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London, England, 1852-06-02 00:00:00

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WECITECZE.A.PEL. rearlilPl
Prime Beef, Muctoo, LAnb. and Veal sold
full prices. In otht,r kin is of meat very little
doing. Beef from Si 4rl to 3i 61; Mutton,
3s 10d; Lamb, 4s io 5y 21; Veal, 3s 4d to 41,
Si 8d to 3s 6d per 811)4 by the carcase.

ARCHES' COURT.—(THIS iIAYj I,s
THE BISHOP OF LONDON v. TER ROI
GLADSTONE.
(Before Sir J. DopsoN.) jg
This case having been called on at ten eel
00/
morning,
Dr. Bayford appeared for the Bishop of Deed
Dr. Spinks for the Rev. J. E. Gladstone. in Oil
Dr. BAYFORD, having detailed the proceediePt ororj
case on former occasions, observed that the .C°111:017,1
seeb:je
en etinthato admitted thesw
rger
ecbayte
Mr.
againstthe 4th
number
Gladstone,ofth
and
andarticles
sthtb
a vboisfcel toasto
o
sitieleo. pre
principal objections of Mr. Gladstone were the,i„tbroePerdll
hibitiin of the Bishop hsd not been duly on" firocetd
served. The prohibition had been served by ett,,-nrdes,il/4'
the court upon Mr. Gladstone, and in due„, !,e001",e
with that gentle man's request. The 017;0 60' ,;ft
Todd, went on the 17th of January last, belD..,''t
day, to Long-acre Chapel, and made an attempt Der Phi
the prohibition. He could not see Mr. tile,',3. 011;1
could he learn whore that gentleman resided'
5,00
next morning, being Sunday, the officer cellet 6.00
the Long-acre Chapel, where, at eleven o'ottro'o
Mr. Gladstone, and upon offering the Pr°_,bi`"6.-Jade;%ed
objected to be received on that day. -wiz, siee;e,
however, asked the officer to come to eus.,-013014,'
on the following day at Brixton, where be -there',""it,
ceive the prohibition. This was done, and it wes.; to
idle now on the part of Mr. Gladstone to oeber (7;
due service of the prohibition. After some let copiPi
servations, the ',corned Doctor concluded by prof°
upon the Court to confirm the rohibition, se, "i„`p.
Mr. Gladstone officiating in defianceP of his nis."o-0,011,0
_Dr. SPINYB said be appeared for Ur. allidetlanic,„.'
after some preliminary observations, renaarse.
client had, in ignorance of the ecclesiastical, lir. 0001
eceded erroneously before the Court on forS4nio
sioas, and consequently upon such Preeeecjingj
-
had been adverse to him.
The JUDGE—Do you mean to contest my jaclg°d
because it is irregular?
the law on the case.
Dr. SPINXS iattnded to raise the whole qUebiii:lo
objeet"° ctr°
The JUDGE—If you intend to raise any - it, Eno,
my judgoo,nt I have nothing to say sgainsinf coe of
than to inform you that it is not regular. ,"„ent
Mr. Gladstone has an appeal against the jout,`"ol itr
this Court, and to argue against that judgmenl
tee)
moment is most informal.
ter,D though S Pi
N lieeil
so. So far as the Bishop called his license a
itshewroeuwlclrneotceatseishsotfmpormeceendtegnot infotro_blibliedoo4
pliasure,
Mr. Gladstone to officiate 00:
be (Dr. Spinks), denied. The licenee_"
Bishop allowing
I alive and to be revoked so
not a license at p-P'W
ood
out good cause absigned, but was to all
purposes a lioenoe in i" ,e" without ;idol
There was also a most important objection to the ve.
ttlod
of the prohibition, which was worded as the probe shet
of the Right Rev. Father God," instead of "104
in God." No doubt this was a clerical error, but-6°
the Court was concerned it was a fatal error inasll'the
03
Mr. Gladstone was brought into the court ulosoti
prohibition, or upon what
upon which the Court was called to give itt"-icieg
There was another purported to be 04,41,01.
very important objectioD aPP-'OOl
to the service of the prohibition. The prohibitio% 10
the
em
.the Bishop of London, yet the service was to sae
diocese of Winchester, and not as it should de
nie
been in the diocese of London. The service dice
at Mr. Gladstono's residence at Brixton, within tbecol
cese of Winchester, and this, he maintained, was 13`
objection in law.
[The Learned Doctor was proceeding when Dor re'
port loft.]

Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish
Three per Cents, have been at 471 i . and New Deferred
at 211 i. The Certificates are at 2i. Mexican Old
Bends are at 31i i, and the New at 24i to 25i. Gre-
nada Deferred are at 81, Peruvian Three per Cents. are
worth 62k, and Vent zuela 39. Sardinian Bonds are 94i.
Dutch Two-and-a-IL& per,;Cents. are worth 62 to f.
Railway Shares have been flatter, and the speculators
have been the sellers for " time."
Gold Mine Shares are steady.
The studied effort to keep down railway shares are
well understood to emanate only from the speculators,
who hope to induce sales by timid holders, and
latterit be-
Comes, therefore, the more necessary to put theet.The
in possession of the real state of the
prospects of railways every unbiassed
person v sounder.
be good, and their financial position was.
never
Massa. J. S. Tripp and Co. observe in
ark
their report,admits to
that— month past
of the last account,
remained heavy until the clos:earo
Cleared out the weak
" The Railway Share Market for the
which has given
when prices suddenly
holders and brought in strong
he market. On the
to t
a new and vigorous impulsecharged for carr)ing over
~ . First
last account day the rat:ling
account this year. On yr The band of tee 0 bold
wore lower than anyfalling' bulyers,
precsbare market wore the heaviest it ENSINGTON GARDENS.—The
direction of-Mr. Wartelel, t 1111,03.
Life Guafrib,, undr
g etnbt, commenced playing yester day, Be-
appearance, one in
Friday last, whenflutehnstial dealer purchased as many as
k. On the fol- i dillaysteirnoKtebne'regtiomn-gardens, from four to six o'clock, coo'
and wanted to I at)
500 Groat Western
h,
Q. 400 shares more,
shares, 50,0001. eta:
end polkas, of our ec_, RicltrY
lowing day he b°"`' stopped by the price ad • ec
mi
o ci
• lcontinuo doing so every Tuesdayerau
will
wasadvancing posers, and w.
„„ is
go on,
-but Should these shares be taken off the until further notice.
folloWin' ....-
ha limit.
MB. MEAGHER. —The , 0.4.
above
&h. mine must very considerably advance, ESCAPE OF
market'. '''.- '
more than Gazette of the 23d Januarl!
roil, is ~ since our last,
f nasidnrilles, waltzes,
D ' Head, Lake o 0 '• niss
lending
Campbell Town, on the 3d of.Tantlarl'ost Oc,
money on railway debentures at 2il. per cent., "From his residence near the Dog 'a , Tao ,
England is rcportod to have advanced (the d strict of
money on the name description of securities, at 2/1/. per 'Francis
and th® Bank of ED
1 law student, 5 feet 9 inches.-- place
tober, 1843—life
sight blue, DaCW.,„ wise}'
oenr. for twelve months certain. -
fair, hair brown, eyesa—
per Swift, tried at Clonmel,_
..„13 2;.,
.4 The nky for good stocks is becoming more a Reward 21., or snch lessert
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general, whilst the supply is evidently decreasing in an Vetyd otteirained upon by the convicting magistrate:
owl
equal ratio. Barring, therefore, the fluCtuations to determined
nerable Count Alexander PAW, fox
aB°' which speculation may give rise, there Cannot be a `yearsc ornple:oan:1of
.—er
clab; that the tend - • • '4e .c 1 Al • ,:. .
—a-ttvaeched to our embassy at Constant/sofa
tendency of prloll 1$ c1...9-37 upwardpo" kit maid voart tli lig WV roar! , . . •
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GRAND REVIEW IN HYDE-PARK.
(THIS DAY.)
This morning having been appointed for the review
of the whole of the enrolled out-pensioners of Chelsea
College, an immense number of persons, including a
good portion of the fashionable world, assembled in
Hyde-park, for the double purpose of viewing the iraocs-
lug spectacle and to catch a sight of " the Duke," his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Sir Harry Smith,
Who, it was rumoured, would be present; hut in this
they were disappointed, for neither of those illustrious
personages came to the ground. At an early hour the
divisions from Woolwich, Chelsea, and all the other
suburban districts were marched to the park, and
amounted to about 2,500 wi.h their bands; and when
formed into line it extended from the clump of trees, on
the high part of the park, nearly to the railings in the
Bayswater.road. The whole force was under the com-
mand of Colonel Tulloch, and it had a very novel ap-
pearance from the dissimilarity to the usual soldier's
dress. As nearly as possible at eleven o'clock
big Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended
,by his staff, Lord Adolphus Bitzolarence, and a
number of noblemen and gentlemen in private clothes,
entered the ground, which was kept by a battalion of
the Coldstream Guards, and rode along the line, the men
presenting arms, and the bands ptaying the National
Anthem. His Royal Highness and the distinguished
party then took up their position towards the Marble
Arch, and the battalions marched by in slow and quick
time. The divisions were moved into the hollow, and the
mar oeuvres of a field-day were gone through with great
precision, considering some of the ancient soldiers
" have been out of praciice lately," as one of them
coolly observed. The firing was carried on with great
rapidity, and the different charges of the battalions pretty
well got through. At the close of the review the troops
were again formed into line, and saluted his Royal
Highness and staff as they lift the ground. There could
not have been less than thirty or forty thousand persons
present.

SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.
A large and influential meeting of the Edinburgh
shareholders iu the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
was held on Monday, in Stevenson's Rooms, George-
street, Edinburgh, pursuant to public advertisement,
issued at the instance of several of the principal resi-
dent shareholders. Mr. James Haswell, one of the
directors of the company, was called to the chair. The
meeting being of a private nature, the " reporters were
requested to withdraw. We understand that after a
full explanation had been given by the Chairman of what
had transpired at the it.terviews he and some of the
other directors had had with the Great Western party
since the adjournment of the special meeting
at Chester, on the 26th ultimo,. and of the
additional provisions offered in consequence by
. the Great Western Company, an animated discus-
Sion on the vote for amalgamating the three com-
panies, and on the additional clauses now proposed to be
added, took place, when the majority of those present
being of opinion that the proposed Bill did not carry
out what the shareholders here previously agreed to, but
that the effect of the amalgamations proposed would be
to hand over their property to the Great Western Com-
Pany on terms most disadvantageous to the shareholders,
a resolution was proposed to the effect, " That this
meeting entirely disapproves of the proposed Amalga-
mation Bill, and recommends its abandonment." Those
shareholders who had given proxies to the directors to vote
in its favour, were strongly urged to withdraw them imme-
diately. The resolution was carried with only four dissen-
tient votes. Remarks were also made expressive of the
strong— feeling of disapprobation entertained by the
shareholders against the Traffic Arrangements Bill,
'.which the directors have attempted to get carried
through Parliament unknown to and without any sanc-
ti on by the shareholders, but which the Standing Or-
, dere Committee of the House of Lords have refused to
.ass, unless first approved of by four fifths of the share-
Olders. present at the special meeting convened for the
"Oa instant. Proxies to vote against this Bill were re-
eeraMended to be sent in.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN
ENGLAND AND IRELAND.

(BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)
Yesterday evening the electric communication, by
submarine telegraph, was complete between Holy-
bead and Howth ! Last night we received an
electric message announcing this important
and interesting 'fact, dated•—« Dublin, June 1,
8 clock, P.M. This message was in London by
ten o'clock, and was sent to us by the proprietors of
the new line, R. S. Newell and Co., of Gateshead.
It is understood that Mr. Newell, aided by Mr.
Statham, of the Gutta Percha Works, City-road,
With a staff of assistants, began to sink the wire—
Which is seventy miles long—at two o'clock yester-
day morning, and in eighteen hours the work was
14t0Plete. Three other submarine telegraphs ere, it
la stated, in progress between England and Ireland.
The next news of this kind that may be looked for is
the completion of an electric communication between
England and Belgium via 04end.

ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.
The thirty-fifth anniversary festive' of ibis institution
was
celebrated yesterday evening at the Freemasons'
friends
Great Qteerestreet, when a number of the
Lleiedi and supporters of the asylum attended. The
Duke of Buecleugh and Queensberry presided as chair.
man' supported by Sir Thomas Gladstone, Sir Jilin
14/31P611. Colonel Mathesote Dr. Cumming, end other
gentlemen. The children of the betel of the asylum
ayed during field atter dinner, clad in full High-
land eestnme, and, to be more in character, several
round pipers, headed by Mackie, marched
iteet the hall during the evening, lilting up
,;—sl)e3lB and pibrochs. An interesting spectacle
lnm,Pres!nted also by all the children of the asy-
ttuCteiyo. uceeisntsgLtraded after dinner, and by their looks
did justice to the good keep of the insti-
sty' eki he dinner was served in the well-known
Ufa e "'Pro •
prietorsthe
of
Freemasons' Tavern, and
• Mesiaal arrangements, under Mr. G. F. Taylor,
11. v., great satisfaction. " Bonnie Dundee," sung by
e„!8 _,M. Wells, was given with great spirit. and was en-
Theto"'eu. Noble Chairman, in proposing prosperity
the asylum, expressed the deep interest he felt in its
e114"3. Ile mentioned that it was founded in 1808,
ring the wars, in which Scottish regiments had borne
so distinguished a pert, and when many orphans were
destitute, having neither parents nor home. In
1815 the society was incorporated by Act of
Parliament, and in 1828 some land was purchased
Copenhagen-fields, and a building erected capable of
Containing 100 boys, and shortly after 90 were admit-
ted. - Sir James Matheson made a handsome donation
of 100/., and in 1845 the building was completed, with
aecommodation, for.loo. boys and nearly as many girls,-
but at present the institution only contained 55 boys and 53
girls, and unless additional support was given this num-
ber must be diminished to 80 children. In conclusion,
he warmly advocated the support of the institution, and
mentioned several instances where after leaving the asy-
lum the children had turned out very well in life. Se-
veral other gentlemen also addressed the meeting,
amongst them Dr. Cumming, who spoke very favourably
of the system of education adopted. The subscriptions
announced amounted to 6501.

