The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

THE IRON TRADE.

On Wednesday last, at Wolverhampton, a partial
meeting of the trade took place, consisting of those gen-
tlemen who were interested i❑ the dispute between the
refractory portion of paddlers and their employers, and
such other© who were accidentally present at the time.
It appears that a willingness had been expressed by the
paddlers to return to their work, if the masters would fix
upon any limited period at which they would promise to
advance the wages; while, on the other hand, the sup-
plying of those works with puddle• bars where the men
were standing, from others where they continued to
work, was found excessively inconvenient to both. A
resolution was, therefore, passed, declaring a general
advance of 20s. per ton on all finished iron, with a pro-
portionable percentage upon the wages of the workmen
engaged in its manufacture, to take place from the Ist
of October next; and it is hoped that these misguided
men will now return quietly to their work. Their con-
duct has been highly censurable, not only as having in-
flicted wanton injury upon their respective employers,
but seriously affecting the general interests of the trade
by diverting orders to other districts. This resolution
will, doubtless, bo confirmed at the general meeting of
the trade to be held on the 30th instant, although we are
well aware that groat anxiety is felt by some, whose
opinions are worthy of much consideration, as to the
eiftct that may result. There are, however, others suf-
ficiently sanguine to look forward to such a revival as
will call for still further advances, and certainly a very
considerable speculative demand seems to be already
opening up, and business has been freely transacted at
the advanced rates.—Birmingham Gazette.

THE LASTING TlE.—Dean Storr, when residing
on a living in the country, had occasion one day to unite a
rustic couple in the bands of matrimony. The ceremony
being over, the husband began to " sink in resolution," and'
falling (as some husbands might do), into a fit of repentance,
he said, " Your reverence has tied the knot tightly, 1 fancy,
but, under favour, may I ask your reverence if so be you
could untie it, again ?" " Why, no," replied the Dean, "we
never do that on this part of the consecrated ground."
" Where then?" cried the man, eagerly. "On that !" point-
ing to the burying ground.
A wild girl, says the Cincinnati Commercial, was
captured last week in the woods back of Columbia. She
was first observed climbing trees with a rapidity only
equalled by a monkey. Captain M'Cullough, with a large
party, went out to capture this singular being, and alter
great trouble succeeded in doing so, when they learned from
her incoherent expressions that she had been a lunatic in
the asylum at Columbus, whence she escaped some months
since, and had lived its the woods, subsisting upon nuts and
rootz.

