirely new work by another firm. Here, agnin, here, every lineament of whose countenance, every
the public has its own interest involved. Let Justice portion of whose dress, down to the seventh button
be done, then; and if Professor Balfour has orally of the doublet, have been commented on with the
discovered so many errors and short-comings in his name sort of interest as attaches to the different
own work, let him make a suitable acknowledgment modes of punctuation in the Shakspearian plays,
to the capitalist who, to his own damage, has em- and with about the name success of ro-
: barkel with him. Above all, let him avoid the sus- search. Here Raphael is the alpha, and Bur-
*scion of setting the machinery of professional or h the omega, of the collection. Of Titian'a
Jliterary influence at work to revenge the fancied in- -nister hand there are several fragmentary sped-
uries of his personal experience in business trans- mens. Plaml aloft, and as it were surveying the
I actions.
works of the masters he befriended, is Clement
As for the second edition of the Manual of Botany, VII., represented sitting. If this portrait brings to
a careful inspection enables us to state that it is a mind the once fatted villa of Monte-Mario, so dues
work creditable to the house which has brought it the landscape of the " Four Ages of Lit'e," also by
out, and one which Dr. Balthur need not have been Titian, and placed immediately beneath. The
ashamed to own. As a text-look, a compendium, to a Comoro Fannly," in Northumberland House, lathe
be used as introductory to the works of Lindley and finest portrait comps-Rion of Titian's out of Venice,
other standard writers, it is not to bo surpassed. It
and this scene claims to be placed in the front rank
is not to be supposed that the few professors he pri- lof his pastoral masterpieces. The fay-simile in the
vate friends u Dr. Balfour, who have aided amilltseghess sanscely approaches the brilliancy of the
abetted the nttnck on Mr. Griffin, will succeed in . Bridgewater picture, though in size the groups of
damaging the book beyond the walls of one or two children, and of myrtle-crowned maiden and youth,
not too celebrated colleges, or divert the public from arc identical. The " Venus rising from the
a work well fitted to satisfy a general want. I Sea" belongs to a high rank of classical
beauty, in which scanty raiment is left unheeded; a
fact the truth of which is however but partially ad-
mitted by the lady visitors. Of Chagrin° the " Abi-
gail meeting David with presents," is a hue specimen,
equal to his St. Pctrouille, in which the meagre in•
terest of the subject is merged in a masterly power
of handling, nod a wonderful grasp on nll available
resources of pictorial mechanism. 'fhe reverse is the
ease with Poussin. The Seven Sacraments, which
were painted at Rome for M. Chuntelou, and were
transferred from the Orleans to the Bridgewater col-
lections, dark and grim as they are, maintain the
general superiority of originals over the engrav-
figs, though reference to the latter seems in sonic in-
stances necessary for the indication of the figures.
The Bolognese school is, as usual, connected with
an unlimited amount of Carracci's ; their merits
ever commensurate with their size—no small Inciter.
.Iniiihal us stern as Litilovieo is effeminate. Turn-
ing to the minor works ranged beneath touch will
be found that is interesting, some deriving their
value solely front the names attached to the ii ;
others, more numerous, worthy of their time-ho-
noured signatures.
The next division of the gallery, which pleasantly
overlooks the park, is garnished with some Dutch
gems, by Rembrandt, Cuyp, Vundevelde, tee. Far-
ther on, in a recess to itself, the " King Charles in
the Guard-room," by Paul Dclaroche. Time is al-
ready at work modilviug, but hardly improving, this
limasterly performance ; somehow, the ruffians in-
sultin,g the martyr king seem to be of a blacker dye
than they were years ago in the Louvre.
We despair at all attempt to describe the paintings
collected at Grosvenor-house, as people might fancy
we were dealing in hyperbolic narrative. 'to believe
in pictures. they Insist first be seen. It may admit of
a doubt whether anybody ever thomughly believed
in the works of Afx•lfes ; the very name of the
painter augurs somethiug mythical.
This much may be said, that among the more
important works arc nearly a dozen Claudes,
and as many Itithenses; S.Avator afld Gainsba-
rough, Rembrandt and Reynolds, go hand in
hand. Not by any means to be omitted is a
triptych by Resoling; the finest of the pre-Raphael-
ites fades into nothing in comparison with the ate-
petitions elaboration of these Flemish saints. The
triptych, emsisting of one principal, and two folding
pancla ; so that when the side lids were shut down,
the whole appeared like any other square box. '!fie
old Flemish had a peculiar liking for the shape ; it
admitted of the paintings being closed front the light
on ordinary occasions, but was only opened on great,
festivals. What can be said of those whose galleries
are large triptychs, but who refuse to open them to
public v.
•a w to the jubilee year of industry, 17431

GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR TIII

I from the llard,ter's Chronicle.
1 PLANT DEPARTMENT.
Let shadir ?. he used less eminently, and for a shorter
number of hours, us the season advances. The heat of the
!solar ray is rarely too powerful now, even if it were the
growing season , and as the plants ooght now to be ripening
their growth, they have need of not only all the daylight,
but even ni4derate sunshine. In the ease of orchids this is
especially necessary, that the roots, 'mires, and pseudo-
bulbs may be thoroughly matured. Thr.we which arc
!already in this state, or nearly so, should be moored forth-
with to a cool home. Great care should be taien not to
excite such plants into a new growth at this time, as it is
mach too late to get them properly matured, and the un-
seasonable draught upon the stored energies of the plants
will materially interfere with their next production of
flowers Dendrobiume of the D. nobilo character, which
are sufficiently advanced in growth, should also be removed
to a cooler honsc, where they should be supplied with a
'moderate temperature, abundance of air, and scarcely any
water, till their stems are ripened and their dower buds
formed. Those Orchids which are in a growing state should
be placed in the most favourable positions, and encouraged
by a high temperature, so long as the strength of daylight
will admit of such a course.