STATE OF TRADE.
„.(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
Atqc.„..
hitsunaiide
Snn, TUESDAY.—The occurrence of the
holidays in the present week has dimi-
tithed the attendance on 'Change, and contributed to the
quietness that has characterised the market to-day. The
transactions in yarns and goods have, been very limited;
d the latter are only just steady at previous rates.
an yarns there is more firmness than in cloth; indeed,
1.11 general firmness marks both mule and water, in
libundles, warps, and cops; and in the finer counts, par-
cularty those into which sea islands cotton enters, the
dency is still upward. The Indian advices do not
a aPPeer to have
produced any effect in the way of in-
!reased business; nor have the American accounts, from which we learn that, while cotton had gained to
le- per lb. at New York, some little giving way had en-
sued at New Orleans and Mobile on the receipt of the
effla ect inme Engthe northes lish Newrn whmarket.d ich ha produced the contrary
ReCLIDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a decided
Improvement in tae demand for flannels to-day, but no
ebano in prices. In wool, also, there has been rather
more doing, and prices are looking up.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—ScarceIy any buyers have
Visited our piece hell to-day, and the condition of the
Worsted trade has undergone no change for the better.
The same may be said of the position of the spinners,
Who have to struggle with a languid demand and wire-
Munerative prices for yarn on the one hand, and a high
charge for the raw material on 'the other. The wool
market has experienced no alteration, either in the
larnonnt changing heeds, or in the quotations.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.---AS is usual at holiday
'lmes we have had a verb that market. We have had
"rY few buyers in town, consequently very little has
been done either in the cloth hull or in the warehouses.
In the
venry
.little has
present unsatisfactory state of the wool market
been-dove as the manufacturers will only
cautiously do the
b 14
Case of immediate want; and scarcely that, so
Of orders on hand.' act, uuless obliged, for the completion
Th, ntr

e accounts of the
P of the
of wool sales in London present series
steamer Australian, from it? be carried out to-day by the
effect in stimulating the el.nl°llth, will have an important
appears that the advanee of frP-ectar
salesr 1 ions of the colonists. It
0 to 12 per cent. (as corn-
Pared with the February
commencement on the 20th lilt which was obtained at the
and may probably now continne •fas been steadily upheld,
Close of the sales on the sth instan'tl.hoTt reaction until the
ties, however, who regard the rise as "
here are many par-
speculative one. It appears that • the le a. great degree a
established by the direct purchases of continent Prices were
Wears, and these were followed chiefly by
oinentl!l manufac-
Part of English buyers for foreign acconn?.ertflons on the
Manufacturers having from the first exhibited(' Yorkshire
very
reserve. great

ALARMING ACCIDENT AT HAMPTON COTJR.T.—.OO,
Monday last, an accident of an alarming nature occurred at
liatapton Court. The various van proprietors are in the
4bit, after discharging the passengers, of driving their vans
into the Thames for the purpose of washing the horses' feet,
tad on the day in question, one of the vans belonging to
tr• Grainger, of Yentonville, drawn by two valuable
u'rseF) was driven into the river for that purpose, when it
accidentally got into a hole, completely engulphing the van
and horses. A little boy was inside at the time of the oc-
through the
Praiseworthy exertions of the holiday folks, rescued from a
Waters.
nags, .0 grave, but the horses becoming entangled in the bar-
ne of them was drowned before they could be drawn
ashore.
she
The Str th d whence
sailed on the Ist
t of-January, with 9,137 ounces of gold,
. a 95 QOAr

