The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-25 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

, The most picturesque and effective melodrama ever
produced upon the English stage was brought for-
'ward at this theatre last evening. It is adapted from
;the Freucb, we believe by Mr. Bourcicault, and en•
'titled the Corsican Brothers. It' the interest be not
altogether so enthralling as in Pauline, yet, from the
novel nature of its details and the unprecedented
excellence of the stage effect, it is rendered more im-
pressive on the mind of the spectator. As a piece of
" breathless interest" it cannot fail to prove supremely
' attractive. Every one will go to see it, and most
will repeat tha visit. To say that its success was
triumphant conveys a faint notion of the extraordi-
nary enthusiasm manifested by the house last night,
and Mr. Kean may well feel proud of having given
to the public one of the most unexceptionably charm-
' il; and originally constructed dramas that has ap-
peared on the boards in any country.
'There are two very singular features in the Cor-
limn Brothers, the supposed simultaneous occur-
rence of the, first and second acts (the one being laid
in Corsica the other in Paris), and the personation of
the twirl brothers by one and the same actor. The
Plot is not complex; it is founded on the supernatural,
Which is made use of in a way totally free from any
nnent of repulsiveness. The first act shows us
Fabien dei Franchi (Mr. C. Kean) in his own cha-
teau in Corsica, to whom a Frenchman brings a letter
.?.f introduction from his twin-brother Luigi slei
.ranelli, who is in Paris pursuing his studies. Fa-
men. is in a depressed state of mind, having a secret
tresentiment of some fatal danger impending over his
muteat brother, there being not only the most tender
affection existing between them, but such a mysteri-
°ll3 '3'umnatlay, that each is instantly forewarned,
as°it were, of any misfortune which may affect the
of After an episode introduced to present a specimen
4 Corsican feud, and the formal reconcilement
of
a vendetta between two factions of the island,
Fabien,
than whom his forebodings continue to press
increased weight, determines to write off to
318. Whilst inditicg the letter, shine, and at mid-
„not, the apparition of Luigi rises with a gliding
tit4i.oll from the floor, with the mark of blood upon
I,l° breast, and stands by the side of the awe-struck
a4len. The wall of the apartment opens and dis-
D closes a tableau representing a fatal duel in a forest
ecle, Luigi stretched at the point of death
Ctii
_it'll(' arms of his friends, and his adversary
luing a little apart calmly: wiping his fatal
lid,e• This scenic effect held the beholders
at
11b0Und ; in the gradual and noiseless
eVeltrance of the phantom there was something
4
(111,4, iIY real, and when the curtain fell the universal
l',l',llag of astonishment found relief in a thrice re-
peated round of vehement plaudits.
The second act opens in the Opera at Paris during
k
l.lllaaked ball. Luigi, who had been enamoured of
17(1°111e de Lesparre (Miss Murray) previous to her
(ilr`riage, falls into a quarrel with Chateau Renard
lass LVVigan), who has been casting his lures around
and actually makes her the subject of a
artless "eager, engaging to bring her to join a
I)?!ecct Party at the house of a bachelor friend, which
effects under pretence of conducting her to see a
zig lost sister. Discovering at once that she has
'Zen duped, Madame de Lesparre places herself under
mel, Protection of Luigi as an honoured friend,
brtich calls a challenge from Chateau Renard. Again
attics, whilst
the fatal tableau, now recognising the actual
t ,4t":ea, whilst behind, the chamber in Corsica opens
4,e the view, with Fabien gazing on the scene of
Mb, so that the last scene of the first two acts are
L'rea, laely the converse of each other. In the third
of; Chateau Renard, flying from the hands
A 1.., justice, is overtaken by Fabien, who
,431 hastened to Paris to avenge his brother,
Ou the very spot where Luigi had
c.,01311 a desperate encounter takes place. Renard's
ihis°rd is shivered, but Fabien, determined on the
t 1 or breaks his own, and with the fragments of the
ti'lkdea the combat is continued till Renard falls be-
th the hand of the avenger. The spectre of Luigi
4111 rises, and announces to his brother that they
meet in heaven. Mr. C. Kean's double per-
k-;crance is characterised by that ease, correctness,
ititaknpressiveness, the combination of which renders
the d.llllaPproachable in this peculiar department of
ralna• The part of Chateau Renard was admi-
N abil' sustained by Mr. Wigan. The unscrupulous
oti h.' the cold-blooded duellist, yet, as a foreboding
bui fate affects him, bids the friend of his last field
ss,,iihdc the tidings gently to his mother. It was a
44;studied, finished, and fitly-appreciated perform-
es nst n: The minor characters were irreproachably
perform-
e,
jted.• Miss Murray, as Madame de Lesparre,
•and Vining, as the Baron de Montjeron, Mr. Ryder
Ilsaelr• Meadows, as the Corsican peasants, the
tile of their respective factions, Miss Leclercq, as
principalof the cor hies and Mr. Addison, as
wo_ , yp ,
ug-cutter, did their several subsidiary duties
A's t a anher that cannot be too highly commended.
Z'he 4,
ths
Bal Masque, it was a " tremendous hit."
of tbelusinu was complete, as the spirit and variety
tail h ,volut'on of the " fast and furious" maskers
!ItPati,
14-11" f Fl in his
t'cle RfLaf greatly to t-e credit oexmore
ballet master. He was conspicuous among
11)1d 4,71 throng, as an indefatigably agile Pierrot,
„Ircielc -,,..eatb their disguises Madlle. Auriol and Cor-
Ilan 'tight be recognised by their dancing. ahe
tl taettrtaihi saes were capital, grotesque, and rich, arid
t
10N-3%.auch a stage masquerade has never been
beheld. The scenery in thi., and the succeed-
--eue (representing "the Lobby of the Opera
, owe) both by Lloyds, was most artistic. Mr.
Of "6 Kean never received a more hearty tribute
approbationof than when called for at the conclusion,
bo4:ever did he more amply merit marks of the
yju_alar favour. His skill as manager, and his re-
;_laielxcellence as actor, give him a prominent su-
%elm
..cy in the profession. Mr. Wigan bore off,,the
the
honours of the night. The " mounting of
tme Corsican Brothers is perfection ; the spiritual
altblance of the
te fitly conveyed by
d phantom,eta notion of which cannot
the moat striking and PelPrtfi",, being, in particular,
''titnessed. It will be repeated' effect we have ever
oi:e Thursday evening
Flexmore'e benefit), and, v
roe times a week for months to eonpr
.esume, two or
e