FORCING DEPARTMENT.
PlNERlEg.—Maintain a high moist temperature, with
abundance of ventilation to pines which are now swelling
their fruits, and a rather drier atmosphere around those
which are in flower. In all the stages except that lost men-
Coned, and when ripening, use the syringe freely in very
! fine weather, when there is a certainty of the moisture eva-
porating by the heat of the sun; but, on dull days, depend
almost entirely upon the evaporating troughs, and be care-
ful to admit air to prevent too great a condensation of
moisture. If the syrinze is used in excess during this month
it is liable to render the soil 100 wet for the healthy deve-
lopment of the plants. Take care that the bottom heat
does not get too strong for plants which have been recently
potted or planted. Vineries When the late crops have
done stoning, the borders, both inside and nut, should have
a good soaking of liquid manure to assist the swelling of
the fruit. Do not allow the process to go on too sluggishly,
if they are ot' kinds adapted and intended for late keeping.
Muscats ripened with the aid of the summer sun, by the
end of August are infinitely superior, both in appearance,
flavour, and keeping, to thnee'wtich are dawdled on through
the next two mouths. Wliett thoroughly ripened by the
end of this month, or the beginning of September, they
will keep till the end of Fcbrury. Vines in a more for-
wisest stage, on which the grapes are just beginning to
ripen, should be gradually inured to a freer admission of
air, and if it he desired to keep fur any length of time those
which are quite ripe, they should have the advantage of a
slight shading during the very hot or scorching weather.
PLOWT.R GARDEN AND 811RUHRERIF.S.
Cuttings of macs should be taken immediately and 'slanted
in a close cold frame in a north aspect for three weeks or a
month, until they are eicatrised at the base ; they should
then he taken carefully up, potted in thumb pots, and
plunged in a close warm frame with a gentle bottom heat.
So treated, they will make nice plants in a very short time,
and if kept under slight protection during winter, will fill
their pots with rots, and he adv for planting out in April
or May. Pink pipings, if put in nt the time we recom-
mended, will now he reside for transplanting; and in doing
this not a moment should be lost, as they have need of all
the rest of the season to establish themselves in such a man-
ner as to prevent the frost injuring them. If the si-
tuations ultimately intended for them arc vacant, they
should be planted in them at once, as they thereby
flower much finer; but if these places are occupied for
the present by something else, the young pinks should
be planted 4 inches apart, on resorve beds in an open
situation, the soil of which should consist principally of
light loam, to which has been added some charcoal dust or
charred refuse; a little dung mixed with road drift and soot
should be added. The rotten manure from an old mush-
room bed answers very well for this purpose, as it encourages
a mass of fibres, and produces a healthy but not over gross
development of top. Some time ago we promised to remind
our readers about making memoranda of the most suitable
arrangement for hall'-hardy plants nest season; we are just
now doing so ourselves, and we take this opportunity of
' redeeming our pledge. As an easy method of reducing the
thing more completely to a system, a rough plan should he
made of the arrangement of the beds, which should be
!numbered and referred to an accompanying list of the
names of the plants with which it is designed to till them
next year, and the quantity required fur each bed. By
compiling a summary from this list aeeurato information is
at once obtained of the quantity of plants which must be
propagatvil immediately by cuttings, and both by these and
st- al in spring. By tbis simple means redundancy and
deficiencies are avoided; disappointment is prevented on
the one lunch, and waste of time on the other. Whilst the
half-hardy plants are in their greatest beauty a tasteful eye
will easily discover the weak and improvable points, and by
observing the more satisfactory part, will readily perceive
the most desirable future arrangement.

FRUIT 0 tIiDEN.
Sruewmtnniks.—ln places where the work is kept in
a forward state, it nay be presumed that by this time a
sufficiency has been potted for forcing, and that all the new
plantations have been properly prepared and planted.
As the fruit is all gatheresl, the old exhausted beds may be
at once destroyed, preserving the younger, one or two year
old Inds, to afford the main supply next season; and it
should be an object of exp,cial attention to cultivate these
plants in such a manner that they shall produce an abund-
ant crap. As no more runners are required, those whirls
remain should be cleared away ; but taking care not to in-
jure the leaves of the plants. Their growth during the re-
mainder of the season should be encouraged by forking
some very rich well-rotted manure into the ground about
the plants. It is a point of the first importance to preserve
the old foliage uninjured ; as upon it depends the perfect
elaboration of the sap fee the production of next year's
crop.