SERIOUS DISASTER AT-- THE ;
LIVERPOOL CORN-EXCHANGE.
TUESDAY.—An nocidtlat of a serious
nature, both es regards its immediate results and the
panic which it has created among the cornfactors fre
en-
occurred to.day, soon- after
twelve o'clock, the m a
o'clock,inrkttele:a Cora-Exchange, Brunswick,
street.
The market is held every Tuesday and Friday,
rather more interest being excited on this occasion
from an announcement that the Protectionist candi-
dates, Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner, would make
their appearance in the Exchange. About twelve
o'clock, and when the room was nearly four fifths full,
they entered, accompanied by several of their princi-
pal supporters. Ten minutes afterwardi the fluor in
the middle of the building suddenly gave way, ;the
two centre arches "striking ;" and three-fifths of
the persons who were assembled were precipitated to
a depth of eight or nine feet. Providentially the
columns supporting the roof remained firm. It is
composed chiefly of iron, and, had it fallen, it would
doubtless have caused the deaths of hundreds. Im-
mediately the crash was heard, several practical men,
knowing the terrible results which might have been
occasioned by a rush to escape from the building,'
called upon the cornfactors and others who had
not gone with the floor to " stand firm."
The foundation of the building consists of;
two brick arches, running transversely in the-
centre, foar others extending on each side from
them, in a rectangular direction. The hall is being
enlarged and beautified; and excavations for the fur-
ther foundation having just been completed, the
centre arches were open in front. None of the per-.
eons who"fell with the floor were severely hurt. Mr.
Mackenzie, as it happend, was in a different part'or
the room, and thus escaped a premature downfall ;
but his colleague, Mr. Turner, was among the unfor-
tunate venishere, and considerable fears were expe-
rienced lest his electioneering progress was cut short,
but he was quickly extricated without having esus-
tained much injury. The next fear was that some
workmen were under the arch when it fell; and, on
inquiry, it was ascertained that about 12 o'clock three
men had gone under it for the purpose of having their
dinners. Every exertion was immediately used to
clear away the rubbish, and in a short time the body
of a man named Edward Goulborne, aged 40, joiner,
was found face downwards, quite dead. The search
was renewed, and soon afterwards they came to the
body of a joiner named John Stevens, in the employ
of Mr. Mackerel', builder. He was also lying face
downwards, tae body bent down to his knees, on
which were found the remains of his dinner. There
were no marks of injury about the body, and he had
evidently died from suffocation. Goulborne has left'
a widow and two children. A woman, wife of one of
the men, is said to be missing. At the time of the
accident three men were under the arch; but one of
them, hearing an ominous crack, escaped before the
brickwork gave way.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The Corn Exchange has for some time past been
in the course of reconstruction and enlargement. It
was intended, we believe, to make the new market
about double the size of the old. In order not to in-
terrupt the business, the new half which fronts the old
ropery was first completed, and a few weeks ago the
old building was rized to the ground. Since that
time the new part of the building has been used for
the market, the access to it being across a temporary
wooden platform from Brunswick-street. Below the
market there are two stories of cellars, so that the
market itself was built on a double tier of arches.
This morning, about the time above stated, when
there is generally the most numerous attendance of
merchants and dealers, the Protectionist candidates,
Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner, with Mr. Bold:
and others of their principle supporters, passed
along the platform to the market. They had
scarcely entered the hall when there was a rush
towards the centre of the building, and the arches
below gradually giving way, most of the gentlemen in
the centre of the room, with the market stands and
samples of corn, flour, &e., were precipitated below to
the first cellar. The crash was distinctly heard for
some distance, and the confusion and alarm whible'
it created in Brunswick-street, on 'Change,
and the immediate neighbourhood, Can scarcely be
conceived. It was known that at that period of the
day the principal corn merchants and many of the
tradesmen in the town are generally in the market,
and it was rumoured that a great loss of life had oc-
curred. After the confusion and alarm had in some
degree subsided, many of the 'merchants were seen to
make the best of their way from the ruins ; most of
them were covered from head to, foot with a thick
coat of flour, and it was with difficulty that many
could be identified. Some had lost their hats, others
had their clothes torn, several were limping, having
received severe contusions in consequence of the stands
falling upon them, and all appeared more or less to
have suFfered from their unexpected visit to the cellars
under the market. Mr. Picton, the architect, was on
the ground a few minutes after the accident took place.
We understand that yesterday morning the joiners
(no one expecting so sudden an influx of persons to the
corn market) sleckened the wooden centres of the
centre arch, in order to proceed with other portions
of the work, and the mortar of the arch not being
properly dry, the brick• work gave way. This will,
we believe, he found to be the cause of the accident
Messrs. Quick and Ride, the divisional superinten-
dents of police, were in a tendance a few minutes after
the accident occurred, and under- their directions and
those of Mr. Picton a body of labourers were em-
ployed to clear away the rubbish from under the
centre arch. The men who had been at work at the
building reported that two of their companions were
missing. It appeared that at twelve o'clock they were
in the top cellar, and retired underneath that part of
the building which gave way for the purpose of
eating their dinners, and there is no doubt that whilst
so engaged they lost their lives. About ten minutes
to one o'clock' one of the men was taken out of the
ruins, and shortly after the other poor fellow was dug
out. Medical assistance was obtained, but life in both
cases was extinct, and the bodies were removed to the
dead-house at Prince's dock. At the time we write
the men are still employed in removinz the dibris,
with the view of ascertaining whether there are other
bodies under the ruins.

LATEST PARTICULARS.
It is now feared that there are two more workmen
buried beneath the brickwork, and that the wives of
two of the workmen who were present with their
husbands' dinners were also beneath the arches when
they fell in. Search is now being made for them
among the ruins.
Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie, on emerging, and
being at the time wholly unaware- that any serious
consequences had resulted,• were among the first to
leave the building. The latter gentleman seemed
highly amused at the occurrence with its accompany,-
ing incidents, and took the jokes of some of his fellow
sufferers in great good humour.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA rTE RSA LL'S—YESTERDAY.
The settling on the Derby and Oaks was resumed
yesterday, 2nd, as we had anticipated, turned out pretty
good. Time, however, was required in several in-
stances, and two or three parties, connected with bet-
dng houses, have altogether failed to meet th.eir engage-
ments; there is strong reason to suspect that they are
hopeless cases.
The only bets that came to our knowledge, were 2 to
1 opt Frantic for the Manchester Union Cup-2 to 1
agst Voltigeur for the Emperor's Plate-6 to 1_ each
agst Hyacinth and Backbiter, for the Ascot Siakes—and
for the Derby 2,000 to 100 agst Cineas, and 4,000 to 100
agst Constantine.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY.
MANCHESTER UNION CUP.-3 to 1 agst Frantic (taken
freely), 8 to 1 agst Raclie!es (t), 9 to 1 eget 'ltalian (0,
10 to 1 agst Gladioli:s(s), 12 to 1 agst Candlewick (t),
12 to 1 rig,t Lough Bawn (1). Twenty expected to run.
MANCIrESTER TRADES Cup.-5 to 1 eget Cockcrow
(s), 7 to 1 agst Calculator (s), 8 to 1 agst Jessica ON
5 to 1 agst Dawsou's two (0.
ASCOT CUP.-3 to 1 apt Voltigeur, 4to 1 agst Tod-
dingtor.

WYE RACES.—MONDAY.
Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, for- three yrs,
old and upwards; winner' to be sold for 601.,Akei
Heats, one mile and a half. (7 Suba.)
Mr. Cameron's Handsome Doe, ,5 yrs, Bst 111 b 3 I.;'l'
Mr. Land's Thrush, 3 %ra, 7st 4R, 1 --2—dr
Mr. James's Malreesbury, aged 9st 31b 2 3 dr
A good race.
The Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. e acb, and 15 added, for:
three yrs old and upwards, winner to be sold for 501.,
&c., one mite and a half (8 Subs.), were won in two
heats by Mr. Land's Thrush, 78t 21b, boating Mr.
Smith's Union Jack, 7st 101 b, and 5 others, cleverly.
The Hurdle Stakes of 2 soya. each, and 15 added, one
mile and a half. (6 Subs.), were won cleverly in two
heals by Mr. Land's Prospect, llst, beating Mr. Verrall's
1 Ist I 01b, Mr. White's Prophets,- lOst 71b,
eud Mr. Isu'
James'sl Malmesbury, llst 71b.