STATE S_______—,
OFTRAD
is day.)
1„,,,(Fr0m the Manchester Guardian of
MI
of the
IAtI7R4I‘,-eIiEsTER, TUESDAL—The resignation the in-11(1 Cabinet, and theep accession of .
Protection-
s la resent perplexing condition
Of both °,ffice, in Icontinental affairs, have had ch©
!free 'c-uritish and
rations of buyers. w
titivet c-4 restricting the f tn
o_ _-e active
°Per till," a eontinuation°,Pket,o-day,
but a disposition
tatlstel;:-ha of last
the wee
execution of tiny but the
ter.- to defer "c'eunot, however, the slightest
abet: Pressing orders. There is
st
sellers. M _any are
of 0,„1.11,ht of firmness among
tettffitTlion that Lord ll;:rby will not venture upon an at-
rster to re
d on every hand,
*impose a tax on the people's bread: at any
th4tl,w, Perfect confidence is exprense ,
the ", he should enter upon so insane an undertaking,
vocuei?lthreercial and manufacturing towns and districts
hh "hiEtantly assume au attitude which would
scare
D vv., rem his purpose and speedily drive him from
esicr- The subject has fumed the great topic of con-
Islilti°o on 'Change during the day; but the absence of
11hr:ear of ultimate danger to the free-trade policy
Pre; which the country has so successfully entered,
q4l'etits that depressing effect which might otherwise
hew tie; and as producers, especially those of yarns, are
14 , thore extensively under contract than for some time
furl ll they show themselves quite at ease about making
bee
laxer 801" Such b ing the case, the buyers have
151.141(1•to pay the full prices of the most lively part
*fati,4, week for any yarns and goods they may have
tbtii;e4,°. This they have done more readily for the former
,Ilittrir,%.°l. the
,latter. Indeed, the highest demand tben
heap 'or Ws to 24's water-twist and for 40's mulehave
rt Acceded to to-day.
dull
histtc4l).4l.,E, MONDAY.—WO have bad another., , , t
Artvi", with a small amount of bu.Aness transac.su_a
historic" Ptien. There has been a rather better ded-
Atic7Tr wools, varying from 9d. to Is. per lb., and good
tittl;eB,"ve been obtained, as these qualities of wools
, lAA scarce at present.
e4CccLzarIELD, TUESDAY. —The business that
has
Dort itlrensacted in our market 6 iric,-) our last
sre:
larete ,as not given inerea,t'd stimulus to the inanutLe ,
4re an 19 extend operations for the moment; but .
12_
Prp,o Ilously looking forward for a considerable i
Nathnlerlt in the spring demand; and vie hope the
l_finee
their ar will to some extent have a tendency to
hand-loom
14s,41Pectations. A large portion of our
.0.
tn,_,._ r 8 cot.tinue to make complaints of want of Tlsi yln
,tsre., L-ae,e:i 1-;., , n,,fac.,,., - t•ir,;:: e'inr°l P , er
isho44eseriptions oi goods to L-..,i1 themselves of chef,.?, s
,-.b: markets in the remote districts. Thrown b"...
telacC ()erased is fair, with rather an imroved upward
Oti tteeY„t:or hue China and Bengal throwns. Ital"ns,
- htrary, exhibit a little weakneos ill price,

the great advance that has taken place in this silk
rendering. manufacturers cautious. The deliveries of
silk to be thrown continue good; but the prices aro'
scarcely remunerative, and are much complained of.
Raw Silk—A large business is again reported in China,
silks, since the past sales, at a slight advance., The.
quantity of this silk that has changed hands during the,
last four weeks exceeds 5 000 bales; and the tonal ad-
vance upon the prices of last November is Is. to ls.
per lb.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The demand for worstel
goods is very limited, both in the piece hall and in the
warehouses; and scarcely anything has been done tC
day, except in a few fancy goods of low, quality. The
depression of the yarn market increases; and, as tie
prices aro wholly unremunerative, the spiunors ao
greatly curtailing the amount of production. There is
not much doing in wool, and the quotations are gene-
rally maintained, though there are instances where Vie
staplers seem more ready to meet the offers of the con-
sumers.

HUDDERSFIELD, TrESDA Y.—There has been very
little inquiry for any kind of goods, either plain or fancy,
in our market to-day. The manufacturers in the hull
cotnplaiu much—not being able to close bargains with
the merchants at their prices, on account of the high
price of the raw material. Wools continue at about the
same rates as last week, though there has not been quite
BO u3uch doing.

SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE .
BETTING AT MANCHESTER7TuEsnA.Y.

LII'ERPOOL `SPRING CUP.-2 to 1 agst Surprise (take
5 to 2). 7 to 1 agst True Girl (t), 8 to 1 agst Snowdrop
(t). 8 to 1 apt Cardinal Wiseman (t).
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-11. to 1 agst Vic tress
(t), 11 to 1 agst La GaZzi Ladra (t), 15 to 1 agst Miss
Mowbray (t), 16 to 1 agst Hardwick (t), 20 to I agst
Bourton (t), 20 to agst Warner (t)
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-10 to 1 agst :Hesse
Homburg (t), 16 to 1 agst Wryneck colt (t), 20 to 1
agst Miss Ann (t), 20 to agst Sally Warfoot colt (t).
CHESTER Cur.-18 to 1 agst High Sheriff (t), 20 to
1 opt Confessor (t), 25 to 1 agst Black Doctor Ct), 33
to 1 agst Scarecrow (t), 40 to 1 agst Cockcrow (t), .50 to
1 agst Surprise (t), 1,000 to 15 agst filly out of Sortella's
dom (I), 1,000 to 15 agst Mountain Dear (0.
DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Hobble Noble (0.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CLXXVI.
THE SUTTON STEEPLECHASE, &c.

TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN.

SlR,—The first essay that the Sutton people unide at
establishing a steeplechase was an uncommonly suc-
cessful one, which has induced them to try another day's
sport on Friday next. It is not my present purpose to
touch upon any other than the Grand Open St eeple-
chase, which closed with thirty-two nominations, of
which nineteen have accepted, although one, Rattrap, is
by his owner declared a non-starter. The list is h elided
by Peter Simple, at llst 81b; I should hardly imelgine,
however, that he will go for such a small affair as. this
with Liverpool so- close at hand. The General, 11st,
will probably be the highest-weighted runner. 'tisane nce
would seem to be a very fair one, notwithstanding: the
weight he has to give to some very good animals iet the
entry. Young Lottery, et 103 t 41b, also reads very •w ell.
Bullfincher, at the same weight as the preceding, niay
run forward, but is no winner. Mystery, lOst 21 b,, is
without a chance, in my opinion. Verax, 10st, if m e ant
for this affair, is decidedly the best " in " of any,,and
without doubt ought to beat the rest into fits; but as it
does not seem very clear whether mischief is meant or
no, with respect to his chance I must put in a prolri so,
to the effvet that if they intend hint to win, he can! Bus-
cot, lOst, is held perfectly safe by Verax. Ten. anct-six-
pence, 9st 121 b, like Bu3cot, it Verax runs, is with-
out a chance. Boundless and Kossuth, 9st 121 b
each, together with Oily Gammon, 9st 101 b, and
Charley, 9st 91b, are of no account whenever.
Sir Alexander, 9st 81b, may run up into a place, but I
hardly imagine he will turn out to be the winner. The
Rector, 9st B►b, Susan, 9st 71b, Orange Girl, 9st 71b, and
The Abbess, 9st, have their chances fettered by Mis-
chance at 9st 71b. The race, I opine, will lay with 'THE
GENERAL, YOUNG LOTTERY, and VERAX; the lie.st-
named for choice, if meant. Should there be any p
arti-
cular " moves" between now and to-morrow mor Wing
concerning this Steeplechase they will be published • to-
morrow.