Thernison's raw». of Ciomberkutdi Plays; witit
ltemark. Biagraphical and Critical. Vol 19. G. H.
I.oArittNus, l'ettr

In this series of volumes devoted to English dra-
matic literature we see another response to the de-
mand of the day for cheap and good booms. Every
playgoer knows Cumberland's dramas with the
notes of 0, and every playgoer knows also
that for years each drama was considered
cheap at sixpence. But with changed times
come changed prices, and now we have Mr. David-
son putting five plays into a compact boarded volume
and publishing the whole fur a shilling. The
volume before us contains Massinger'a fine tragedy,
" The Fatal Dowry;" Irs. five-act
comedy, " Wives as they Were i" Ditiden's drama-
tized version of Sir Walter Scott's " Ivanhoe;" and
a brace of comic one-art trifles, " Doctor Bolus,"
and " Personation ;"--enough in all conscience for a
shilling.

Tut NEW ZEALAND SETTLEMENTS BILL.—A peti-
tion has been presented to the 'louse of Commons by colo-
nists and purchasers of land at Wellington and Nelson, to
the amount of many hundred thousand pounds, from the
New Zealand Company, against the power proposed to be
"
given ut the bill to alter and amend the terms of purchase
as a breach and abrogation of the original contract.
ANOTUER POISONING CASE IN NORFOLK.— A
young wootitan named Hannah Neale, residing in the village
of Outwell, near Downham, has been committed for trial
on a charge of having poisoned her husband. From the
evidence adduced at the inquest it appeared that the ac-
cused had formed an intimacy with another man, and bad,
not long since, deserted her husband and family for a brief
period, which she spent with her paramour. Soon after her
return lame her husband was ariaed with an Hine., of
! which he died, and the symptoms wire of such a auspicious
character that the surgeon in attendance &trembled on,
making an examination of the laxly. This proceeding was,
oppesel by the widow, and the result was an inquest on''
Thursday last, when, after the examination of several wit-
nesses. Hannah Neale was fully committed fur trial at the
next Nora kit Assizes fur the wilful taurdcr of her husband.

1117110Elt IN PAIIIS.—The police arrested on
&ay Bap youn4 man who munlereil a girl named Juliette
Man in a pohliediouse in the Rue du Cherche-Midi. His
Jo-eph Ilumblot, his age 19, and his cr:cupation
{fat: of a waiter in an rot-fee-house. The arrest was
neseang at 110, Rue St. Vonore, in the residence
let a esacierge, who is a frit n 1 of his mother. lie
readily an-we.ed the questions put to him, and made this
statement:—" I know," he said, " that I hare command
a horrible munler, and know the fate that awaits me. But
I am not a canister—l was distracted —I had an attack of
brain fever. During eight months," he continued, " I

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had inti nate relations with Juliette; I loved her pa -
sionately, but at last I fancied I perceived she deceived
me. Ido nut know whether I was right or wrong, but a
violent jealousy took pow:salon of me, and I resolved to
kill her first, and myself afterwards. I was nutter the in-
fluence of those ideas when I met her on Wednesday. Wu
went int., the public house, and amended to a bed-room.
A buttle of wine was brought us, an I Juliette seated herself
on the tad. It was nearly 9 o'clock, and vertigo seated me.
I passed my hand over her throat, which appeared to sun
plea her; but before she had tins: to make any observation
I mixed a rose which I had for some time carried in my
pocket, oust, en our cut, made a sorer.: wound in the throat.
Poor wretch ! She had only time to cry ' Mother' mother' '
when she fell dead. I WAS troubled, and fur a few moments
knew nut what I did. But at List I recovered my self-posies-
'ion. I wa-hed the blood from toy hands and face. I opened
the door, but when half-way down the staircase, the idea
of seeing her again recurred to me, and I went and
kissed her for the List time. I hurried away. I went to
the river and washed my trowsers. Afterwards I went home,
and said so my father and mother, Kiss me, for you will
see me nu more; I am a great criminal, and deserve the
scaffold !' Its their stupor they did not think of stop-
ping
me. I went out of Paris, and slept in a lodg-
mg-house at we of the bsrrien. In the morning I
was agitated, and did not know where to go. So I re.
solved to commit suicide. But before dying I deter-
mined to try to see Juliette once again. I went to the
Morgue, where I thought her body would be taken ; but I
arrived too Lite—she had been recognised by her mother, and
the body hail been removed. I listened to what was &till in
the crowd. ' A young girl h.e+ been murdered,' they
said,' and the murderer afterwards threw the body iutn
the river.' I shrugged my shoulders and went away. I
went to a church, with the intention of confessing to a
priest, but nut finding one I wandered about the streets for
some time, and at last left Paris. I only returned this
morning. And WM I have only to request that I may be
condemned to death. My repentance and rn chastisement
will open to me the gates of heaven, and it is there alone
that las hope to see Juliette again." This statement Was
made with the greatest calmness. The prisoner had ou a
shirt stained with the blood of his victim. The expres.ion
of his features is remarkably mild. lie had procured him-
self • passport for a forulgn coustry.