B
R metropolitanEG aTT
co
mr:
Deane, the honorary
mittee, has
CORK YAsecretary rif thef
Erlinton's private secretary, the Rev.
lency the Countess o
received ecramm,ication through her Excel-
lency
of subscribers for a ladles' cup,
sub-
scription of 51., to the
1 en at the forthcoming regatta of
Mayoress and se-
veral other ladies have forwarded subscriptions. It is un-
derstood that a couple of•crews from
- 1
con-
test for this prize.
• Yesterday- morning, at an
'1
ab; John
remains of the In -1 lamented-and learned gent em
ue i his late
Chetwynd Talbot. Eeci , Q C., were removed ' from
to the London and Birmin ham nster,
town residence, No. 10; Great George-street, Westm
mortal
vaston-
square, thence by special train to Stafford, for the purpese
of interment in a vault expreiily f r their reeeptiono in the
Earl
new church, lately. erected iiseat °the family seat Sf
Talbot, Ingestre, Staffordshire,.in accordance with the wish
early hoar,
—,---
__
of the deceased. The coffin was covered with rich silk black
Genoa velvet, black naile, with bra.s plate, bearicg tile tol-
lowillg inscription :•:•-" Honourable 'John Chetwynd Talbot,
Esq.,
ear Q.O , born 31st May, 1806, died 26th May, iB6'2', aged
46 ys." - ' - - ' .- • .

.ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
Lucrezia Borgia was given last night for the first
time this season. Grisi's personation of the terrible
heroine still: remains a matchless exemplification of
passionate and brilliant vocalism. It is in parts of this
kind that her peculiar genius the best appears, she
embodies them with intense and daring energy, and
with what effect it were superfluous to tell. In the
closing scene, one of those deeply tragic catastrophes
td which she knows how to give such painful elabora-
tion, she produced a sensation quite in accordance
with the appalling nature of the sentiment; and her
portrayal of maternal dismay at having been the occa-
sion of the death of her son was powerful and touch-
ing to a degree. She sang with her accustomed fire
and impulse throughout, and in all the well-known
passages electrified the house as of old. Next to
Norma, no operatic character is perhaps more adapted
tor the development of Grisi's powers in all their
phases than that of Lucrezia. Actuated one moment
by the most headstrong and revengeful passions, and
influenced the next by bursts of natural and
irrisistable feeling, we have the Borgia in all the
luxury of her fondness, and all the fury of her anger.
Mme. Grisi represents both states of feeling with a force,
a breadth, and a natural and instinctive power which we
search for in vain among even the best of her rivals.
Mario'S voice continues to exhibit the improved quell-
ties which during hie last few performances is dis-
played. On his first entrance last evening a slight
huskiness might be discovered, but this soon wore off,
and he sang with all his wonted mellow breath and
rich and pure qualities of tone. The charming "Dell'
pescatore, ' which suits the artist well both in vocal
range and sentiment, was given with all his tender-
ness. The trio in which he takes part in the second
act was encored; and in his last scene Signor Mario
sang with a force, and acted with a tragic power,
which made the representation of his death almost too
painfully intense. The house was excited to afurore,
and it was felt that the tenor had never more fully
justified his lofty position. Ronconi was the Alfonzo,
and looked, with his splendid costume, and his hair
cut short as though worn and chafed by the helmet,
a true middle-age seigneur. He lent to the part all
the importance that clever and pointed singing, and
acting full of meaning, authority, and purpose, could
ensure ; and nothing, as far as the histrionic senti-
ment was concerned, could be more effective. Madlle.
Seguin was -the Orsini. The choral power of the
Royal Italian Opera is always brought into striking
play in this celebrated work. The finale to the
prologue, in which the Venetian noblemen
insult and execrate the infamous Borgia, came
out with a vehemence and potency of, which
words can give bnt an inadequate notion.
The applause which awaited Grisi at tee termination
of each act was tremendous. She was called for re-
peatedly. After the Lucrezia, two acts of r
with Tamberlik =and Julienne, were given ; and the
famous duo at the conclusion received its usual tri-
bute of acclamations. The Queen's box was occupied
by the Duke and Duchess of Atholl and the Hon.
Mies Murray, the Hon. Mrs.' Ives and the Hon.
Misses Maynard and party. His Highness the ex.
Rejsh of Coorg honoured the perfomances with his
presence. His Highness was accompanied by Major
and 'Mrs. Diummond and the native members of his
suite. Amobg the fashionable company present in
the theatre we remarked his Excellency the Sardi-
nian Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster,
the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Douro, the
Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Euston, the Earl of
Durham, the Ear; Bruce, the Earl and Countess of
Stamford and Warrington, the Earl and Countess of
Clare and Lady Eleanor Fitzgibbon, the Countess of
11E ViscountECoxorumwlnaoot
rut
Howard
Wilton,
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Glengall and Lady Margaret Butler, the Eerl and.
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OL I IVIPIC. THEA.TRE.
A lively and well got up burlesque, the production
of Mr. Talfourd, was produced here with more than
average success on Monday. The story is one of the
Arabian, Nights, touching the adventures of a
spruce Damascus merchant, who accidentally rescues
the Sultana from being buried alive, in consequence
of the plots of a jealous favourite, and who, of course,
goes throUgh the usual burlesque tribulations com-
mon to those who provoke the wrath of Eastern po-
tentates. In_ this case, however, the Sultan has,
at all events, his share of the troubles, for love,
that mighty tamer, is actuslly powerful enough
to charm the tyrant to turn a mangle for a
Bagdad clear-stancher, with whom, by the will
of fate, his Majesty becomes enamoured. The
story is treated in the style in which Mr. Tal-
fourd served up his subjects at the Strand Theatre.
'There is no great comic verve or any breadth of humour
exhibited, but the dialogue is a perfect hail-storm of
atrocious puns,—the quibbles invented most trequendy
merely for the sake of the resemblance in sound, with-
out conveying any second or humorous signification.
Nevertheless the smartness of writing in this one re-
spect, at all events, and the piquancy of the acting,
carry the piece triumphantly through. Miss Louisa
Howard looks capital in a saucy'Greek dress, and Mr.
Shalders' turban is enough to make the fortune of the
theatre. Tile mice en scene arid incidental dancing,
fairy, and procession scenes, are very pretty,
and ,have been got up with mo.much care and atten-
tion to detail as to make the piece attractive as
have revived Esinerakla —the far-famed adaptation
spectacle. For the holiday public the management
from Victor Hugo's work; and the bill of fare is alto-
for the season.
gether in.excellent keeping

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'EXHIBITIONS.
At the SALLE ROBIN, M. Robin continues his
Soirees Parisienzes et Fantastiques. By a variety of
singular feats he there cheats our eyes as completely
'IS any other ruler with whom we are acquainted of
the mysterious world of prestidigitation. His per-
formances are, perhaps, distinguished by their ex-
treme. accuracy and ingenuity.
'll3e COSMORAMA, once so famous among the holi-
day sights of the metropolis, and an exhibition of
some thirty years'
standing,
Prince of Wales's Bazaar, innow forms part -of the
Regent-street. The
views are those of former days, but the Mont Blanc,
Mont St. Bernard, the Interior of St. Peter, &c.,
with the pretty 'dioramic effects to which they are
subjected, have not yet lost their interest.
wrestling,
The ASSAULT OF ARMS every Wednesday night,
at Saville House Leicester-square, consisting of
broad-swordexere
iexercises
sin
w igl
ile
navestick,
attractionan d fencing, o
fr and
other cognate those
who admire such sports.
CANTELO'S ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION next door, by
which process
chickens are hatched by the score
Without the intervention of the parent hen, is well
worth a visit.