A clever little work on the Spring Handicaps, be, my
rhyming contemporary'. Priam," of the Racing Tirnes,
has just been issued from the press. It contains a table
of the acceptances of the five great Spring Handi
namely, the Chester Cup, Metropolitan, Northatrepton-
shire, Newmarket, and Flying Dutchman, by which the
comparative weights may be ascertained at a glaiace;
also all the performances of all the animals engaged, with
some sterling remarks on their present condition, &c.
The book altogether to the sporting man is indispens-
able, and is decidedly the best of the kind that has as
yet been published.
In the City latterly some curious games have ;been
played off with several of the favourites in the spring
races; a short time since, for instance, Hesse 11011111 J urg
from her position of first favourite for the Metropolitan
was sent to forties to one without any reasonable ex use,
and within the last few days the Confessor, for the
Chester Cup, received the same treatment, being sent
from twenties to fifties. Both, however, have recovered
their former places, nothing of consequence having oc-
curred to either, or any change taken place in their
owners' intentions.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Feb. 25, 1852.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD

REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDA.Y.)
Sir,—l told you how things were going, an d that
if these men would not come up to the mark of what
the House of Commons desired, somebody else 'would.
When a patient dies of a long course of what is some-
times called good living, it is not the last glass of wine
that is to be charged with bis overthrow; it is the glasses
administered by what styled themselves his hiends,
in days when a wiser conduct in all might have en-
abled him to set at defiance the present risk of death.
It is among observable plimuomena, that the same
Government which had a majority of 92 v 'lien a
charge was brought against it, was in a minor.ity of
11 on a disputed question of policy. The reasco is
plain enough. When a charge is brought, men of
integrity will go great lengths with the principle, of
viewing it as a question of whether they thiole on
that charge the Government ought to be turned out.
But they will not do the same when the question is
whether a regular or a local militia is best calculated
to prevent or repel invasion. Some may go to some
event ; but the extent and the number will be vastly
reduced, as was shown in the present case.
Indeed there would be few things more tinier, aeon-
able, than to expect that a man with any tof Loh of
personal acquaintance with a subject, and conse-
quently responsible to his own opinion and feat of
associates for honest conduct, should deliberately vote
worse better on a practical question, out of a
theoretic fear that a Government should thereupon
imitate the bearing of the proverbially headstrong
animals, who in days of old "ran violently dowa a
steep place into the see."
My own opinion is (to parody the title of an art idle
I used when a boy to pursue through the numbers of
the "Arminian Magazine") that this is " God's
Revenge against Murder and Adultery" committ ail at
the Cape ; for Adultery substituting the burning of
Mission houses, which happened to be " the sin They
had a mind to." An insane Gessler demands t o put
his toes upon a black chieftain's neck, and thus rouses
a war to the knife between the races. An equally
insane department of Government at home, expands
three millions in support of the toes, and then s ales it
never wanted anything but a naval station. There
was some added cant about Christianity and civilisa-
tion (meaning thereby the burning of the Mis sion
houses), which, if my -theory be true, must have
helped to turn the scale to the side of retribution.
And now you have got it. Every shilling's worth of
damage done to a Kafieg bullock, is likely to be titken
threefold out of West-Riding looms. You will say,.
it hits the wrong men. And so it does. Retx ibu-
lion always hits the wrong men ; by way of showing
to them, that they must lift up their voices and a pare
not, and what is more, must do it in time to prevent.
You must pay now, because you did not forward
your Memorial from Bradford half a dozen years. ago.
The Free Traders in Parliament have got what
they have long
that of the m
Government. been hankering after, a Protecli onist
They bad always some theory like
who should say, if he could only con-
trivemen who by this time biaan\hvo:se on fire what a nice new cane he
would build. shall see what comes of it. The
ought not to have had a leg to
stand upon,—whomTil
jest to suppose holding should have been a joke and a
their heads as statesmen
uparetbnow set on horseback,
Yogur
and public men at at,
will of you before
could open
enemies are in
your uorp ie)
veith every chance of having
the end of their race.
n his mouth
the saddle. Every man who
were "no where," is now in office
against you in parliament, while
to trywn defenders
were
upon you. It may all be for the best
; his
but
tanas
the pour Indian princess said that I once told you
of, "If I could have had my way, there should
have been more hats le
ours verft upon y
si the
ncerely,
field."
I am, Sir, y
AN OLD REFORMER.
Blackheath, 25 Feb., 1852.

THE SPANIT EGICIDE.--Afte the execution of
Merino for the attempt ther Q
to assassinate Queen of Spain, a
"-----
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cast of his head was taken by Dr. Didier,
copy of this cast has arrived in Paris,
and has been placed
of the heads of
in the Museum of Anatomy, in the collection
of Madrid. A
great criminals.
We understand that the office of
Dean of the
Arches, vacant by the death of Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, has
been conferred on Sir John Dodson, Queen's Advocate. Pr.
Twiss has been nominated Queen's Advocate.
The mercantile letters from Paris mention an ex-
pectation that the Bank of France is about to take the un-
usual step of reducing its rate of discount from 4 per cent. to
3 per cent.
T" FIFESHIR
MURDER..--From a communica-
tion received yesterday (Sunday) by the 'authorities here
from the police-superintendent at Cupar, we learn that the
murderers of the uld woman, Margaret Maxwell, who was
deprived of life in such a barbarous manner a few days ago,
have been apprehended. The watch which was stolen from
the house by the wretches has at the same time been re-
covered. There are three parties implicated in the murder,
but the names have not reached u5,..-North Britielt Mail,

EARL GREY AND Silt HARRY
SMITH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

,Sta,—Whatever may have been the indignation felt
by this Gallant General, on the receipt of the Colonial
Secretary's dispatch of recall, dated the 14th of
January—however great and just may have been his
anger upon the occasion, and although strong, no doubt,
was his disgust, and bitter. his contempt as ho read that
disgraceful document—Sir Harry Smith can now well
afford to, and no doubt does by this time, entertain no
other feeling towards his Lordship than those of pity
and of scorn; but let me nut wrong Sir Harry Smith—
the brave are always generous—and the praise he has
received from the Noble Duke, will incline him to pardon
the injdry attempted by the Earl. I do not, Sir,
mean to say that Sir Harry would be displeased to enter
heaven, except in the company of Earl Grey, but so
long as they are on earth together Sir. Harry Smith can
well indeed afford to smile on Earl Grey. In fact, if
we examine the matter more closely, we shall come,
I think, to the conclusion that Sir Harry has
much even to thank him for, inasmuch as
his Lordship has given .the occasion—first,
to tall forth tho 'spontaneous, unasked—for support
and praise of the Noble Duke, and next, to awaken the
attention of the public more particularly to the peculiar
and harassing circumstances under which Sir Harry and
his gallant companions in arms have had to act: a feel-
ing, unfortunately, had become very prevalent in this
country, that there was some fault at the Cape, and that
neither general nor the troops were doing their best. It
is too of ten the case, that " gentlemen in England,"
from being so much accustomed to hear of a handful of
their bravo countrymen in arms accomplishing the most
extraordinary feate of valour in all parts of the world,
and with almost invariable success, become sadly disap-
pointed at anything like a failure, and hardly give them-
selves time to reflect on the causes of any reverse; and,
therefOre,Until the Noble Duke rose up in the House of Lords
on the sth, the idea prevailed that it was, not the activity,
position, or strength of the Kafirs, but the want of proper
exertion and energy on the part of our own General and
his subordinates, that was the true cause of this pro-
tracted warfare with the barbarians in the Cape; and
had the Cabinet, therefore, to save Earl Grey and
itself from blame, sacrificed Sir Harry quietly; had
the decision been conveyed to that gallant
officer in those terms any gentleman of' high and
generous feeling would have, on such an occasion,
used to another, however unfairly Sir Harry would
even then have been treated, the country would hardly
have given sufficient attention to the affairs of, to their
minds, an unsuccessful general, as to have properly
understood the position; and poor Sir Harry Smith
might, perhaps, ultimately have gone to his grave, with
his bright laurels tarnished, and his heart broken. But,
Sir, Earl Grey's evil genius or, rather let us hope, Sir
Harry's good one, produced the dispatch of the 14th of
January. This, as we have seen, was laid on the table
of the House of Commons on the 3d of February, called
forth the Duke on the sth, The , Sun, on the 7th, fol-
lowed by the rest of the press on the 9th, 10th, 11th,
&e., and Lord John Russell has not had the temerity to
answer the Member for Lambeth, that the dispatch in
question was " seen and approved" by him—he has not
dared as yet to say that he had read it. Thus, Sir,
we have seen that, as under the able directions of the
General, volley after volley of musketry mowed down
the dangerous foe at Aliwal, so the repeated peals of
thunder issuing from a generous press, and fully appre-
ciated by an indignant public, will show the rulers of
this country that the would-be detractors of her hero's
merits will inevitably, sooner or later, meet their just
reward.