TRlfit'rE or Itl.:art:cr.—The Duke of Northum-
berland afforded within the last few dare the MI4III of
visiting the Exhibition, and seeing the sights of the great
metropolis, to 16) of the labourers and workmen upon the
estate at Alliwiek. These poor men have just prsentesl
the following address to his grace, in which it will be seen
they warmly acknowledge the generosity and kindness with
which they have b.. n treated: " To Ms Once the I)uke of
Northumberland. May it please your grace,—We, your
grace's grateful, dutiful, awl obedient servants, beg, with
no ordinary emotion, to thank you for the int.llectual and
scientific treat which the Great Exhibition hrow afforded us ;
the various improrenn its contained therein have had our
careful attention in each of our department,, as well as
viewing the metropolis of England. We might say much
of your generosity and condescension (if it was not
so wed undeistood). Our presence here at your grace's
expense is a great Met, self-evident and uneontrovertible.
We feel inad. quote to express to your grace what we have
seen and felt, being filled with astonishment and wonder.
i Our wives and elsedreu will listen to our simple story
withlamasement, and learn to repeat it to their children.
At 11 memory holds her seat the lessons we have read from
men and things—but, above all, the kindness of our duke
and duchess—will live in our remembrance, while our
I native hills and fertile valleys can and will testify to
, our solicitous and fervent wish that the Almighty, by
and through whom kings reign laud princes decree
judgment, will be pleased to shed upon your illus-
trious house the light of his countenance, and
for many years preserve your life and that of your
amiable and beloved consort. And, with your permission,
we beg to subscribe ourselves, your grace's very grateful,
dutiful, and obedient sersauts.—Swan with two Necks,
Gr.shara-street, Lo:Alon, July 21, 1551,"

K ITCHY."( ()ARDEN.
In northern or cold situations no time should be lost in
sowing the main crops of winter spinach in good rich
ground, deeply trenched, avoiding the thick sowing in all
caws. The rows should stand about 16 inches apart, to
allow a free passage for forking, cleaning, and gathering
the crop. At the first 'gathering every other plant',
should be drawn out ; thus giving additional space to
those which are to produce the late winter and spring
supply, and which should ultimately stand 6 or 8 inches
apart. Some strong, well-curled plants should be 'selected
from the spring sowing of parsley, carefully lifted with
large halls, and planted at the foot of a south wall. A
quantity planted in boxes proves very useful during a long
continuance of severe weather in winter, if placed in a cool
peach-house or similar situation; or a spare light or two
may be devoted to the protection of the finer parsley for
garnishing. Let the early kinds of otatoes be got up as
soon as the tops are ripe enough ; mud n let particular pains
be taken to pick out all the tubers, as those left in the
ground are very annoying in future years. Let the produce
be sorted, and, if of an approved kind, let all the small and
moderate-sized tuber. he carefully preserved in dry sand
or charcoal dust. Be at a little trouble also to test the
different varieties, and do not allow your number of sorts
to excecd half a dozen, stlectinq those only which are
most liked on table, free croppers, curly in coming to
perfection, and least liable to be Offeteil with disease.
Many of the medicinal and pot herbs, commonly cultivated
iu gardens, will require gathering this mouth ; the proper
time iv just when they are in full flower. They should be
cut quite clean en a tine warm day, tied in small bunches,
and hung up is an airy room till they are perfectly dry ;
aft_•r which they should be put into tin canister*, gloss I
bottle., or paper bugs, to preserve them from dust. Either
of the former contrivances are preferable to the litter, as
they guard the herbs, against damp, and prevent the escape
of their delicate aroma ; along with which their virtues are
in a great measure evaporated. Contirsue, as time and space
occur, to plant cauliflowers and coleworts. Make a sowing
of onions rather thick, and of souse good sort of cabbage, for
spring use. Pull shallots, and lay them on a gravel walk,
or uu dry ground, fur a few clays before reasoning them to
the store-room. Onions al-o, will require attention. l'lunt
out some stout plants of early cubb meg for winter use, six
inches apart, suit a fiat between Cie row*, this will give
room enough for the best dwarf kinds, as every other one
vin be removed while yoang, and thus lease room fur the
rest to grow larger.

THUGGEE GLOCCESTER.—The magistrates of
Gloucester have had before them, and committed for trial,
a man and woman on a charge of robbing and attempting
to strangle a man named Organ. The circumstances are es
follows:—The man Organ, who is a hotelier by trade, was
proceeding over Westg tte.bridge, in the outskirts of Glon-
rester, on Friday night, when he was accosted by a woman,
Oa, female prisoner, whose name is Sarah Perry. The
woto.in asked him fur money, and walked by his side for
some distance. lle told her he had nothing fur her. They
had now reached a more lonely part of the road, when u
nrm jumped up from behind a heap of stones, and, throw-
ing a handkerchief round his neck, attempted to strangle
him. lle resisted, but seas foreedagainst the wall and nearly
suffocated, the blood running from his mouth, and robbed
of all his money, consisting of 1/. 17s. ad. The woman
continut d with hint, and when the rubbery was completesl'
both of them ma away. The pros. eutor swore positively
to the identity of both the man sod woman, and added to
his statement, of which the above is a summary, that the
man overtook him on the bridge, and asked him to stop tor
him, as he was going his way; but Organ declined his com-
pany. A witness named Merrell, who was on the same
road on Friday night was examined, to prove that he had
met the man and woman sworn to by Organ near the spot
where the robbery M. 13 effected. The male prisoner's name
is Thomas Weaver. lie is a strong muscular-looking man,
The woman R 33 a iv' - thinly-clad creature, with a child f