THE CASE OF MR. MATHER.
In addition to the correspondence which has already
appeared on this subject, the following letter has been
published:—
" Sir,—The Earl of Malmesbury is stated by th'e
public journals of to-day to have said in the House of
Peers last night (Friday), that as to the reply of Mr.
Mather, alleged to have been sent to me, I cannot say
whether it is correct or not, for up to this time no such
letter has reached me, either at the Foreign-office or at
.:my own house.' '
" Now, I beg to state that the courtesy which the
Noble Lord had a right to expect from me was duly
performed.
" Upon Thursday, the 27th inst , the tight before 'the
reply' alluded to appeared in the Times, and twenty-
four hours previous to the above statement in the
House of Peers, the reply itself was delivered at Lord
Malmbib9ry'# ' own house,' 8, Whitehall-gardens.
" Anxioui, after his Lordship's statement, to rectify
any mistake ,that-might have occurred, I dispatched the
same messenger--today to his Lordship's house, who
brought: a confirmation of the safe delivery of the docu-
Anentoatid-iitated in addition that the servant to whom it
;was. delivered-had 14 it upon. his Lordship's table at
the tifiie, •
." I therefore, presume, by some accident it may have
escaped Lord Malmesbury's ,attention, or been omitted
-tO. have-been opened.--
. . .

" I remain, Sir, your most obedient marvant,
" London, May Q " JANES MATHER.

IHER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Amongst the noble
and distinguishedindividuals honouring the performances at
Her BliijOy Theatre with their presence yesterday evening
we remarked the following :—llie Grace the Duke of Wel-
lington, the Marchioness of Douro, and Lady Charles Wel-
leatey ; ,his Excellency the French Ambassador and the
COunteii ValeWeki, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister,
his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. and Miss
Abbott Lawrence, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right
Hon. the Secretary for. Foreign Affairs and the Countess of
Milmesblvy,the Duke' and Duchess of Cleveland, the Duke
and Duchess of Leinster, the Right Hon. the Colonial Secre-
tary and' Lady Pakington, the Viscount Anson, Lord Ward,
the, Viecemit .Enfield, the Viscount Clitden, the Viscount
R:bris:hti°ldu'Lth:rd
Adolphus
n:
riae,r, the.e e
, LordV isCovvu Viscount Barring-
ton;Lennox Loid s'a d '. Lo
int ze ical ag
- 0 Y rd Saltoun, the Baron and Baroness de
Lady Lord George Paget, Lord Cranstoun Lord James Murray,
Lady Lionel Goldsinid '
and party, &c.
.!.LIE LATE ARCHDEACON MANNING.—A paragraph
appeared lately in the .newspapers,
Ding's return from the Cathol stating that sir. Man-
land was expected. Mr. Man • rch to the Church of Eng-
ning has given •
contra-
diction
to this-statement. official
. ,
IMPROVEMENTS ,IN THE LONDON Do .
day ',morning a large number of 'Workmen CwKB.—Yester-
gag4d in Making extensive excavations near theereobusily en-
gaged the 41,9nduh Docks, for the purpose id Gravel-
several inutienie lofty WarehouseS and forstore-igterecting
chat fr-dm forOgn parts, and also. to construct iner -
a new svfmg
bridge to fiEi I iiitellie ingress and egress ollarge vesaos which
. are dlaily arriving.
AUSTRALYA.—A
. ,
.. Iim)GRATIONTO nutnb.r of ' re-
:•.•'" able young inen, citizens of Cork, are ' • preparing to
spec .
,tr ~ _
emigrate to _Ana ans. ,t.m Monday 830 persons set sail
from the Mersey for Geelong, all of them havihg•heenaent
out by the:.oaniment coratatitimerg. .

LITERATURE.
ENGLISH BATTLES IN THE PENIN-
SULA. By Lieutenant-General Sir William
.Napier, K.C.8., 6-c. Chapman and Hall.
A happy suggestion has led to the appearance of
this splendid and remarkable record of the heroism of
our troops during the memorable wars of the Penin-
sula. The volume consists, for the most part, of
passages extracted from Sir William Napier's literary
masterpiece. It will be remembered by the readers
of his renowned annals of the " Peninsular War,"
that, perhaps, the most brilliant portions of the work
were those in which the historian recounted those
famous battles and sieges which attested the valour of
the British soldier, while they illustrated the career
of the Duke, of Wellington. Never were the intri-
cate manoeuvres of an army explained with more
astonishing lucidity than in the course of those vivid
and luminous descriptions. .From the first shot fired,
from the first sword drawn, from the first bayonet
crossed, down to the final blast of the trumpet and
the final roll of the drum, announcing the termination
of a victory, the whole spectacle of the conflict was
revealed to the gaze of patriotic admiration—order
being unfolded in the chaos and symmetry in the
confusion. Insomuch were the merits distinguishing
those delineations of the " foughten field" perceptible
that they speedily secured to themselves pre-eminence
above all other accounts of a like character ; and the
battle scenes of Napier are by this time as celebrated
for their unrivalled ability as the parallels of
Plutarch, or as the speeches of Sallust,
or as the summing up of a character in
the pages of the incomparable Tacitus. It was,
therefore, we repeat, a happy
thought which
induced the annalist of the wars of the peninsula to
give in one volume the whole of those masterly de-
scriptions of battles and sieges collected together.
Their accuracy, as he himself intimates, is guaran-
teed by the circumstance of their being penned either
by an actual eye- witness, or by one who has collecte,d,
his information from sources of " no mean authority,"
such as from the evidence of commanders-inschief,
generals, and other officers on both sides, from the
private official correspondence of the English envoys,
from the military journals and rt ports of the French
leaders, from the documents of King Joseph or his
Ministers, and from the private military notes and
instructions of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon.
Remembering these facts, we turn, of course, with
renewed confidence to the pages thus largely authen-
ticated. In them will be found, " with more or less
comprehension of details," the record of the most
memorable battles and sieges as originally recounted
in the " History of the Peninsular War." Sometimes
it must, however, be observed, that the descriptions
possess an attraction superior to that of being mere
transcripts from a former publication. The combats, for
instance, of Rorics, of Vimiera, and of Corunna, have
been entirely re-written, as also the character of Sir
John Moore, the brave but unfortunate. These con-
stitute
for
h
tthee
accountintroductory
of
t chapter, and prepare the
way h
esuccessive battles of Ta-
lavera, Busaco, Barose, Fuentes Onoro, Albuera, Sa-
lamanca, Vittoria, Castalia, Sauroren, Bidassoa,
Nivelle, Bayonne, Barrouilhet, St. Pierre, Ortbes,
and Toulouse, together with the sieges of Badajoz,
Ciudad Rodrigo, and San Sebastian. Further than
this it were idle to remark of a volume composed of
materials which have already secured to themselves a
perennial celebrity. It cannot be regarded with in-
difference by any Englishman, awakening as it does
so many heroic recollections. Of the narratives thus
• ingeniously grouped together, Sir William Napier
himself observes,—" Thus arranged, they will
perhaps most effectually exhibit the constant energy
of the British soldier, and draw attention in their
neighbourhoods to the veterans who still survive." It
is lamentable to reflect that in reference to these survi
vors, the writer is compelled, from a generous feeling of
' Few
w ;
many.
of those
sympathy
ema remark
more at
than
a followsna s
scanty provision
have none ; and nearly all, oppressed with wounds,
injeathy men toharve
disease, and poverty—sure attendants on an old
soldier's services—feel life a burthen ao heavy as to
make them envy the
,lot of comrades who threw it off
early on the field of battle." Solemn and melancholy
words to utter, after nearly forty years have elapsed
since those wounds were received and those gallant
services performed! .may we hope that the publica-
tion of the noble volume containing that reference to
patriotism unrewarded and to valour unrecompensed
may be but the prelude to some tardy but ultimate
effort at alleviation ! It were a tribute to the hu-
manity of Sir William Napier, and to the merit of
his brave companions in arms, to which all are alike
eminently entitled. Towards the close of the " no-
tice " prefixed to the book by the author, he
observes_. What the soldiers of the. Peninsula
were "their successors now are—witness the
wreck of the Birkenhead, where four hundred
men, at the call of their heroic officers, Captain
Wright and Girardot, calmly and without a murmur,
accepted death in a horrible form rather than endan-
ger the women and children saved in the boats."
Upon this glorious and touching act of self-sacrifice
Sir William Napier remarks—and a sentence of
panegyric from his band is as an unfading crown of
laurel—" The records of the world furnish no parallel
to this self. devotion !" Memorable words—words
fraught, moreover, with an exquisite consolation for
the relatives of the brave departed I .As a frontis-
piece to this most interestin—
g production, will he per-
ceived an engraved liken '
ess in profile of Sir William
Napier—a head distinguished for that 'mighty and
chivalric beauty of contour one might expect to dis-
cover in an antique bust of
Xenophon, like Napier
himself, at once a wartior
and
an historian.