Up to the present moment Earl Grey stands alone
responsible for the tone and the contents of his dispatch,
and he will be a bold man if he dares to appear before
the tribunal of his country, saying, " Alone I did it."
But here, Sir, let us pause for a moment to reflect how
painful and serious would have been Sir Harry Smith's
position had sickness or any other cause prevented the
Noble Duke from appearing in the House of Lords; that
he would have been carried there, like Chatham of old,
I have no doubt, to defend his country or his man; but
alas! Sir, old age creeps on apace; none of us, neither
the best nor the: bravest, are immortal, and the fates
might have decided against Sir Harry.
Is the Duke gone? might have been the question; and
the only answer, " Then is your cause gone, too."
Thank God, Canar is with us yet; snd Sir Harry's
laurels are in sate keeping.
It is indeed melancholy to see the inefficiency and un-
popularity of this Government, and that each individual
of it should, as you justly remark, as he is weighed in
the balance, be found wanting; but is it not sadder, Sir,
to find one of the descendants of our ancient pillars of
the State thus prominently brought forward as failing,
not only in the qualities of a statesman, but in the
common practice of a gentleman? But there is no help
for it. Earl Grey must be made to answer to the people
of England; he is responsible to them, and to their
most Gracious Sovereign, for the advice he has given
and for the conduct he has pursued. Earl Grey says to
Sir Harry Smith, in his dispatch of the 14th January—
" I must remind you that the first error which was
committed, and to which, I believe, the failure of a policy
otherwise sound, and. the calamity of the war, are
mainly attributable, was the premature reduction
of the British force under your command. 1 must take
upon ~mygelf a share of the blame for this mistake, inas-
much-as :I had probably too often and too strongly
pressed upon you the importance of reducing the num-
ber of troops as soon as this could be done safely."
Indeed, Earl Grey I—take part of the blame—but the
punishment?—that is all for Sir Harry. Is it—we
shall see!

I have said this, that but for Earl Grey's dispatch of
the 14th January, the public might not have given
themselves the time or the trouble to have examined the
monstrous blue-books, with which it is the custom now
to blind and bully or bamboozle the people. They
might never perhaps have read Sir Harry Smith's dispatch
written on the 18th December, but received, recollect,
after the dispatch of recall, was, alas! for Earl Grey,
beyond recall. Read the following extract, Englishmen,
and compare Sir Harry's treatment with Sir Harry's
services and difficulties :—" The Burghers would not
turn out in any force, and thus arose the
lamentable evils and the - misery which have attended
the depredationa.of the en-DIY—evils which I anticipated
in my Koalamation of the 3d ult., and which have, as I
then predicted, been accompanied by every act of
atrocity." Now, Sir, who caused discontent at the Cape
and amongst the Burghers—Earl Grey or Sir Harry
Smith? Who sent out ticket-of-leave convicts, or
withheld the constitution?--Earl Grey .or Sir Harry
Smith? However, Sir Harry continues in his dispatch
I enclose a return of her Majesty's troops at the pe-
riod in question; they had to carry on a desultory war
over an extent of country twice the size of Great Britain
and Ireland I ! overrun by-a most enterprising horde of
savages, and they had also to occupy twelve forts, the
maintenance of which was indispensable. Had one re-
trogade step been made, the whole country would have
been in a blaze." Sir, I will not continue the extract
further from this highly and interesting dispatcb, but refer
your readers to a perusal of it—leaving this painful sub-
ject for a time.--I am, Sir, &c.
YOUR CONSTANT READER.
Feb. 19, 1852,

BURSTING OF A Boirmt AT OLDIIAM.—OR Tues-
day morning, about half-past eleven o'clock, a 20-horsepower
high-pressure steam-engine boiler burst at the Diamond Cot-
ton, mill, West-hill, Oldham. The mill belongs to Messrs.
Nuttal and Clough, who let off power to cotton waste cleaners,
and the boiler was placed outside the premises, so that in ex-
ploding =it did no mischief to them, except that it destroyed
the brickwork extending over a third of one side of the mill,
which is only two stories high. It overthrew the chimney,
however, forty feet high, which fell upon a row of cottages,
and destroyed two of them, besides knocking out the windows
and doors of three others. Mary, the wife of Thomas New-
ton, one of the cottagers, and Sarah Ann, his infant daughter,
were severely bruised and scalded, and died within a short
time of the accident. Mrs. Wright, who was in Newton's
house,- was also struck on the forehead, and so seriously
wounded that she is hardly likely to recover. James Howarth,
the engineer, and John Gartside, a workman in the factory,
are both badly hurt, and it is doubtful if they will recover.
The boiler was lifted up in exploding, and carried a distance
of forty yards east, while the back end of it was carried over
a double row of cottages to the west. The boiler had been re-
cently purchased, but.was an old patched up one, and pro-
bably gave way from inequality in the strength of the plates
under a high pressure.

The Belgian Government has authorised an Eng-
lish company to lay down an electric telegraph between
Ostend and London.

The electric telegraph on the Great Western
Railway is now completed to Bath, and will reach Bristol in
about a week. It will then be immediately proceeded with
from Bristol to Exeter, where it will be brought into con-
nexion with that on the South Devon line, and thus Plymouth
will be at last united to Paddington.

Mr. Morrison, of the firm of Morrison, Dillon, and
Co., warehousemen, of Fore-street, City, is in treaty for the
splendid estate of Appuldurcombe, in the Isle of Wight, the
property of the Earl of Yarborough. Its value is estimated
at 150,0001. The Earl's indifference to yachting, the fa-
vourite amusement of his father, has induced him to wish to
part with Appuldurcombe.
NOVEL APPLICATION OF WATER-POWER TO BELL-
BINGIzic,, —The hours of six in the morning and ten in the
evening are regularly rung from the spire of St. Peter's
Church, Dundee, by a chime of bells, produced by the appli-
cation of water-power to a complicated piece of machinery.
CONVERSIONS FROM THE ERRORS OF ROME.-011
Sunday, the 22d instant, twenty-seven persons renounced
the errors of Popery, in the church of St. Paul, Bermondsey,
London.