poor t... r a _add in
her arms. Th: prisoners were living to„tether at a lodging-
house on the Friday night, and a woman employed at that
Muse proved that they went out together shortly before the
time when the transaction is said to lure taken place. Both
were committed fur trial.
DEATIt ut'os THE STAGE.—During the perform-
ano:. of Jack Sheppard, at the St. Louis Theatre, on the 6th,
a lane flat iron, suspending u lamp from the ceiling, slipped
trout its fastenings and fell to tite ground, striking Mrs.
Shea on the top of the hetsa. She uttered a faint " 0 ! my
God!" and in a psoFen!, fell dead the stags, which

!SEIZURE OF A MERCHANT VESSEL BY
MILITARY I'ASSZNUEUS.

The following extraordinary narrative is from
The Advocate (a St. Helena paper), of the sth of June.
It could have been wished that the proceedinza of the ma-
es:ttrates had been reported exsctly, instead of being thrown
Sew the narrative form. The case, however, is obviously
Ism shat calls for further inquiry:
ss In our columns of this week will be found au account
at she recent occurrences on board the barque Levenside—
mum the, most extraordinary which it has ever fallen to
fM lot of a pu•blie journal to report. We forbear at present
be settled by the prcier legal authorities; yet there are
expressing any °coition on the subject, as it now remains to
circumstances connected with this ease upon which we feel
called to comment.
" Immediately on the Levenskiell arrival in this port, an
information was laid by Capt. Vesey of the Royal Artillery
—in command of tffi, detachment of troops on hoard—
against Capt. Campbell, the master—then confined by Capt.
Vesey's orders in the hold of that vessel. A warrant fur
his apprehension was at once granted 'y the magistrates,
and a policeman sent off to see it enforced. The evidence I
afterwards adduced in the investigation clear2.v proves, that m
had Capt. Campbell been disposed to commit u rder, he had
every opportunity of so doing, hut that he confines' himself,
and, as he alleges, for the support of his authority, to pre-
senting the pistol at Capt. Vesey's breast, led warnine• him
that, if lie attempted to interfere with him, or with his
sailors in carrying out his orders, he would shoot brio
through the heart. Upon this threat, apparently the re-
cult of much previous bickering on the voyage—upon the
fact acknowledged by the captain, that he did so present
the pistol, and upon his alleged efforts to use it during the
struggle which ensued—the magistrates have committed
Capt. Campbell for an assault and attempt to murder.
" An information is then laid by the captain of the vessel!
against Copts. Vesey and Neill, passengers, and against the
soldiers acting under Capt. Vesey's orders, to the effect
that they had seized him, confined him chained in the hold,
and assumed the command of the vessel, thereby commit-
ling an act of piracy, for which he requested thaeit warrant
might be issued against them. This ('apt. Campbell does
as soon as the isolated and peculiar position in which he was
I placed admitted ; but the magistrates, receiving his Mow-
motion, strangely enough refuse to give his serious charge
a hearing, although upon what grounds it has not pleased
them to enlighten either him or the public. Capt. Camp-
bell, we understand, intends appealing to a higher court,
I where the decision of the magistrates will he submitted to
due test. Meantime we cannot refrain from remarking
strongly on the unusual spectacle of the colonial secretary
taking his scat as one of the magistrates, and an active and
influential part throughout this trial against the accused.
In this peculiar case, involving serious and important prin-
ciples, and in which government officers are concerned, the
I presence of one civil servant as magistrate in a bench of
two was quite sufficient. The addition of a second in the
colonial secretary was quite uncalled for, is well calculated
to destroy confidence in the court, a rightful cause of public
jealousy, and a had precedent for the future.
"The inhabitant,' of this small island, at a ruinous dis-
tance from the higher courts of appeal in the mother
country, have long lad reason to be proud of their Supreme
Court, and thankful t the respected judge, who has earned
for that court the entire confidence and high estimation of
all. With such an exemplar before them, they naturally
expect that the interior courts of the island should be also
worthy of a high reputation—a reputation incompatible
with the appearance even of any unfair exertion or prepon-
derance of government influence in them.
4.IITTLAOH,DINAIIT serztata OF THE BAHOTE LETENSIDE
BY MILITAILY PASSENGERS.
On Thursday, the tath of May, the barque Levenside
arrived in the bay under peculiar and altogether unprece-
dented circumstances; she lint been, in fact, forcibly seized