MISS srlacKLAND's LIVES' OF THE
Eight Volumes..
QUEENS OF
Colburn.
This splendid edition
ENGLAND. New Edition in
mirable work is now Completed by the publication of
the eighth and last volume. In-their appearance and
f
decorations the volumes of
this edition are wcrthy of
their subject: they are adorned with portraits o
of Miss Strickland'a ad.
every queen whose biography the y contain, from
Matilda of Flanders to A
—nne Stuart, and the letter-
rperceesisvhedas,cosninscideertahbele
Publication of the first edition,
hand of the indefatigable authoress.
It is not necessary for US now to pronounce a cri-
ticism upon the historic labours and the literary abilities
of Agnes Strickland ; the
and deservedly recognised value of both has been long
revisions and additions from th®
former occasions repeatedly expressed our apprecia-
tion and admiration of i hose patient labours and
those great abilities. We
1 and we have ourselves on
completion of this new
edition of her great work--a
faction of announcing the
work which has con-
ferred upon its authoress an
celebrity, not only for her enviable and a lasting
have only now the stria-
‘reasures of antiquity laid
up in old historic rolls
"'not only for the skill and
discretion with which she he,
investigations into u the
condensed and classified
.nenevering and laborious
elaborate, scattered, and sometimes seemingly contra-
dictory statements—not only for the simple and dig-
nified eloquence of her style of but for a
qu to
slity more essentialnarrative,
the historian than all
others, and one not alwa—
js to be' found in so-called
her' love of truth and for the
generous courage with which
t animated by that love,
she has dared to dwell t,„
histories—namely, for 1-.
agonistic to popular pre-
judices. For these qualities
alone Miss Strickland is
entitled to a high rank i
;,,-n the estimation of the im-
partial. Her works will be
ante
facts at variance with
popular traditions and
found, years hence, on
the trea-
sures of history are colleckd, While
will continue
to attract and
the shelves of every library
then, o now, it they
delight that numerous
where
class of readers who,
.with g partial
ty
li for truth and a
yet stronger predileetion. e
espe-
cial pleasure in works which, like
these memoirs, com-
bine the advantages and charms of h,th he giving a
romantic record of that truth
-" romance, find an
Which is ""
stranger
than fiction."

eorfoinheis.gsraeucartnefd°thre
excellent-he
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with
jn u it i
in the
eotmnhaoeemte -fetufanrl
colible::n....
MARY SESIIAM.CoBy 1-------/ --rii-;:re. iireesyhe.irsibile3dom. Veo,x/tsoo.
tlinenced where her
This is a very original story. The
flue
affectionsmild,
were character,
concerned,
but
tudes were certainly far from asalife audits vicissi;
tastes. Two brothers, Eustace mapilating with her
were associated with her destiny, . _,nuegrecnieeaTrraeevnoare
wondered, at that, acquaintance
sin embittered her young days, ancicluchlovseorr,rsofwalsaintyd
ftfeleiprel; blessings however,
ng s i
her heart. The story is intricate
anbour.rov,else
and the scenes in which Mary brings t :ivelelrsauesit:yinaendd,
andoann
de
otdreaunrtkhf a
designs
stiog nb
ea purpose
ianrt
interested
tvroee bridpr
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ea
tri
bur
ues
it
career
: dr
mountains of
the unfortunate elder brother, w
from the
persecutions of his relatives drove
be an outcast and wanderer. T
-4 the m.
Wales he passed many tranquil
tmheenret of
he
Tntheetttai.ehs
calling;Unfortunately, and it was
tu
she was not then able to appreciate
n
store for her when he made her
not until many bitter trials had been enduredand it was
she joyfully acceded to his second proposal, that
same romantic spot where she had on the
e mer. The following scene occurs at the the for-
ment of the story :
exalted
" What indeed bed Mary beard—what did h.
under-
stand? Mr. Temple, the
for the many years be had made that retired o • who
hood his abode, had shone with such bright and exalted
among his little circle of acquaintancis
in the minds of all, especially of those best able to
ap-
preciate his superiority—the family- of Glen Pe e to
admiring regard, almost approaching to veneration,
to their eyes appeared more to approach in eration,
ter, as far as mortal may without impiety he said chem.
Prt'ach, to, that Great Beirg--atm who wade himself
to cp.
no reputs,tion—stooped from his high estate —humbled
of
himself for the sake of the poor and ignorant —.humbled
kind of m -
.—lvas it he who thus addressed her? Ash an
sorrowful, she felt as one might be to whom Ashamed and
4jau angel, high spirit from another home guar-
some sphere, had
Stooped to' offer himself as guide and glArdi
Au through
(II eireheerrooi:
was a

this earthly pilgrimage; and she, the favoured mortal,
turned away, despising the blessed boon thus proffered.
This was the light in which Mery was inclined to view
her feelings on this oces&ion. No one else, perhaps,
would have judged them so harshiy."

