The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-30 00:00:00

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ereeigan is olleet on
different the same spot all the
v• statues now rusfigunng different parts of the
t the Wellington Grenadier at the lead of
.--"`wl-..altertao,qpuusd- . They would make a rare trwelh"eoShe
,u bags, and south in velvet gowns ;" Dow
Mese' with flowing earls, some in cocked
.hats, sane
weg-p-iog booted, some in togs and sandals, looking in their
Ike some ragemuffin riding a gentleman's
cite bediZ2t of a groone-Feranthreer.
wiles- Dicers or THE MON EY-ORDER OFFICE.—
, "-.Nmeadent hes sent to Douglas Jerrokrs Weekly
-ger a statement, showing, that because his name was
we'elehompeon," instead of " Thomson," on a post-office
get 84,.. g required seven letters from the respective
d • delay of three weeks questione matter *mild
...I 1• ' although there was no about identity.
lives three miles from the post-office, and had
'ealk in a 1142 miles.
iiglitz CLEREENWELL.-After the inquest
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gay gore reported under its proper head, Mr. Charles
e fore' man, and one of the guardians of the poor. of
,„Ailiell addressed Mr. Mills, the deputy-coroner, stating
wedbeen deputed by several influential inhabitants
,e'eat the coroner of the district to summon a jury to in-
:olo'7* the circumstances attending the late destruc-
Are f Palmer's manufactory. Mr. Mills observed the
-tatiOn
.mawdeasto him should be submitted to Mr
itosley, who, he glad to say. had so far improved in.
w to be able to resume his official duties in the course
Th latter gentleman, he said, was inclined
ria fur &Y ee.
~ee that he had no power to enter on such an inquiry;
bject should again receive his earnest attention.
-e. giF.,XTRAORDINARY RAILWAY ADVENTURE.-
g, arkham, the gentleman whose violent attack on a
raeeig ' nrr, and extraordinary escape .from a railway
"- =labouring under an attack of brain fever, recently
much of public observation, is now restored to
hel:lth and has left town to rejoin his family,-
Z‘ia'
paw or STEAM VESSELS.-Sir,-The many lo-
ots* failures in building steam men-of-war, indicate
• radially wrong id the principles followed in can-
preag them. Iwae g
team on this subject a short time
ugh a very ingenious Mexican gentleman, at present
,77. e; luetropolss, and be astonished. me by saying that we
issg never do better till we got
.rid of our old ideas, and
ofeer rothr. " You
.see," he said, " that ships, till pee-
rages by steam was invented, were. all constructed to be
;ogled by the wind. To accomplish that, you required
;ifouts and broad yards, to spread out a large sur-
to of canvass. To supply • fulcrum for your
igg and broad lever--a mewls of resistance to the lateral
..mre of the wind, you were obliged to sink your ships
6, late Ole water, and place in their holds great weights,
gesiliellast ; and thus, being able
to move in the line of
to resist the lateral force
tailwind. the ship was compelled
Mot taistanee, or go ahead. But you do not require to use
ask steamers. You have a totally different means of
ivfrom that of the wind -a propulsion that
in the line of the moving ship ; and yet you
mew to build steamers so as to sink them deep
ko she water, and continue to load them with
Asa give them great top hamper, when your object
bate to diminish, to the greatest degree poasible, the
wimps offered by acedho‘ph and the Water to the
ogra propulsion prodby the paddle wheel or the
snow. I have not determined what would be the best form
ereimaship ; the subject is new to me ; but I am per-
k* selsvieeed that you never will make rale, economical,
me swift-moving steam ships as long as you con-
denser, mustruct them on the principle of sailing vessels."
thougbt my iliend's remark an extiemely just one, and I
resolved thrmeh your widely circulated journal to place it
*fore the ship builders of Great Britain. Have they eon-
Mendther the old form of sailing vessels is the best for
sant ships? lam afraid they have not, and I ask them
eriously to take the suggestion of my Mexican friend into
sonsidemtion, and apply their minds to construct steam ships
using exclusively regard to the element they are to be moved
;trough and the means of moving them. My impression is
hat det, low, broad and long vessels, pointed at the bow,
sold skimming over the surface, would answer better for
steam vessels than the narrow, deep, and high forms which
ire indispeaable for vessels that are:to be moved by the
Usk -I am, ea., A LOVER or Cosmos; SENSE.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-The Court of
fssininers assembled at the institution, in Lincoln's-inn-
,this, on Friday evening last, November 27 when the
bllowing gentlemen, having passed the required amina-
nt', were admitted members, with license to practise
J
Meeham, Camberwell ; J. N. Gourd], Iland d • D.