during the voyage by Capt. Vesey, a passenger in charge of
a small detachment of the Royal Artillery. destined fur this
place. The captain of the vessel was a prisoner in the hold
—in chains; with a sentinel over him to prevent communi-
cation with the crew.
"From what we have been able to learn from the evi-
dence iu the Police Court, the history of this strange caul
startling afficir appears to be es follows:
"That on the 15th May, in the evening, while the Leven-
side was on the high seas, Capt. 1). Campbell, the master,
ordered the booby-hatch to be closed. This was done, and
immediately afterwards Capt. Vesey summoned the troops
under his charge to take off the hatch in defiance of the
master's order, which was immediately carried into effect.
This intemperate opposition to the master's legitimate
authority no doubt, in some measure, gave rise to subse-
quent events.
" On the 17th, two days after this occurrence, a squabble
appears to have taken place between one of the soldiers and
the dup.,' carpenter. emit. News insisted that the cats
painter should be punished; but upon investigating the
ease, ('apt. Campbell, the master of the vessel, could not
see very clearly that his man was more to blame than the
soldier, and we believe did nut in any way punish the multi
This led to some sharp words betweam the officers, and it is
I asserted that Capt. Vest), said he had a superior force on
board, and should not hesitate to use it when he thought
requisite. This lung:Lege appears nut only to have excited
Capt. Campbell, but also to have alarmed him as to the
safety of his ship—seeing that his orders had already once
been forcibly interbred with by the troops under I
Capt.
is
Vesey's command ; and as the authority of a captain
paramount iin board his own vessel, it would appear that 1,
he we, not willing to allow a passenger to usurp his autho-
rity, and interfere with him and his crew in working the
vessel. At ten nil:Lutes past eight o'clock of the same even-
ing, the 17th, Capt. C'arupbell came ou deck to relieve
Cooper, his second mate, then on duty ; for as the captain,
three weeks previously had &stated the first mate for some
negligence or misconduct, he himself did the first mate's
Y.
" It being dark, and NA eight o'clock at night, the cap-
tain ordered the booby-hutch to be eut on ; but no sooner
was the order given, than Capt. 1, racy, in charge of the
troops, said it should not be done; Capt. Campbell then
pulled out a pistol, and told Capt. Vesey that if he attempted
to interfere with him, and pievent any of the crew obeying
his orders, he would shoot him through the heart. 1. pen
this qualified threat being uttered, Capt. Vesey immediately
called his men to fall in round the hatchway, and ordered
the bombardier to go below fur arms. This order wow in-
stantly obeyed, and as soon as Capt. Campbell AIM the arms
being handed up the hatchway, he went forward, seized held
of one of the muskets, and conimanded the soldier to give
it up, saying, ' put that down, it does not belong to you—
it belongs to the ship.' the soldier refused, whereupon a
struggle took place fur the gun, when some one called out
'seize him,' uu which several soldier' seized the captain,
threw him against a boat, wrenched the pistol out of his
hand, as well as the musket he attempted to take from the
moldier.
At this point there is considerable discrepancy in the
evidence. Capt. Vesey and Capt. Neill, aide-de-camp to Sir
James Emerson Tennant, the expected governor, swear that
the pistol was taken from the master by Capt. Vesey him-
self, while others as positively swear that it was seized by a
soldier and handed to Capt. Vesey.
" Then conies the mostextraordinary part of the affair. No
sooner was Capt. Campbell seized than Capt. Vesey ordered
his hands to be lashed behind his back, and it appears, at
the instigatiou of Capt. Neill, he was hurried into the hold,
and secured to a stanchion—and kept for sixteen hours iu
Cat position without either water or anything else being
giveu him,. as far as we can gather from the evidence. The'
next meriting he was unlashed from the stanchion, and had
strong chains fastened to his wrists by padlocks; in this
position lie was kept in the hold for twelve days and eights,
with an maned sentinel keeping watch over him. lie was
not allowed to communicate with the crew during One
time, our was he released from this extraordinary captivity,
even int the arrival oh' the vessel in the roads, till the police
went on board and caused hint to be unchained.
" liven when the motive went on board, the soldiers refused
to give hint up without the authority of Captain Vesey, al-
though they were furnished with a proper warrant from the
ffiagistratcs.
" Immediately Captabt Campbell was seized and forced