THE LATE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN WSTREET.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P.,
resumed
Marylebone workhouse, the adjourned inquest on the body of
James Joseph Webster, the unfortunate man
who was put
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i nt o
N v possessioneib ecko.fs t
rethe,et
and premiseswho occupiedperished i
nb
occurred in the same house a few hours after he went to bed.
Alter additional evidence, the jury retired, and having been
locked up for nearly half an hour, they returned and stated
that twelve out of the thirteen were unanimous in returning
iedn.ttheavtid wasne evidence
just y
the M r.
fineNN ' e
which
occurred 47,
a verdict to the effect, "That the deceased was burned to
death in the said fire, but how the
fire occurred there was
to
tehneabvleerdtbicetmhetoshdoeuel
Coronernot s ufl
iseai
turned had he been a juror. The inquiry occupied nearly
decide." e." Th
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t
have
rhe
.. e
six hours.

EAST KENT ELEcTiox.--At the declaration on
Monday the numbers polled were announced to be—for Sir
Brook Bridges, `2,480; Sir Edward I)ering, 2,289; majority
for Sir Brook Bridges, 191; and who was, therefore, declared
duly elected„ - The Hon. Gentleman was afterwards duly
" chaired." :There is a talk of Sir Norton linatehbull offer-
ing bimself for the representation in the event of a future
vacancy. Considerable support has already been proffered
him.

ANTIQUITIES FROM NINEVEIL—The vessel Appren-
tice, from Bussorah, has brought, besides the antiquities for
the British ➢luseum, which have been safely deposited in that
national establishment, a considerable quantity of ancient
marbles from the same interesting quarter tor Sir John Guest,
on whose account antiquities of this kind from :Nineveh have
before been brought to this country.

LITERATURE.

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF BAR-
THOLD GEORGE NLEBUHR. Chapman
and Ball.

Those who rejoice in literature of a profound and
erudite description will welcome the appearance of
these volumes. They contain the accounts of the
achievements of the great Roman historian Niebuhr.
An important part of these pages is occupied by ex-
tractarom the letters of the above-named, previously
published in German under the direction of his sister-
in-law. About half of these letters have been trans-
lated. A most interesting addition is to be met with
in essays that are at the conclusion. They are by
the Chevalier Bunsen on Niebuhr as a diplomatist in
Rome; by Professor Loehell, of Bonn, on him as an
historian, and by Professor Brandis, of Bonn, on his
character. It has been found impossible, we are in-
formed at the commencement, to form so complete a
sketch of his public career as of his private life, al-
though great assistance was afforded by the distin-
guished friends before mentioned. It is the utmost 1
advantage to those who wish to have a summary of
the great man's labours and successes to peruse these
ably written compositions. The impression thus
conveyed to the mind by the subtle research and the
eloquent epitome is indelibly fixed in the memory,
not to be afterwards erased by subsequent studies or
the succession of time, and truly it has always been
considered as the greatest honour that can distinguish
the departed, when he is surrounded by hosts of
friends to pay homage to his name and to perpetuate
his memory. "To live in hearts we leave behind is
not to die." The subjoined is extracted from the
essay by the Chevalier Bunsen :
" I cannot conclude these lines, written in England,
without expressing the pleasure I have derived from the
appreciation and high esteem with which my ever re-
vered master and fatherly friend is here regarded by
statesmen and scholars, and especially from the pure en-
thusiasm with which ho has inspired the most earnest
and noble portion of the youth of this country. His in-
fluence, which is apparent to every observer, is not ade-
quately represented even by the fact that a much larger
number of copies of the English translation of his history
of Rome have been sold than of the German original,
though many of the latter have also found their way to
England. Niebuhr's incomparable superiority to all the
critics of modern times—the deep truth of his historical
views and political maxima—the pregnant solidity of his
wif onroldt ;—easayll this had long s)oen ac-
paid to the Roman historian
style the elev;aion of
party in Church
and State. But the -pure human greatness of hi£ noble
heart—his unspotted life—his unwavering courage amid
kheb
yani sr:t
nwhe elos ert
most Onesddt viewdi
dni i gs
totnhifi nefigt ehude 8: homageh
e g melt of every
ill-health and disappointed or overclouded hopes—the
devoted love of such a mind—the elevating and child-
like faith in the divinity of nature and truth—the union
of qualities and capacities of heart and intellect so rarely
seen in combination—in a word, the image presented in
the letters before us has raised that esteem to personal
attachment, and the seeds of knowledge and nature so
richly scattered through them have fallen on a good and
fruitful soil. Well may we Germans deem this joy a
sorrowful one, when we turn our eyes to the disgrace-
ful efforts of little-minded men who, humbled beneath
the grave and piercing glance of genius, have fallen a
prey to their own mean passions, and conspired with
the disciples of impiety and the apostles of everything
un-German to spy out the weak points of a great man
with malicious joy and use them with Mephistophelian
address for their own ends; but it is so ordained that
meanness and wickedness must hate nobleness and great-
ness, and Niebuhr's chief failing, that of yielding in such
cases to immoderate vexation, shall not be imitated by
his friends."

WOMEN of CHRISTIANITY EXEMPLARYY.
for ACTS .of PIETY and CHARITY. By
Julia Kavanagh. Smith and Elder.
A work by the author of, " Women in France,"
" Nathalie, ' and " Madeleine, could not fail to be
regarded with interest, but when upon a subject so
varied in its details, whilb so consistent in its object,
extending through all ages, and including all coun-
tries and races, it is doubly attractive. It is divided
into four periods : the first is the Roman empire, in
which the martyrs of the early Church hold the fore-
most place. The second, the middle ages, contains,
among many
Hungary and St. Theresa. The third is entirely de-
others, the lives of St. Elizabeth of
voted to the seventeenth century ; and the fourth, in
which the life of Elizabeth Fry is most conspicuous,
to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The
authoress observes in the preface :
"When I first conceived the ides of writing a work
on the Women of Christianity, I contemplated including
all the women remarkable for character, intellect, and
excellence, who had flourished under the fostering influ-
ence of the Christian faith. I soon perceived that this
design, if it were not too vast to be accomplished, would
require the labour of years. I resolved, however, to ex-
ecute at least a part of that great whole—a part com-
plete in itself, to be followed by similar works or not, as
circumstances or time might determine. It was difficult
to choose, difficult to decide with whom to begin. How
many great and heroic women seemed to rise from the
barbaric gloom of feudal ages, or appeared mingling
with strange daring in the strife, as deadly and as tierce,
of recent generations! How many meditative spirits,
living apart from a rude world that knew them not,
heralded the dawn of civilization, gave to now forgotten
idioms their sweetest strains, and nobly asserted in their
day—not, it is true, so completely as they have been
asserted in ours—the intellect and genius of women. But,
from there women of action and thought, my mind
hpeyatiheandt wtoheanctiot
turned to other women more lowly though not less great.
heroici in
when
t
For eighteen centuries I beheld them fervent in their
eainrdlolt
tofili faith, pure
endure,ure
felt that these were essentially the ' women of Chris-
tianity.' and that to them the first belongedof
place
right." rwsuasffetrh,