Tame Royal Navy ; M. Ledger, Loudon ; G. re
Badeley,
future Salop ; J. F. Jackson, Southwick, Staffordshire;
t H. Tribe, Chatham • F. bleuger, Guernsey ; J. J. Halls
awWed ; R. Graveley, Cowford, Sussex ; J. G. Musk"
(oaden-town. For the information and direction of the
ambers, the council of the Royal College of Surgeons have
ptfished a list of the gentlemen who have passed their exa-
:intim within the last two years.
MENTAL CULTURE FOR GARDENERS.-A reading-1,
rem has been provided for the benefit of the workmen
seployed in the gardens of the Roy al Horticultural Society
it Chiswick. The walls of the room -at prese o
nt a temprary
me-are furnished with maps and plans of continental
!ideas. Besides various kinds of mathematical instru-
Delt3, the library now contains about 175 different works, the
puler part of which are of direct importance to the pursuits
sfurdeners, and all of which are suited to enlarge and ins,
PR the mind. The room was opened last week by Dr.
ley, who delivered a lecture on the objects and advan-
tages, especially to the persons he addresseed, of such humbleea
institutions. He hoped that this small beginning would ld
to greater results; that the course now taken by the Horti-
cultural Society and others would be followed by everyis an large
establishment ill over the country, aud that by thd
similar means a more solid foundation would be laid fur that
great school of British gardening which other countries
might rival, but could never hope to excel.
FliiEs.-Yesterday about 12 o'clock a la was
holding a sack in front of the fire place, in the shop of Mr.
burs, marine-store dealer, No. 1, New-inn-passage, to
buten the kindling of the coal, when the sack caught fire,
setting fire to the boys clothes, who, in his fright, threw the
sack upon a quantity of cork cuttingsand other inflammable
materials, which instantly enveloped the place in flames. The
engines of the fire-brigade were quickly on the spot and the
fire was confined to the stock and shop. The boy is danger-
misty burnt.—Lose OF Lire -About 8 o'clock on Satur-
day RS Mrs. Thomas Daniels, of No. 28, Nightingale-street,
Portman-market, was passing through the hack room on the 11
pound floor, the bed clothes and her wearing apparel caught
fire. Her screams brought several persons to her assistance,
sad the fire was extinguished, hut not before she bed and
bedding were destroyed, and Mrs. Daniels severely burned.
She was removed to the hospital, where death in the spice
of a few hours put a period to her sufferings.—
FIRE CAUSED HY A CAT.-011 Saturday morning several
dozens of boxes wee piled round the fire place at Mr.
Cruse's, hat-box maker, 7, Duke.court, Southwark, when a
eat, jumping towards a bird-cage, knocked one of the bo
edxto
es
into the stove. The box took fire, and speedily extend
mend other b?ses. In less than five minutes the room
was in a general blaze. The fire, by the assistance of the
neighboun and the brigade, was got under, but not until the
fast floor, and also the passage, were extensively damaged.
tnfortunately Mr. Cruse was uninsured.—A FALSE
Atsam.-Yesterday morning (Sunday), from 3 till nearly
5 o'clock, considerable alarm was occasioned by the welll
known rumbling of fire engines through the principa
thoreughfares. The alarm, however, was false. Shortly
after the first named hour,
." calls " were s;multaneously
received at the Brigade, West of England, and County I
station!, for a fire said to be raging towards Bow or Strat-
ford, but what was imagined to be an outbreak of some tre- 1
sondem conflagration, turned out to be merely the flames I
from the large coke ovens recently erected at Blackwell.
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INQUESTS.-I)EATII FROM ANXIETY. - Saturaity,
an inquiry was instituted at the Jolly Coopers public-
house, in Clerkenwell-close, on view of the body of Mary I
Moore, aged 65, whose death occurred under very melan-
Moly circumstances. Some months ago the deceased had her
pocket picked of 2201., and having reason to suspect that the
robbery was committed by two men that were then em-
plored by her, she gave them into custody, but they were
liberated at Clerkenwell court for want of evidence Subse-
quently they brought an action against her for Wee impri-
lament,. which was to have been tried on Thursday last,
sad during that and several previous days she exprmed
Pat anxiety as to the result, expressing an opinion that she
should have to prison and die there for the damages
and costa of the suits That fear operated so powerfully on
fee frame that she gradually became more enfeebled, and in
the afternoon she sunk exhausted into the arms of Mrs.