" Two of the artillerymen, it appears, wore sick ; and a
au.'e was no surgeon oa board, Captain Campbell, the
master, supplied time, with medicine tram his own chest.
Whether the master of the vnsel or the artillery captain is
the best juilje of the necessity of putting on the hatch at
night we cannot say ; but it is pretty clear that Captain Vesey
thought himself the best judge of this matt^r, and therefore
deposed the captain, put him in chains in the hold, clapped
an armed sentinel over hint, reinstated the disrated mate,
seized the ship's papers as well as arms, appointed a mili•
tarp steward, and wound up the whole affair by charging
• the captain with an attempt to murder; thus preventing
himself and friends from being charged with piracy, and
sundry other matters dexterously performed on the high
seas. While, as a fitting climax to the whole business, his
trusty steward landed from the ship beastly drunk, and was
forthwith marched to the guardhouse, a place not by any
j means so well stocked with the good things of life as the
lazaretto of the Lcvenside.
" After four days investigation, Captain Campbell was
committed for trial, on the charge of assault with intent to
murder. Information was then laid by Captain Campbell
against Captain Wiley and the others of his passengers, for
piracy, and illegal seizure of the ship; which information
was taken and signed by the magistrates."

The Drily Xeres has the following comment on
the above :

The affair of the barque LerenstV,-, an account of
which we have transferred to our columns from The
.Idrocate, a newspaper published at St. Helena,
i ought not to be left unnoticed in parliament. It is
easy, indeed, to foresee what will be the fate of any
' erotical on the subject in the first instance. No de-
pe,-tment of government will have received any re-
port of the ease; the impossibility of affording
any eAplanation in the absence of official intelligence
will be urged ; and the close of the session will stop
the mouths of complainants. But intimation can be
given that the question will be renewed next
session, and with an earnestness corresponding to its
importance.
We have no wish to prejudge the case. We ad-
mit that the substitution of a narrative interspersed
with argument and comment, for a plain and exact
report of the proceedings in the magistrates' court
at St. Helena, renders it necessary to listen to the
story with suspicion. Nay more, the comments on
the conduct of the Colonial Secretary tend to attach
to The Adrneede the character of an opposition
journal, and impart to its account the character of a
partisan charge. It would be grossly unjust to the
military gentlemen implicated, to pronounce any-
thing like a decided opinion f their conduct upon
such authority.
Enough however appears, to show the necessity of
searching dispassionate investigation.
A detachment of the Royal Artillery, with two
officers, arc passengers on hoard a merchant vessel.
When the vessel arrives at St. Helena, the master is
in chains in the cabin, and the crew are navigating
the ship, under protest, by the commands of the
military. During the voyage the military passengers
have availed themselves of the superiority their arms
gave them, to take the vessel from the captain and
assume the management of it.
The first step of the military captors, on landing, is
to bring a charge of an attempt to murder against the
master before the local magistrates. The master offers
a counter charge of piracy against the military. One
of the officers is aide-de-camp to the absentee
governor. The Colonial Secretary takes his seat on
the bench as a magistrate, and takes also, it is
alleged, a leading part in the conduct of the case.
The master is committed on the charge of attempt to
murder; it is with great reluctance and after much
delay that he is allowed to lodge his iutiwniations.
So far us we can learn from the narrative, the
alleged attempt to murder, and the alleged piratical
seizure, arose out of a series of previous disputes be-
tween the parties. A quarrel had occurred between
a soldier and one of the crew ; the military officer in-
sisted that the seaman should be punialied ; tho
master insisted that the soldier was in fault. Agaia,
the master twice ordered the booby hatch to be
fastened down ; the military officer in command of
the detachment twice successfully resisted the fulfil-
ment of these orders. The military officer commanded
his soldiers to take arms; the master presenftvl a
pistol at the military officer. It does not clearly ap-
pear whether the command given to the soldiers, or
the presenting of the pistol occurred first in point of
time—a point of considerable importance. The mili-
tary officer alleges the sickly state of his party as a
reason tar resisting the fastening of the hatch ; the
master maintains that there was adequate provision
for ventilation even when the hatch was closed.
It is apparent that there was quarrelling a:id loss
of temper on bo*h sides: and that a scuffle was tho
result. On the one hand, recent inquiries into the
character and conduct of our mercantile marine
oblige us to admit that it is not impossible tho
master of a merchantman may have conducted him-
self in such a manner as to render his confinement
an action of self-defence. On the other hand, the
absolute necessity of such a step must be clearly and
incontrovertibly established, in order even to palliate
so extraordinary a step as the seizing of the com-
mand of a vessel by military passengers.

It is apparent, from the bringing of the vessel to St.
Helena, that in no state of the facts can the military
be regarded as having acted piratically except in a
technical point of view. At the same time if an ex-
aggerated account has not been given of the treat-
ment experienced by the captain at their hands, ho
was used more harshly than was required for
his safe custody and the security of the passengers;
even admitting that the latter had been endangered.
If it shall ultimately appear that this was the case, it
will warrant a suspicion that a want of proper temper
on the part of the military led to the scuffle in which
the master presented the pistol. It will also be an
unfortunate circumstance if it shall ultimately appear
that the Colonial Secretary acted, as is asserted, on a
charge made by the aide-de-camp of the Governor.
The charge against the master is a grave one. It
involves, in the first place, an accusation of miscon-
duct, rendering it necessary for the safety of his
passengers to confine him to his cabin ; and in the
second place, of an attempt to commit murder. The
charge against the military is equally grave ;
ing, in the first place, an accusation of having usurped
the legitimate authority of the master, and in the
second of having preferred an unjust charge against
him in order to disc cable him from appealing to a
court of justice. Mixed up with these counter-charges,
is an imputation not less serious against the colonial
authorities, of perverting the law to favour• friends
and official allies.

into the hold, eraptaiit VeseytoinznAnded one of the soldiers

to turn every onoe belonging to the crew out of the cabin,
and take possession of it, which was done. Two soldier
BelS4-11 the steward, hurried hint along the deck, and bun-

On all these points w•e reserve our opinion until
further information is obtained. But inquiry is
necessary for the sake of the character of gentlemen
belonging to use of the most distinguished corps in
the British army; for the sake of the safety of nevi-
. gation ; and for the sake of the pure administration
of justice in one of our colonies.