Tile volume is illustrated by three portraits, the first
of Maria Agnesi, a Milanese lady of the
eighteenth
century of remarkable talents and learning, who, after
many distinctions, gave up science and devoted
herself to the afflicted. The second of Rosa Govona,
a young work woman of Sardinia, who founded in-
stitutions which still exist for young orphan girls, in
which they manufacture stuffs, silks, and cloth of
various descriptions. In two factories which
she
established at Turin "three Hundred women without
dowry earned an honest and comfortable livelihood,
and provided in youth for the wants of their old age."
The third portrait is that of Elizabeth Fry,
whose
life is too well known to need description. The de-
tails of the lives of so many whose names have so
long been known and revered cannot fail to be inte-
resting, while the long array of good deeds and active
charity must be as instructive as examples as they are
attractive as memoirs. We trust the authoress will
m
and that this fascinating volume be followed by many similar,
complete her work,

and ALTARS
,
HE ARTS
By Robert Bell.
3 Vols. Colburn.
These volumes are divided into tales, of which the
chief are entitled `6 phantoms and Realities" and
~ The Arrnonrer of Munster." The former, now re-
vised and enlarged, was
Fraser's Magazine, and
the author states that,
nr,
" strange as the circumstances related in this confes-
sion, or autobiography,
may aPy de
from authentic and well-atteosrteigdpe insaolluyrc ar, the
es.
areLe rived
that which is open to discussion in the early part to
published
av i
n in
g
bedealt with according to the measure of individual
sympathies and opinions, the seqome practical value.
uel it is hoped, will
be found to convey a moral of s
Tracing the course of a life from its dark beginning
in seclusion, and superstition and the neglect of a
healthy education of the faculties, to a manhood desti-
yplwesa,rdnaeasd:,
tute of enslaved by cre-
dulity,the design aims
a higher purpose than
excitement over a story of
at that of merely
The second tale is descriptive of the
rising of the Anabaptists in the free city of Munster
in Germany, in 1534. The details are strictly his-
torical; some of the principal persons introduced are
veritable characters. It shows how severely the
fanaticism of the people was punished by the frightful
awakening
tyranny of their ruler. The remaining
passionate
fi
errors. ado
andri .p" principles,
passingi nweai
tales are more
attractive from the absence of the tragic scenes which
frequently occur in the previous ones. " Love to the
Rescue" is of the time of the Restoration, and a
of hawking is
given. much will be
found that is pleasing and fascinating.
description.Theof
style
elefaivs oiunrtietreesptiansgti,maend

spirited
e.affoArdsina:
recently been
dington. It
and admi-
- ------ -77
I:epsadst, Mr. John
BUST or RosSUTH.—A very
table bust of the greatest of Hungarians
executed, by a young and very rising artist,
work of art
Bailey, of Conduit. place, Praed-street
evidences not only considerable skill, on -•
uengehrtaltoexbe
sculptor, but remarkable niceness of 0:;118: Part of the
full front,"
features being singularly accurate, and the rvalion' the
tphr
ee s
bs iuosnt of the
ld countenance
val u
ab
le, life-like. tuet- l inks
a correct resemblance of the patriot and orator,
the public
some respects, invaluable. The profile anator, it ts, in
the happiest direction in which the head ought
oPearB to us
regarded, though the general contour and the t
in like manner, have each merits entitled
commen-
dation. It affords us pleasure, therefore, too eommend
this effigy of Louis Kossuth most earnestly
notice of the general community, being
e d
, enabl to the
of it in terms the most decisively eulogistic. to speak
UNUSUALLY HIGH TlDE.—Yesterday afternoon
there was an unusually high tide, caused chiefly bythe wind
blowing very fresh during the last two days from the ea t
ward. Most of the cellars in the lower parts of Wapping, s-
Rotherhithe, and Bankside were completely inundateai
the tide rushed up so quick that considerable damage was
done to property belonging to the poor people residing in the
basements. At five o'clock the steamers had some difficulty
in passing under the bridges, especially the side arches of
Westminster and Blackfriars, owing to the extreme height
of the tide.
We are requested to state, that some letters ' which
have been mentioned or referred to for some days past by
several English and foreign journals having as
been ad-
dressed to one of the members of the Orleans family by the
President of the French Republic, or as having been ad-
dressed to him by one of the members of the Orleans family,
are entirely apocryphal.
A notice was issued from the Treasury yesterday
of a further postponement of the day for the receipt of the
tenders for the loans of 50,0001. and 40,0001. for Demerara
and Trinidad. Instead of on Friday, the 27th of February,
they are to be presented on Wednesday, the 3d of March.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
HERALD.—We attempted yesterday to prove—and
there are not wanting those, composed of men of all
parties, who think that we succeeded in proving—that
in exchanging Lord Truro for Sir Edward Sugden the
country and the profession will gain enormously. In-
stead of a man proverbially slow, undecided, and igno-
rant of the first principles as we di as the practice of
equity—the profession and the public have acquired a
lawyer of the quicke at and the p romptest faculties—a
profound master of his art, active, energetic, and capa-
ble in the highest degree. At on ee subtle, agile, and
quick-witted, Sir Edward Sugde n possesses the legal
coup d'ceil which enables him to sa the salient points of
a case at a glance. It is not necessary for him to labour
every petty fact with sesquipedalian ponderosity—to look
over every document, worrying hie melt' and others to no
purpose. This drudgery must be :left to meaner minds,
to men of the slow apprehension' and torpid facul-
ties of a Truro. There is scercoly a gentleman of
real estate or of largo personal pre iperty in the coun-
try, that is not obliged to go to 'Chancery for some
purpose or other, and these ettitors, whether us
private individuals, or members of trading, bank-
ing, or joint-stock companies, mutt all feel that their
Merest.; are safe in the keeping se the au:,hor of the
book on "Powers," and on " Vend; ies and Purchasers."
To clearness and quickness of apprel ieusioe, Sir Edward
Scgden acids, in an eminent degreo, decision. He will
not take three months, nor many dal 5, so thoroughly is
he master of the subject, to make tip his mind en any
suggested improvements in the c?rumon law or equity
practice. The; new Chancellor wiA either at once op-
pose, or approve unreservedly or stei nioske any project
that comes before Parliament. His will nut exhibit the
pihili syleem of his prede-
cessor, moving a step onward to--day, to retreat two
backward to-morrow. In private vs e wish the ex-legal
functionary health and happiness; but we trust never to
hear of the Noble Lord again in any public employment
whatever. Iu the present conditim of Europe, probably
there is no more important appointment than that of
First Lord of the Admiralty. This office has been admi-
rably filled by a notieman of the highest rank, a rear-
admiral by profession—and one who has an enthusiastic
love for the honour and gloiry of his profes-
sion. Without depreciating the fair character
of his predecessor, we think we may say
that it were impossible to hit on a more popular ap-
pointment than that of the Duke of Northumberland.
Our contemporary the Times has affected a well-feigned
surprise at the nomination of Sir Jolla Pakington to the
colonies. Sir John Pakington, foriiooth, is an active
Worcestershire magistrate. The fact is undoubtedly
true. Like most leading country get itlemen, from the
Revolution to the present day, Sir John has taken an
active part in the judicial and fiscal business of his
county, presiding, for nearly twenty arears, without fee or
reward, at the Worcestershire quarter sessions, and
doing the business of the country with a zeal and abi-
lity beyond all praise. We have yet to learn that this
is a disqualification for high office or that it unfits a
country gentleman for the service of his Sovereign. Our
contemporary asks, is Sir John Pakington equal to the
task of governing fifty colonies, more or less in a state of
disaffection? It is no doubt a difficult and arduous task;
but all that the new Minister asks is a fair trial, and that
he shall only be held accountable for his own measures.
It may be asked, whose rash, intemperate, and senseless
official acts—whose insulting and arrogant dispatches
have placed the colonies in this state of disaffection?
Every voice will answer—"'Tis Earl Grey has done it
all." Yet Earl Grey was not an inexperienced man.
From the moment he attained his majority he had a seat
in Parliament, and before he was eight-and-twenty had
obtained office. Twice was this worst of Colonial Minis-
ters Under-Secretary for the Colonies, once Under-Se-
cretary for the Home Department, once Secretary at
War, and once Principal Secretary for the Colonies.
Lord Grey's experience and official habits have then
stood him in no stead. On the contrary, the older he
got—the more he became inured to office—the more in-
veterate and ingrained appeared his presumptuous, head-
long self-willedness, and that insolent arrogance, which
has so shocked every gentlemanlike and liberal mind.
We do not hesitate positively to aver, and we have had
abundant opportunities of observing both men, that the
abilities of Sir John Pakington are just as good as those
of Lord Grey, while his temper and judgment are far
superior. The demeanour of Sir John Pakington is
dignified and conciliatory. He may not be able to com-
pletely retrieve the errors of his predecessor—nor do we
believe the younger Pitt, were he to rise from the grave,
could fully retrieve them, even in a five or six years' te-
nure of office? but surely it ill becomes the backers-up of
the mischievous wilfulness and insolent intemperance of
Lord Grey to cry down any independent commoner who
is patriotic and courageous enough to accept the dread
responsibility of succeeding such an official firebrand at
the Colonial-office. Sir J. Pakington will do his duty,
and do it well. Mr. Henley, like Sir John Pakington
(and we may add like many of the greatest statesmen
and ministers of England), is also an independent coun-
try gentleman, and has as much distinguised himself in
Oxfordshire as Sir John Pakington in Worcestershire.
But does this unfit him for the Board of Trade? The
ignorant people who thus talk or write at rrndom, forget
that George Canning—no mean statesman, and no bad
judge of men and things—selected a chairman of quarter
sessions, the late Mr. Sturges Bourne, as his Home Mi-
nister, at a period when the House of Commons was
teeixiing—which is not the case now—with oratorical
talent of the very highest order. A more sensible and
solid headed man than Mr. Henley sits not in the House
of Commons, and though Mr. Labouchere may be his
superior in red-tapeism and the mere clerkship of
office, we will not insult Mr. Henley by comparing
his iiatellect to that of his predecessor. Sir George Grey,
the predecessor of Mr. Walpole, the now Home Secre-
tary,, was, like Mr. Walpole, bred to the bar; but, un-
like Mr. Walpole, never rose to eminence, or to any
busi aess but that to which he was jobbed as one of the
counsel of the revenue. That Sir G. Grey is a man of
ability we willingly admit, but we maintain that the
actual occupant of the Home Office is a much riper
scholar and a much more learned lawyer than his pre-
decessor. Mr. Walpole has not been more than five
years in Parliament, but when he has had the long ex-
perience of Sir George Grey we have no doubt he will
be as quick and keen a party debater. In speaking of a
high order—in elevation of tone and view, be now sur-
passes Sir George Grey, who is only great on personal
or party questions. Much vehement indignation has
been spent, and some silly efforts at banter have been
attempted, because of the appointment of Mr. Disraeli
to the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is a
cherished prejudice of the race of dunces all over the
world that a man of genius is unfit for business; but the
met; of Bolingbroke, Chatham, Pitt, Burke, Windham,
and of Canning may be cited against this delusion of gentle
self-satisfied dulness. No man ever accused the late Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer of being a man of genius, learning,
or eloquence. He is as self-sufficient, as presumptuous,
and (lull a baronet as could be well found in all the
realms of Whigdom; yet after producing three budgets
per tinnum, ho never succeeded in compounding one
whit; h did not require further change and recasting. Is
it for the men who have had an Althorp, described by
Viscount Palmeraton thus—