THE MAGA ZIN a S, &c.
BLACK WOOD.
. Considerable disappointment will be felt by all the
readers of Blackwood this month at the non-ap-
pearance of the customary instalment
n
teof
ithel most de-
lightful contribution that has pa
itst ?ages
I
since the conclusion of " The Cartons."
18 un necessary to say that we allude to Sir Bul
r
in Lyt-
ton's " Novel," of which we find no trace
June number of Blackwood. We must confess nththat,n
among the other articles in the magazine, we find
nothing to compensate us for the loss of those
glimpses of Harley and Violante, and Helen and
Leonard, and the Squire and the Parson, which have
for many months past rendered the appearance of
Blackwood so especially welcome. In politics this
month, suggested by the prospect of the coming
elections, Mega is more than ever intolerant. Pro-
tection' when banished from every other spot, will
evidently find a last resting place in the pages
of the Edinburgh Magazine. The first article " The
Policy of the Proteotionists," is filled with some in-
genious and admirable specimens of special pleading,
tending to corroborate (?) an assertion set forth by
Blackwood in February, 1851, to the effect that
" Protection must be restored, or the British empire
will be destroyed." Let us wait, nevertheless, says
the writer (and heartily do we concur with him !),
until the effects of free trade shall be fully manifest.
" There are several reasons which render it pecu-
liarly desirable that time should be given for a full
development of the effects of free trade, with a 'view
to the ultimate verdict of the nation on its principles."
Hence the " Policy" of the " Protectionists," accord-
ing to this reasoning, is to wait until
the terrible effects of free trade have car-
ried the conviction of its iniquitous nature
home to the hearts of the entire population ; until then
no alteration is to be made, and the Government must
abstain " from any attempt to force a change of
policy by Parliamentary or Government influence,
which a decided majority of the nation is not pre-
pared not only, to adopt, but to approve." Hence,
by the showing of this Protectionist writer, Free-
traders have little cause for apprehension, for in the
words of this article (applied in a very different sense),
" what should they trust to for the final triumph of
the principles which they are persuaded are essential,
not only to the national welfare, but existence P—to
the effects of time, the lessons of experience, and the
force of truth. Magna est veritas et pravalebit."
And again, while so diametrically opposed to his con-
clusions, most heartily do we respond to the senti-
ments of this writer. Of a similar nature, but far more
alarming in its forebodings, is the " Great Question,"
the last article in this number. Among the miscella-,
neous contributions is a review of Mr. Day's " Five
Years in the West Ladies ;" a story to which we can-
not award much praise, entitled "Fortune-Hunting
Extraordinary an interesting inquiry into the his-
tory of "Ferguson the Plotter;" and some" Thoughts
upon Dinners," in which, among other amusing pieces
of intelligence, we learn that "the Radical faction
never will be popular in this country," because they
give such execrable public dinners. " Never yet
since the days of Gracchus could a Radical acquire
the art of carving !" In an article entitled " Car-
mine Lusoria". scraps of verse, Latin, French, and
English, are introduced, with a running commentary
of a light and agreeable nature. "Fragments of
Poetry," by H. G. K., are of unequal excellence ;
immeasurably the best among them are the following
graceful verses :

" THE HOMES.
(TO my CONSTANT READER;)
" Since first the Universe began
Two Spirits wage relentless strife,
Two beings sum the perfect man—
The Husband and the Wife.
Two Ranks surround the throne of God,

Two Orbs alternate in the Blue,
Two stones contain man's funeral sod;
And, 0, my Queen, eur Homes are two.
" Here is my noon, there was ley morn,
Here labour, there was rest;
That is the home where I was born,
And this where I was blest:
The Past has passed and done its worst;
The Present yields both hope and fear;
And how so Fancy haunt the first;
Yet, 0, my Queen, my heart is here."

FRASER.

We are gratified to meet with in Fraser this
month a poem very sweetly entitled, " The Sweet o'
the Year," by G. Meredith, whose volume of
" Poems," published some months back, gave so
much promise of future excellence. As another evi-
dence of that promise, or perhaps as in part a
realization of it, we welcome the appearance of these
beautiful verses, which in every line exhibit an ex-
quisite appreciation of nature, and afford proof posi-
tive that Mr. Meredith is possessed of that poet's eye
which " sees good in everything," even in the
humblest insect that flies in the sunbeam, or in the
insignificant flowers of the field that are trodden
under foot by the unthinking, e. g. :
" Now the chrysalis on the wait
Cracks, and out the creature springs,
_Raptures in his body small,
Wonders on his dusty wings,
Bells and cups, alt shining clear,
Show him 'iis the sweet o' the year.
66 Now the brown bee, wild and wisp,
Bums abroad, and roves and roams,
Storing in his wealthy thighs
Treasure for the golden combs:
Dewy buds and blossoms dear.
. Whisper 'tis the sweet o' the year.
"Now the merry maids so fair
Weave the wreaths and choose the queen,
Blooming in the open air
Like fresh flowers upon the green:
Spring, in every thought sincere,
Thrills them with the sweet o' the year.
" Now the lady, all quick and gay,
Whistle to the browsing herds,
Or in the twilight pastures grey
Learn the use of whispered words;:
First a blush, and then a tear,
And then a smile, i' the sweet o' the year.

" Now all Nature is alive,
Bird and beetle, man and mole,
Bee. like goes the human hive,
Lark like sings the souring soul,
Hearty luau and huuest ctle!,ir
• Welcome in the sweet o' the year."
Among the prose articles of Fraser are a notice of
"Thiess' History of the Consulate and Empire, and
its applicability to Coming Events," iu which the
coming dangers of a Ftencs.h invasion are threatened ;
an interesting article on "The •
Makers, Sellers, and
Buyers of Books," giving a summary of the recent
bookselling agitation; a continuation of " ilypatio,"
and of "Captain Digby Grand," and of the' History
of the Hungarian War," " More Marine Stores," a
delightful collection of Danish ballads, and a charm-
ing contribution from the " Sketcher in Rhine-land.'