Ihvis a neighbour, who had known her for years ; and before
medical ads ice could be procured, she died, in the presence
of several members of her family. The jury expressed them-
Selves satisfied that her death had resulted from over anxiety
of mind, and returned a verdict to that effect.—
De BY FIRE AND DESTITUTION.-ByL Mr. Mills, at
DEATH
the Middlesex Hospital, on the body ofLavinia Edmonds,
tad four years. The child, in the absence of its mother,
set its clothes, on fire with a piece of wood she had ignited at
the grate. She was found lying on a bed on the floor, the
bed on fire, and the flames almost reaching a sleeping infant
a few months eld. The mother, a remarkably decent young
female, said she had just gone out to pawn two shoe brushes.
She was lent 3d. on them, with which she bought some
bread and two herrings, and was returning with the food for
herself and children, when she met a fellow-lodger conveying
her child to the above hospital. The unfortunate woman
stated that she was formerly well off, hut had married a gay
husband, a teacher of languages, who had abandoned her,
and had gone, she believed, to America. By degrees she
had parted with ell her effects, and had earned sully 3s• within
a fortnight. The coroner, finding that she lived at N 0.2,
Denny-lane, recommended her to call on Mr. Reiley, the re-
'wring officer of St. Giles's, and inform him of the result.
Verdict-" Accidentaldeath." The coroner, jury, and others
then subscribed something towards the women's present
wants, and persuaded her, not without considerable difficulty,
to allow the parish to bury the deceased, and keep the little
Toney then given her fur the support of her surviving child.-
DEATH OF A LITERARY LADY.-By Mr. Mills' at the Coro-
"tiuu, Seymour-street, Euston-square, on the body of Mrs.
Agnes Hall, aged 70, of No. 5, Charles-street.-Mira. Agnes
hen, daughter of the deceased; said that her mother was
the relict of a medical army officer, and had been an
Witham for forty years. When Dr. Aiken edited the " Old
Monthly Magazine," she wrote very largely for it. She
Wrote for it latterly, for " Fraser's Magazine," and for some
of Mr. C. Knight's publications. Deceased was attending to
her literary occupations up to Tueaday last, when she died
stuldenly, whilst in the ct of takin some beef tea. De-
re" was not in want of the necessaries of life. Dr.
needy, of Tavistock-square, saw deceased both before
and alter her death, and told her daughter that it resulted
from natural causes. Veal:et, " Natural death." ---
Desist %%ow A GAUL STONE.-By Mr. Bedford, at the
ilton Arms, Kennerton-street, Belgrave-square, on the body
el Mary Groem, or Bugg, aged 54, housekeeper to the Hon.

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Mre. Gore, of No. 21, Wiltost-arstent. who was alleged to
have destroyed herself by poison. Deceased had been ten
years housekeeper in the family, by whom she was highly
:Ter. About six weeks ago she hid an attack of
which she appeared to have entirely recovered
from. On Tuesday morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock,
deceased was suddenly seized with violent spasms and sick-
ness, and though she had the beet medical assistants, died
the same evening. The circumstances attending the de-
ceased's death led to a belief that she had taken poison to
destroy herself. A port-mortess examination, however,
discovered a gall stone of the size of a large walnut, and
weighing nearly half an ounce, which was the cause of her
death. Verdict—" Natural death."
THE GREAT BRITAIN. BRISTOL, NOV. 28.—
There seems to be now no hope from the intelligence which
reached this city last night, of the Great Britain being got off
from her present position on the sands in Dundrum-bay. It
was stated in the Commercial Rooms, that a letter from the
engineer, whose plan for getting her off had been approved,
• represents that the late gales have so far strained and damaged
her, that she will not repay the cost which would necessarily
be incurred in the attempt.

veyance of cattle between Intenseselt and London, on the
Norfolk and Rasters Counties Railways, and to adopt such
measures as might be deemed necessary not to submit to
them. Mr. R. 'Till, secretary to the Norfolk Railwsy, and
Mr. Robert Moody, superintendent of traffic on the Eastern
Counties, attended for the purpose of giving say axplaeation
to the gentlemen present which might be . Xr.