died hint as he say:, by compulsion,' clown the, hatchway,
front which he appears soon sifter to have escaped.
" They then commenced ransacking the captain's cabin—
seized his fowling-piece, opened his chest, and took a pistol
from it, which they ultimately sealed up in the case be-
longing to them. Captain Vesey and Captain Neill now
ordered the disrated mate to work the 'ship for them, and
ordered the second mate Cooper to turn to, who mid he
would do so fur sake of the ship, provided Captains Vesey
and Neill distinctly understood that by so doing he was not
disobeying Captain Campbell's order, whom he considered
as his master. The crew at first were not disposed to work
the ship under these circumstances, till Cooper very pro-
perly called thou aft and explained the conditions on which
Ise would resume duty—to which they also agreed, and
turned to work. Captain Vesey not only seized the ship'.
books and papers, but turned out the steward, and ap-
pointed one of his soldiers to fill that responsible office,
and also reinstated the first matr..--thus making liberal use
of the patronage appropriated to himself by such extraor-
dinary means. When Captain Campbell required a change
of linen, his chest was sent to him in the bold, and on open-
ing it he found that his log book and private journal were
both missing, to say nathiug of his writing deal and the
ship's papers, which Captain Vesey seised when he took
possession it the vessel.
"The captain's hands were always unchained at meal
times, and carefully put on again afterwards, as Capt. Neill
says, with great kindness and consideration.
When the vessel arrived in the bay, Captain Vcsey went
board her hlsjesill's steam ship Recta, to ask the com-
e

A YACHT STRUCK HT LIOIITSING.—On Wednes-
day, about three p.m., a most terrific thunder-storm visited
Portsmouth, there being a great deal of lightning, with
torrents of rain. The Fanny, yacht, Master Commander
Scarlett, belonging to Admiral Sir liladen Capel, was out
at Spitheatl, a short distance from the Spit-buoy, when rho
was struck. The electric fluid first struck her topmast sonic
Ilttlo distance below the truck, breaking it In three pieces,
and knocking the centre-piece to splinters. It then de-
scended the mast, shivering it as it went, and knocking off
the copper at the jaws of the gaff and boom. It neat tore
up the deck at the partners, and descended into the cabin;
it there flickered about the copper wire-b.II pulls, set the
bells ringing, turning one completely user, and escaped
through the side of the vessel, di-placing a copper belt. Mr.
Searlett and his crew were all knocked down by the shock;
but the men below that were sheltering from the rain felt
the shock more than those on deck. They were stunned
for the moment, but fortunately nu one was seriously hurt.
The Fanny was afterwards towed into harbour disabled by
the Oberon steamer, who saw her mishap as she came into
harbour from St. Ilelen's. The storm appears to have been
quite local, as a vessel in the Solent, near Osborne, felt
nothing of it. merely having a few drops of rain; but it
passed by her with terrific violence at a distance of about
hull a mile to the eastward of her.
STOPPAGE OF BLACKFRIARS BRlDGE.—Yesterday,
to notice, this bridge was closed to carriages of all
.• • ..

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ntander's advice. —.. saw the fast lieutenant, who imme-
diately told him that the best thing he could do would be
to reinstate the c. plain, restore all the papers, and put
matters to rights as soon as he could ; fur, according to his
opinion, be Lad committed what was tantamount to piracy
on the high seas. However, instead of doing this, Captain
Vesey kept the master chained below till he went on shore,
and obtain. d a warrant against him on the charge of assault
and attempted murder.
"Captain Vosey's alleged reason fur not allowing the
booby-hatch to be closed as, that the weather was ha, and
that it would endanger the health of the men—about 13 in

pursuant . in. „,
descriptions. The work of removing the heavy granite
stones hitherto resting on the faulty arches has already com-
menced, a light wooil..n pathway having been provided for
pedestrians. The thick bed of earth at present forming the
bed of the road is to be taken away preparatory to the con-
templated repairs. During the closing of the bridge
omnibus travellers will 'have to remember that the Ken-
nington " busses," as well from Islington as King's-cross,
pass over Waterloo?Jridge.
PUBLIC INC•JSIE AND EXPENDITURE.—Yesterday
was printed the government balance-sheet of income sad

•
was !OM covered with hey blood Of cosine ths perform- I number. This hitch is furnished with a elide, or scuttle, expenditure tor the year ending the sth ult. The income
sore was immediately suspended, and the money returned. for the
PerPoso of ventilation, which can be kept open when was 53,015,2671. 95., and- the expenditure 50,012. .1801.132.4 d..
Mrs. Shea came to America es Mies Eemble, and is the / the hatch itself is down ; consequently no great harm would showing an excess of income over the expenditure of
grand-daughter of Stephen &enable and grand-nieoe of the ' happen to We men when below, even )k MA the Instr./stigma, 8,032,7865. 7s. 51 The balances in the Exchequer on the
famous Mrs. %datum Her husband is at present in New fur it was always in their power to keep the elide open, sth July, last year, were, 8,900,3801. Is. and, on the
Orleans.—Tbrostto ChrOnide. which is one of considerable sine. sth ultimo, they amounted to 7,934,1541. 9s. 3f d.