" A was an Althorp, as dull as a hog ;"
a superficial-inch Rice, and a Wood for a Chancellor of
the Exchequer, to sneer at any man, however unknown,
as incompetent, much less at a man of the unmistakeable
and unquestioned ability and cleverness of the Member
for Bucks? There are no details, however abstruse,
which Mr. Disraeli cannot master, as the cookers of
Whig statistics have more than a dozen times, to their
confusion, discovered. We freely admit that Mr.
Herries is neither so loud, so burly, nor so boisterous
as Mr. Fox Menlo; but he has five times his experience,
and fifty times his official and general knowledge. We
are, therefore, unreasonable enough to believe that he
may get through the Indian business as well—to say the
least—as the ex-" captain bold" of the 79th High-
landers. We fully admit that in the present state of
Europe it is an onerous responsibility, indeed, to enter
on the management of Foreign Affairs—more especially
so promptly following a statesman of the capacity and
experience of Viscount Palmerston; but even the Times
admits that Lord Malmesbury is a sensible, clear-headed
nobleman, of great good temper and judgment, and
these are qualities very much required in dealing with
foreign Governments. No one doubted the ability of
Viscount Palmerston; but withal the impetuous humour
of the Noble Lord sometimes hurried him into the writ-
ing of dispatches compromising not only his colleagues,
but the Sovereign and the country. We have seen the
conduct of foreign affairs subsequently transferred to a
noblcman young enough to be the son of Viscount Pal-
merston, and who, in his brief career, exhibited, we are
glad to admit, tact, temper, and discretion. We have
every reason, from his past career, to believe that Lord
Malnaesbury, a few years the senior of Earl Granville,
will exhibit as conciliatory and as courteous a bearing,
and win golden opinions both at home and abroad. The
Minis.h.y of Earl Derby requires but fair play and a fair
trial, and this will not be denied it by Englishmen, no
matte r. what their shade of opinion.
TIMES.—The arrangements of the Derby Adminis-
tration are now complete, and a new Household has
started into existence with the same readiness as the
Cabino.t. it is difficult to be particular as to the special
aptitude of this or that minor official for his new duties,
withou.t exaggerating the importance of the office itself.
There are figure parts in the State as well as on the
most
Stage, for which a very average amount of personal re-
commendations will suffice. Leaving, therefore,
of this respectable walking gentlemen in the list before
us to speak for themselves, we will single out Chore
which may call for a passing remark. We have Ro
jectio:a at all, then, that our old friend Mr. G. I •Young
should take a few lessons at the Board of Trade, and ac-
quire in that school a better stock of covamerciem loathe
-
tics, as well as a hotter disposition to applyth
general good of the public. The best things
woes canh
wish for Chaos are order and light, and
not despair of seeing even the Honourable
ourable Member
for Scarborough methodical, lucid, and sound.
The Household seems very much like other households,
and, so long as duo regard is paid to the dignity and
convenience of the Crown, as well as of the privileged
few that are admitted to the presence of Royalty, the
grel t mass of the people has little to do with the matter.
Ireland is a more important affair. The Earl of Eglin-
touri is chiefly known by his tournament, which would
have gone off admirably but for the rain. If he could
pen made the Irish to settle their quarrels in the same
Wee ,dless fashion, he will considerably eclipse the glories
of that mimic chivalry., Chief Justice Blackburn() if
he accepts Lord Derby s offer, will make an excellent
Iri:sb. Chancallor. L)rd Stanley, the new Under-Secre-
tary for Foreign Affair!, has probably enjoyed
as much direct preparation for that office as
the distinguished excavator of the Assyrian
marbles. Sir Frederick Thesiger is Attorney-General,
it is said, with a view to the Speakership of the House of
Con imens in the new Parliament, should the fates be so
far propitious. Lord Lyndhurst declines office, but
pport, as also,
promises his su it i.y rather superfluously