James Neave, of Wymondham, occupied the . Ms
chairman explained that the alteration forth. esses
of beasts between Norwich and London was 10s. a per, ;
for calves, 3s. • and sheep, Is. 6d. per head. From Brian,
78. fah tom beasts i 2s. 6d. for calves; and Is. 3d. fez sheep;
and the company in their bills stated " that all cattle must be
paid for before loading ; " their other regulatioas were,
' lean cattle rates, sd. per mile per waggon (four wheels)
no less charge than for 20 miles will be made; no less charge
than for four fat beasts will be made at the above rates ;
no less a charge will be made for calves and sheep than 6d.
per waggon per mile. The company are not responsible for
any cattle jumping out of e waggon, and the owners are
required to find halters or ties; nor do the company engage
to load or unload the waggons ; the cattle are considered to
be entirely under the care of the owner. A free pass will be
granted to the drover who has the care of them, if he travels
with not less than three waggons, allowing him to return in a
third-class earriege. Trains by which cattle can be
forwarded, leave Norwich at 6.30 p.m., for London, and un-
less the waggons are loaded by 5 p.m., they will not be for-
warded that day except when there is cattle to load twenty-
five waggons, in which case they will be sent off with all pos-
sible speed." This was the new regulation, and it was for
the meeting to say whether they would consent to its con-
tinuance or adopt some other method of sending their cattle
to London. Two gentlemen were present on the part of the
Norfolk and Eaatern Counties Railway to offer some expla-
nation, and he trusted the meeting would hearthein patiently.
Mr. Till, the secretary of the Norfolk Railway, could assure
the meeting that there was no class of persons for whom the
company felt a deeper interest than the one he had the
Y honour of addressing, and the compan had authorised him
to state that not only one, but that the whole of those regu-
lations which were felt to be so obnoxious should be with-
drawn immediately—(cheers)—and he begged to assure them
that, as fax as possible, the Nortilie Railway Company would
at all times be willing to attend to any sugketion for the
better conveyance of cattle between Norwich and Brandon.—
Mr. R. Moody said it would not be necessary for him
to address them on the part of the Eastern Counties
Railway, as they had made such arrangements for
the conveyance of cattle between London and Bran-
don, as would most fully compensate the salesmen, and
would, he trusted, also meet the wiehes of the
graziers. With regard to the regulations, they would, to
meet the traffic, continue to find halters and ties; and, he
was happy to say, they were getting proper cattle trucks
made, at a cost of many thousand pounds, for security in the
conveyance of the cattle, and getting them sooner to London.
(Hear.) In November last a change took place in the ad-
ministration, and then it was, although opposed by Mr.
Waddington, the deputy-chairman, that this new regulation
was adopted. They .were of opinion that for carrying cattle
through from Norwich to London, 125 miles could not be
done for less than Id. per mile per head ; and when the
meeting took into consideration that they had to send back
the empty trucks, with the wear and tear, they
would be of the opinion that it was a very small
sum. There was not a single line in existence which
charged lees. The Eastern Counties Company set the high-
est value upon the trade with the Norfolk and. Suffolk
graziers, but they could not afford to carry the cattle for less,
nor could he give a guarantee that they would charge leas
than at present —A Grazier : But you don't take us to
London ; you drop the cattle miles this aide of it —Mr.
Moseley said the company had laid out many thousands of
pounds in the construction of a station at Tottenham for the
a-commodation of the cattle traffic, which they bad been
solicited to do by many salesmen.--The Chairman said, he
trusted something would be done for the erection of a cattle
station nearer London. The usual compliment having been
paid the chairman, votes of thanks were given to Messrs.
Mosely and Till and the railway companies, the meeting
separated.
Pooa REMOVAL.—The effects of the recent Act with re-
gard to the administration of relief to the poor, begin to be
severely felt by the inhabitants a Norwich.
not Dur
belonking
to
the
past week no less than 650 peraons, who did
the city, but cannot be removed home to their respective
unions, have been relieved at an expenditure of upwards of
701.—Norwich Mercury.
SUFFOLK.
Muanea OF a UUSRANIL—At Acton, near Sudbury, on
Friday, after a protracted investigation, a verdict of wilful
murder was returned against Catherine Foster for poisoning
her husband. The parties had been married only three
weeks: the husband was 24 and the wife 18 years of age.
There was evidence adduced that they had lived happily
together. It was, however, distinctly proved that the man
died from the effects of arsenic ; and as the wife had
d ic mt
ade
his
s
tea and prepared his food, the jury returned the ver ab
stated. The woman was committed to the county gaol at
Bury, to take her trial at the ensuing assizes.
SUSSEX.
THEINHARITANTS OF BRIGHTON are still zealously intent
upon averting from their town any loss by the contemplated
disposal of the Pavilion. On the last occasion that the depu-
tation appointed for the purpose waited upon Lord Morpeth,
the interview, it will be recollected, terminated with an inti-
mation by his lordship that he should be happ
to support
y to receive
the deputation again when they were prepared
the claims made by the town. Since that period—above
I three months ago—the Pavilion committee have been en-
1 gaged in making researches and procuring documents, maps,
I plans, and manorial grants, which throw great light on toe
subject, and go to bear out the claims before set up. This
information was embodied in a written statement, which was
, forwarded to Lord Morpeth, with plans, la-t week, and con-
tains many circumstances connected with the Pavilion and
its origin. The statement of the committee embraces a
period from 1765 to 1835. At this first-mentioned period, the
palace did not exist ; but a portion of its site waoccupied by
Grove House (afterwards Marlborough House), the residence
of the Duke of Cumberland; a house adjoining belonging then
o
Thomas Kemp, Esq., and some other tenemi nts.
the Prince of Wales resolved on erecting a marine residence
here, he bought Mr. Kemp's house and Marlborough Howie ;
and these form. d the nucleus of the Pavilion. Up to 1806,
however, this structure was of very modest appearance and
dimensions, compared with its present size and character.
At this period (1806), the Prince of Wales projected great
additions to the Palace, and a series of designs were taken,
under the Prince's directions, by Mr. H. Repton, an artist of I
the day, showing the Palace as it then existed and as it was
intended to be made. These designs were publismhed,
hey sad
the committee succeeded in getting a copy.of the. T
bad become rare from the fact of thei teg b
r being boug
ht up at I
the time when the profuse expenditure of the Prince at I
Wales became a subject of discussion in Parliament. Them
designs show in the clearest manner possible the original ex-
tent of the Pavilion and the means by which it has arrivede
at
its present magnitude. The Palace then was nothing mor
than an ordinary, though somewhat ornamental residence.
It was skirted to the west by a public road (of which East-
street is, in fact, but a remnant), and towards which road it
fronted; on the north, it was bounded by another road—not
that which we now see, but close pot the Pavililic on, and w
hich
hich
road (together with a large portio he pub ground
called the Parade, but known, since the encloeure
as bof theen
e
remainder of it, as the North Steyne Enclosure), h
swallowed up by the Pavillion gardens. The old palace
stood an open building, with a few shrubberies and trees, in
the middle of the town, bounded on the east, west, and
north by public roads and grounds. The present palace is
now an enclosed building, covering with its gardens an area
of seven acres. The road to the west has been blocked up
altogether ; that to the north and north-east has been, if we
may use the expression, driven back some hundreds of feet
to where it now runs ; and a large shoe has been cut off the
public gounds to the north and also to theta st. " But, it may
be urged, (says the Brighton Ikrald), ese grounds were
1 tenantry: downs. Trite. And they may have been granted to the
prince. Doubtless, some portion of them were la to the east. But
these grants were restrictive grants, they were upon condition,
and the condition of one of these grants, singularly enough,
was, that it should only be good whilst the Pavilion was the
property of the Prince of Wales. Of course, no attention
was paid to such a condition in tbe subsequent transfer of
the Pavilion from the King to the Crown ; but these, and
other facto g a similar kind, have weight in a moral claim ;
for as to a legal one, we do not understand that the depute-
tation thought of advancing it. It is singular enough that,
in one of th drawings of Mr. Repton, showing old
western front of the Pavilion, looking into East-streethet, there
are the remains of the old town-pump, which was after-
wards enclosed, and the well of which can oubtleraThe ill be
found, if it be necessary to seek the truth thdere.nr-
view of the deputation with Lord Morpeth lasted one hour
and a half, and his lordship evinced an interest in the ques-
tion which sufficiently proved that be appreciatedia the feel-
ings of the deputation and the town upo bj, and
will give full weight to theme in any decision that may be
arrived at.
AT ARUNDEL great preparations have been made for the
reception of her Majesty to-morrow. Some triumphal
arches have been erected, and the inhabitants intend to Pd
a.
tribute meat and drink to the poor. The Arundel and Bram-
_ .. I ber yeomanry will be on duty during the royal visa.
old. I --------
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LITERATURE.