added, does the Duke of Richmond. The note of pre- f
paration has already been sounded for the forthcoming
' war. The electors of Marylebone and Finsbury—that '
is the very snug parties of gentlemen who somewhere
1 or other assemble now and then to pass resolutions, pub-
lish manifestoes, and terrify Ministers—have met as
usual to protest against a change which seems from their
tone to have come rather suddenly upon them. As
they place the Whigs and the Conservatives under a
common anathema, and are far more horrified at the
ghost of the new Reform Bill than at the presage of Pro-
tection, we are not prepared to state the particular plan of
operations with which they intend to recommence
the session. An evening contemporary, which seems as
much astounded at these events as the metropolitan po-
liticians we have mentioned, is " pleased to hear that
whatever doubt exists on this subject (that is, the future
course of the new Cabinet) will he dissipated immediately
after the re-election of the new Ministers by the intro-
duction of a resolution pledging the House of Commons
to tree trade." On tho other hand, the inhabitants of
Manchester, who are at least as thorough free-traders as
those of Marylebone, or as our energetic contemporary,
have resolved not to renew rho League till there shall
appear some occasion for it, but simply to empower thr,
Council of the last League to watch the proceedings of
the new Administration, with :wow very proper hints as
to what may be expected :hold() the new Premier ven-
ture to re-open the greet question. Ou the side of the
uew Government, and in its snppo.-ied interest, there is
an equal variety of announcemmt, In the familiar
columns of one joclicious contemporary we already vie
the watchword " Der..th or Pfolection," and the public
are as.iured that Lord Derby and his colleagues ere
prepared to rkk a:I their nia,.znificent prospects, as
well as the satiety of the empire, next week, or
to-morrow, if possible, on au express demand for a
good duty on corn. To such as are still hesitiring how
to greet the new Administration, tbst is, whether with
A brief tolerance, or with instant defiance, we beg to re-
peat the views we have already expressed on this sub
ject. There arc two motives for political action, and
only two, that apply to the present question,—the first,
political feeling; the second, a calculation of the public
advantage. Now, is there a peremptory call on any
man's conscience to drive the new Ministers at once
from their places, and, with that view, to compel them
to declare themselves in advance of their present con-
victions, and months, if not years, before they are likely
to compromise themselves? It may be a sacred duty to
answer a question, but we cannot conceive it a sacred
duty to ask one, especially when the object is to make a
man belie himself, or hamper himself; to do wrong
either in one way or another. We see no " call " in
the matter, except that mission which the proverb
assigns to fools, of asking questions which
the wisest may find it difficult to answer.
A just suspicion always attaches to gratuitous measures,
and nothing can be so gratuitous as to ask a question
simply because it will be disagreeable to answer it, and
to hasten a decision which will require time to make it
as it ought to be made. The second motive applioable
to the subject is the public convenience. Bat where is
the possible uzl.atntage to the community at large of
driving the new Government from power, without reason-
able notice, by a species of forcible ejectment? Why
should we grudge twenty or thirty new hands a little
taste of office? The nation surely is not specially
interested in conferring a perpetual monopoly of
power on a small clique, consisting of a few
noble families, respectable as they are, and
valuable as their services have undoubtedly
been. On the contrary, it is an advantage to
all parties, to the nation at large, to the whole
of the Legislature, and particularly to those who
have something like political prospects of their own,
that all monopolies should be broken up, and that all
sections of the political world should have a fair chance.
If Mr. Bright would like to be Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, be is far more likely to have it after a year or
two of Mr. Disraeli than after a long and exclusive high
Whig or high Tory prescription. Some one has observed
that there are only four men in the new Cabinet who
have been in a Cabinet before. Why not? There is all
the more chance now for those who have not been in a
Cabinet. If nobody is to be in a Cabinet who has
not already been in a Cabinet, or if new Ministers
are only to be made at the rate of one in five
years, political promotions, and, we will add,
political progress, will be very slow. Give the
Conservatives a chance, for the sake of the public,
if not for their own. But does the convenience of the
public peremptorily demand a dissolution? Should Lord
Derby be thrown into a minority by a factious vote, he
would have no alternative but to dissolve the Parliament
at once, in order to pick up the Government seats, and
the gain which there would inevitably be in several
counties and open boroughs. But it would be to the advan-
tage, we will not say the security, of the nation, that at
this juncture it should be plunged into the animosities
of a general election, and the great cause of agriculture
versus manufacture once more re-opened with increased
bitterness? Most certainly it would not. The best
thing that can happen to us just now is, that the new
Government should have a fair trial, and we do not
know any law of political morality that should make a
little wise forbearance a positive sin.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Earl of Derby had an audience of the Queen
yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attonded
by Lady Anna, Maria Dawson, arrived in town at half-
past eleven o'clock, yesterday morning, from her resi-
dence, Frogmore, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness
visited the Queen, at Buckingham Palace, and partook
of luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert.
At three o'clock in the afodrnoon the Royal Duchess
left her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, on her
return to Frogmore._

The Duke of Wellington had an audience yesterday
afternoon, of the Queen, at Buckingham Palace.
The Royal Family took their accustomed exercise
yesterday, in they garden of the Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the
Hon. A. Gordon.

The Queen had a dinner party yesterday, at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Duke of Wellington, his Excellency
the Austrian Minister and the Countess Buol Shauen-
stein, his Excellency the Sicilian Minister and the
Princess Carini, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Earl end
Countess of Albemarle.
The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance
during dinner, and performed the following pieces :
Overture " Jnbel," composed for the In-
auguration of the Statue of Frederick
the Second Conradi.
Waizer " Narragansett " Gungl.
Fantasia on the Scotch air " Wandering
Willie " Spaeth.
Frederioh Wilhelm's Quadrille ... Bilse.
Galop Militaire Fohrbach.
Her Majesty's private band attended in Buckingham
Palace on Monday evening, and performed the following
selection:—

Overture, Op. 44 ... ...
...
... Kalliwoda.
Selection, "La Fille du Regiment" ... Donizetti.
Coro, " Nel Sileuzio" ... ... .. Meyerbeer.
.
Air, "Le Cheval do Bronze" ...
... Huber.
Mr. Entwisle and Mr. Peel (of Manchester) had an
interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-
Office. Mr. Bellow, M.P., had also an interview with
the Right Hon. Baronet.
Dispatches were sent yesterday from the:Colonial-
office to the Governors of Hong-Kong, Ceylon, and
Malta. Dispatches were also sent to the Governor of
the Mauritius.

Dispatches were received yesterday from the Go-
vernors of the North American Provinces, and from the
Governor of Bermuda, at the Colonial-office.

THE REFORM CONFERENCE.
The following letter has been addressed to the Presi-
dent of the National Reform Association:—

TO SIR JOSHUA WALMSLEY, N.P.
Sir,—Would you permit one who has had some
experience in conferences, and who takes great interest
in the one announced for March 2, convened by the
association of which you are president, to suggest that
it would be a great advantage if each delegate could, if
possible, present his report in writing? By this plan all
essential facts are told in the shortest time, and the
matter communicated ready for reference and use at once.
Yours, in political respect,
ONE WHO HAS ATTENDED MANY CONFERENCES.