3ichelet.-slichelet is no more ; the stubborn foe
of the Jesuits, the eloquent and erudite, though some-
what mystic historian, the revered professor of the
College de France. In his recent work, Le Peuple,
Michelet recounted the circumstances of his early life.'
He was born in 1798, in the choir of a Parisian nun-
nery, which, he tells us, " was occupied, not
profaned," by the types and workmen of his
father's printing establishment. The printers, however,
met the same fate as the nuns ; if the revolution
routed the one, Napoleon herepibed the other. And
at last the Emperor limited umber of printers to
sixty, obliging them to obtain the authorisation of the
government in the shape of a brevet. This mingled
tyranny and monopoly of the press still continues.
Michelet's father, unable to employ workmen, set
the whole family to compose, and the boy thus
learned to put words together before he had
ideas. Sufficient time was still found amidst the
labour of a printing office, for those of juvenile educa-
tion. It may be here remarked, that several of the
eminent French writers of the time were originally
compositors in a printing office. Leroux, editor of
Le Globe, and celebrated as a Saint Simonian, was
one. Young Michelet, though pinched by hunger,
and scarcely clad, was able to enter the College of Char-
lemagne, and partake of the advantages of a Parisian
university education. Such were the noble facilities

of education , from which poverty was not excluded
In 1821, Michelet became professor himself. In 1827
he published his Précis d'Histoire Moderns, which.
as well as his Precis d'Histoire Romaine, is an ad-
mirable school book. A translation of Vico, with a
preface, published the same year, showed how ar-
dently his studies were turned towards philosophy;
and this procured him the post of professor of the Book
Normale. In 1837 he quitted this school, when the
" eclectic spirit became dominant there." Ho then
obtained a place in the Archires, and in 1838 was
elected Professor of History in the College of France.
This position he preserved till his death, which took
place a few days back.
Michelet was one of that numerous class of French
students who gave themselves up to the study of
German philosophy. Though by nature prompted to
modes of thought and expression the direct contrary
of such models, viz, clearness and precision, as is
evinced in his admirable abridgments, Michelet was
often carried away by the vague and vaporous
mysticity of the Germans. The manner of this
school he applied even to history, and it at
first dimmed and obscured his narration, so as to
render the first volume of his History of France
frequently unintelligible. His good sense, however,
his profound researches, and his love of truth, enabled
him to divest himself of this cloud, and his subsequent
volumes have all the originality and picturesque,
without the obscurity of the style in which he corn-

menced.
Michelet's historical works have been folly and
fairly app! eciated in this country, as, indeed, they
deserve, for his researches into the middle ages of
French history have shed no small light upon our own.
Of late years, however, his time and pen have been
i turned to politics and polemics, by the opposition
which the Jesuit party set up to the doc-
trines preached in his professorial chair, a war
which, in conjunction with his friend and brother
professor, Quint, he waged with infinite spirit and
acumen in return. We shall not enter into the cir-
cumstances of that war, nor the manifold exaggera-
tions on both sides. If the minister felt obliged to
silence the anti-Jesuit professors, the Chamber of
Deputies thought fit to enforce the law against the
existence of the Jesuits. Much as we admire the elo-
quence of Michelet, his simplicity of logic, and singleness
of heart, we cannot say much in praise of the politi-
cal doctrines which he was led to propound in the heat
of this dispute. And, although the little books in
which he developed them went to far more editions
than those works on which he bestowed time and re-
flection, we should lay very light stress indeed upon
them in effect, while making strong appeal for him
to the gratitude and admiration of posterity.

"RUSK.
Tut MUSICAL BIJOU; an Album of Music and.
Poetry, for 1847 ; edited by F. H. Burney.—The " Musi-
cal Bijou" is a flower which blooms annually at this
season, and which has put forth its leaves this year with
more than usual splendour. It blazes in gay anti
gorgeous colours; but brilliancy is chastened by good
taste. The embellishments of the title-page, frontism ce,
Ac., are ell copied from the designs of Giulio Clovio, a cele-
brated Italian miniature painter of the sixteenth century, in
the illustrations of the beautiful Grimani Manuscript in the
, &unman collection ; and they unite the brighteet hues ith
clessical elegance of form. The musical contents ofw the
'volume are ample and interesting. There are, in the first
place, fifty original songs and ballads, most of which arc by
the moot favourite composers of the day, among whom Sir
Henry Bishop is the largest contributor; and we are glad to
see that he has not lost his vein of pure, expressive English
i melody. Among the other composers are Edward Loder,
I Macfarren, Johu Barnett, Horn, and Lindpaintner, whose
co.ttributions do no diacredit to their names. The instru
musicmenta
half of the volume is made up of light pianoforte ,of
the kind which is most in vogue in our fashionable drawing-
rooms; showy waltzes, quadrilles, and galops with brilliant
' fantasias and variations by Thalbcrg,
d.alkbrenner, Rosellen.
Heir, Linter, Holmes, and other pianists of note. Though.
the volume certainly contains a number of productions by
inferior hands, which by no means add to its value; yet,
' setting these aside, enough remains to render it a very agree-
' able companion at the pianoforte.
The new operas by Bane and Wallace,
Madame
forthcoming
at
Drury-lane, ate, it seems, to be produced
Bishop. Balfe's opera is now in rehearsal with Miss Romer
as the heroine. Wallace's opera is to be brought out early
lin the ensuing year. Madame Bishop's engagement term-
mites at Christmas, end it is announced that she is then to go
1 starring for several months in the provinces.
Jenny Lind, it is said, is engtmed at Vienna for four
months, at the salary of 100,000 francs (4,0001. sterling),
Int 'Drama.
ILAYStAItEES.—On Saturday evening a little musical
piece, called "The Young Pretender," was successfully pro-
duced at this theatre. Its subject is an adventure suspoeed
to have happened to Prince Charles Edward after the desi-
sive day of Culloden. He was endeavouring to avoid the
pursuit of his enemies, and to make his escape out of the
kingdom; an object which he accomplished through his
eroicown
presence of mind and skill in assuming aillglli,e h
devotedness of his friends, and the noble fidelity of the poor
people of the country, to numbers of whom his places of re-
fuge were known, but not one of whom seas moved by the
I:30,000 offered as the price of his head. The scene of the
piece is the house in the Isle of Skye, of an old lady, Mrs.
Margaret Craggie, a friend of the government, who is enter-
taining a militia officer, Captain Cocker, with a party of his
i men, employed in hunting down the Pretender, and eager
to pocket the reward. The old lady has a niece, Mary
Armadak, and she has a lover, her cousin, Captain O'Neal,
an Irish officer, a tried friend of the Prince. O'Neal arrives
at the house, followed by an uncouth-lacking Highland:ser-
vant, and contrives to make his cousin aware that this atten-
dant is Charles Edward himself. Iler agitation nearly betrays
the secret, but she promptly recovers herself, and enters with
enthusiasm into the scheme ofassisting his escape. The militia
captain happeniag to say something disrespectful of the Pre-
tender; Charles, forgetting his situation, collars him ; on which
his seeming master, taking advantage of the incident, orders
hisarvar iicneoteutnylmeonfatenxsapee.drvandbieyotthutoctoftrocagaabopintthu:nhthise business;
from
im to a distance
from the house. Ile is no sooner gone than a letter is deli-
vered to Captain Cocker, containing information as to the
Prince's disguise. O'Neal, surmising its contents, uses a
iandinagthhei"mldfrieonm
reading it; and, after working alternately on Ins gullibility
and, assuming a bold and royal air, assures the captain that
the Castle of Edinburgh and the Tower of London are by this
time in the power of his adherents; and so works on his credu-
lity and tempts him with offers, that he in on his knees receiv-
ing the honour of knighthood, when the old lady enters, the
cheat is discovered, and the Captain covered with mortifica-
tion ; but by this time the Prince is beyondeonthe reach of his
anyooeed7cod"wpardreiteinci,dfo:ffrrersithn,eepeopnnld7enatipmalpellyrn,ytomwiunliitrpoopdedhuaessetmhaliemal
npotwoitthiltiee.
enemies. This is going to the verg he farcical ; for
Captain Cocker, supposing him ever so stolid, could scarcely
have believed that he eould receivreme advancement
hunte andd
honour from a defeated, pros
fugitive. However, the piece, being extremely well
acted, went off with much spirit. Buckstone made
thesd,
cowardly, foolish militia captain very entertaining;
Hudson was a fine dashing Irishman ; and Miss Horton made
the part of Mary Armadak exceedincly pleasing. Several
vocal pieces, composed by Mrs. a Beckett, did honour to
that lady's musical talent. There was a duet, sung by Mnd.
iss
Horton and Mr. Hudson, which had a charming
effect, a
was loudly encored. It is calculated to become a favourite
in private circles, as its two parts, graceful in themselves, are
nicely dialogued, and produce • well-combined effect.
There are, besides, a ballad sung by MisS Horton, b Hudson`
warning the Prince of his danger ; and a song by Mr.
troth pleasing, but not possessed of any remarkable featwt..
'rbe whole performance was greatly aprlauded, and the Piece
-,s announced for repetition every evening.
--- `" 12,1TrIAL NEWEL

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS,
Ortolan, Nov. M.—The Bishop of Oxford attended trmisty, at 12
o'clock, a general meeting of the subscribers to the "Oxford Peri&
Burial Ground" at Christ Church. At one o'clock hie lordehip pre-
sided over one of the largeet meetings we ever remember of the mem-
bers of the Society for the Propagation c! the Gospel in Foreign Perla,
in the town-hall of title city. Yesterday his loriNlin Pleeided over
similar meeting at Woodstock. On Wednesday he jeellehed at
bury Church in behalf of the mine laudable object. On Tuscola).
preached at En-ham Church, fur the purpose of providing Moe
pay the expenses ot the erection of a new organ. On Monday he bald
a confirmation of the undergraduates of the univaasity at St NAM's
Clorab, and on Sunday his lordship preached at Cartes Church to *
very crowded congregation, in behalf of that most excellent Melte ties
the Oxford blue Coat Charity School.
The following clam list " In Literis llomanioriboe," well
published this evening. Clam I.—E. It. Baetard, Baltiol4
W. Bright, University; J. Conington, University ;C. Cookron,
Johns; T. F.:. Espin, Lincoln ; T. V. French, University ; W. Inos,
Lincoln; W. G. Palgrave, Trinity ; G. S. Read, St. Mary. Clara 2.
T. G. Baring, Christ church ; G. H. Curteit', University ; R. 11. Hill,
Magdalen ; J. J. Hooper, Wadham; E. G. Hunt, Exeter; J.O. Joyce,
Magdalen ;H.G. Merriman, Br
ow J. Oatee, Lintetn; 11. Watford,
Wedham. Class 3.—W. T. Brning, Exeteir; Kir J. Gibbons,
Ballot; G. R. Gibson. Oriel: T. Harvey, Ballot; C. F. Hayden,
Corpus multi ; E. Hill, Wadham ; B. 0. Joura, Bragentae ; E.
C. Lowe, Lincoln ; C. A. Marren, Pembroke; T. Mester-
man, Wadriam T. W. Newell, Bras/crime ;W. P. Parker, Pembroke;
J, Peaks, Magdalen ; J. E. Philippe. Christ Church ; J.
Rummy, Pembroke ; R. Tweed, Exeter; T. Whitehead, Exeter;
it P. Wilkinrun, Lincoln ; T. Williams, Jeeus. Class I.—W . It. Bright,
talliel; T. It. Cholmondeley, Oriel ; E
C. Eade, Ballot ; T. W. Harts-
horne, Wadham ;H. A. Harvey, Christ hrch ;J. Hughee, Oriel; E.
Hulme, It
; G. G. Lawrence, St. Edmund; G. Potter, Queen's;
W. W. Pullman, Christ Church ; J. M. Rice, Magdalen; J. Robin..
son, Oriel ; R.G. M. Sumner, Balliol ; A. Wirehair, Trinity; C. P. M.
Williame,Jeswi. T. F. Homey, C. Daman, J. E. Bode, W. R.
Buckley, Examiners.

CAMBRIDGM, Nov. Vl.—The nomination of two persons for the (Mee
of Fourth Library Keeper, will take place in the Kenate-boars on
Wednesday, and toe election will be made at a congregate" on the
following day.
The third centenary since the foundation of Telhflry C. win be tate.
brated with greet splendour on Tuesday, Decedrr:Rba.. larletiere
to a glee banquet are to be aent a
el
the late of the
noblemen, bishops, judges, deans, arehdescont. 01=
ment, who are or have been members of the yeller ; doserea who
have been on the foundation; the heads °Cheeses, proterxw,
officers. &c.
S. ANDREICI.—The degree of LL.D. has bpi coofernd on She
Right Hon. Lent Campbell.
looes, Esq., 8.A., has been inducted to the
RrecalorshiP of I.:averse history, in the roar of Protract Ferrier.

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