The work of reconstructing the Great Exhibition
building at Sydenham is now being pushed forward
with great vigour, and that spectacle of well-ap-
plied labour which in Hyde-park excited such un-
quelified admiration is about to be successfully
repeated. Already the rite has been cleared, the
foundations to a great extent prepared, a vast mass
of materials collected on the ground, and even the
plan of the surrounding gardens and their embel-
lishments roughly struck out. Great as was the
speed with which the old building was reared, there
is every reason to believe that in this respect the
new will rival, if it does not eclipse it. The credit
of the nation for punctuality no longer acts as a sti-
mulus on the contractors, but they will, no doubt,
show themselves men of their word, and they have
not only the experience of the previous undertaking
to aid them, but they work to a great extent
with the same hands, the wane materials, end the
same proportions. The very bell that summoned
file labourers to their work—the crane that
ifted the heavier castings, and the hydraulic press
that
tested the girders in Hyde-park, are again at
their former uses. Huge piles of materials, arranged
so as to be most available, are stacked in order along
the 'ground. There are long rows of prostrate
columns, reviving, the paint upon them, recollec-
tions of Owen Jones's b
which so vast a tide of
colouring. The doors through
humanity swept last summer
are deposited in a heap one above the other, ready for
fresh service. One sees mountains of asebbars,
window-frames, panelling, Paxton gutters, railings,
bracings, girders, and other materials, all bearing
about them the traces of their late and apparently
little deteriorated in conditione utheeieby. There is
also an immense accumulation of
away in a shed erected for the glass, stowed
ose, and the
percentage of that brittle material destroyed
remarkably
troyed in the
thee
transfer from Hyde-park is said to
small. In laying the foundations permanent
character of the new structure is shown
bythe
increased size of them, but the old proportions
and the rule of having everything a multiple
24 are preserved. It is this principle which renders
the of
the details of construction in such undertakings so
simple and economical, and which now, fully recog-
nized as it is, promises to yield the grandest results
to the science of architecture. While the actual site
of the palace has thus been cleared and prepared for
the superstructure, and while vast accumulations of
materials have been made, the working drawings have
also been completed, or nearly so, and a few days
more will show the whole design growing to reality,
with a speed and certainty which the mechanical re-
sources of this country alone render practicable. It
is a gratifying feature of the new undertaking that the
more immediate direction of the work is confided to
Mr. Henderson, whose ill health was so severely felt
by the firm of which he is a member during the
struggle to he ready for the opening of the Exhibi-
tion. Mr. Henderson's great energy and practical
skill admirably qualify him for the task on which
he has entered, and he has in Mr. Cochrane,
who occupied the same position in Hyde-park,
a most effective foreman. Of the building which
they are about to raise, the main features are
sufficiently well known to justify a natural anxiety
in the public mind for its successful compietion.
There cannot be a doubt that the new Crystal Palace
will be a far more splendid edifice than the old,
though the wonder which the novelty of the latter
inspired may somewhat blunt our appreciation. The
site is magnificent, and commands a glorious pro-
spect, in which Loudon, with her far extending
suburbs and her population of 2,000,000, forms but a
section of the view. Looking south-east even now,
the eye is carried over a smiling and variegated land-
scape without obstruction, as far as its powers can
reach ; but no conception can at present be formed of
the circuit visible from an additional elevation of 200
feet, and embracing within its ample verge, not only
the panorama of the metropolis, and the course of our
greatest river to the sea, but the Surrey hills, abound-
ing in natural beauty, and the rich lands of Kent, the
garden of England. Then it must be remembered
that the Palace itself will be not the least remark-
able feature of the scene, shining on its elevated
site, and made resplendent by having the sky as its
background. Crowning the ridge, it will be
conspicuous for many a mile, its towers, arched
transepts, and nave, finely breaking up and diver-
sifying its enormous dimensions. The monotonous
effect of the old building will be completely re-
moved, and it will rise into the air a noble temple,
dedicated to the innocent recreation of the people.
The grounds of Penge-park, which it immediately
overlooks, are nicely undulated, and the frontage,
which has a south-eastern exposure from the way in
which the land drops, will be elevated and command-
ing. An open colonnade on this side will run along
the whole length of the structure, and the arches of
the three transepts, recessed to a depth of 24 feet, will,
from their great height and the effect of shadow, be
singularly imposing. That in the centre will be 200
feet high, and it has just been proposed by Mr. Barry
to surmount the whole with three vast domes, the
loftiest rising 400 feet from the base. The work of
decoration has been commenced externally, the main
avenue, the spaces for some of the fountains, and the
line of terraces being roughly indicated. The
genius of Paxton will soon bring this part of the
undertaking into shape and consistency. Penge-
park is remarkably well adapted for the operations
contemplated, and there are some fine specimens
of timber already on the ground, which will
no doubt be turned to good and telling account.
Among the more striking features of this portion of
the works is a lofty tower with a tank at the top 50
feet square, which it is proposed to construct for the
supply of thei fountains, and which is to be so ar-
ranged that it can itself be converted into an immense
cascade. Of the internal decorations and other points
comprised in the company's scheme it would be pre-
mature yet to say much, for, though the plans con-
nected with them have been so far matured, they will
probably undergo extensive modifications, as circum-
stances may dictate. Each department has been en-
trusted to the ablest men that could be found to take
charge of it, and they are all now busily ergeged in
forming their several collections. Owen Jones and
Digby Wyatt are scouring the continent for the
materials of artistic embellishment and decoration ;
Professor Ansted is getting together a great series
of geological illustrations ; the section of natural
history is intrusted to the joint care of Professor
Edward Forbes, Mr. Waterhouse, and Mr. Gould,
assisted by Mr. Thompson, of King's College. Dr.
Latham has undertaken the ethnological department,
and the winter garden is, of course, the special
object of Sir Joseph Paxton's solicitude, who will, no
doubt, do everything that a knight can to bring
down into the 19th century, and within
in • a few
minutes' drive of London, the fabled gardens of the
Hesperides, without the dragon. The last accession
made to the company's staff, and perhaps the most
valuable for them,
as a commercial body, is Mr.
Belshaw, that most successful, active, and obliging
superintendent of the working details of exhibitions
since their commencement in this country. He
will fill his old position in the New Cry
and exhibitors occupying
his special care. The- - space.
P ons of this kin
already coming in fast, athopuichati rent will be charged,
and it is expected that this will eventually turn
out
a considerable source of revenue. Viewed ir
whole. the
undertaking of the Crystal
, palace LAM-
PanY is one which manifestly deserves
t favour, and
be re-
ceived by the public with the greatest
wish
to
see
which every philanthropic mind must in their
successful. Yet, at this Crlitrableasragcaerefully in
operations, the directors should y
of the Great
mind certain points which
Exhibition suggests, and thenich, if not held stead.
Allgood and nobly-intended
featly in view, Their subscribed capital is
may
tcorve
enterprise with disase
plansalst already contemplate an expen-
diture
amount, and probably not much
far beyond
under 1,000,001. sterlin
on g.
this a Theymount will find that before
any dividend can be paid a large annual
sum will be required for the expenses of maintenance.
Their reliance on the commercial value of their under .
taking
is rightly based upon the patronage of the in-
dustrious classes. To have that patronage the charge
for admission must be easily within the means of those
classes. Now, if the preliminary outlay is not very
carefully guarded, this will be impossible. The
humbler classes paid their shillings to see the Ex-
hibition, but that was once in a way, and because
the glories of the spectacle were fleeting. The
bare knowledge that a sight can be seen at any
time tends greatly to disarm curiosity ; and the
strict commercial character of the new undertaking
dissolves a considerable amount of that popular gym,.
pathy which was felt for a common effort, in which
all made sacrifices to do homage to the dignity of
labour. The Great Exhibition was self-supporting,
but it was also, while it lasted, a great freewill offer-
ing. Some were paid, and rightly so, for what they
did ; but the majority contributed their time,
their skill, and their property gratuitously. Had it
taken place under the Mundy contract one may
fairly question whether the success achieved would
have been nearly so brilliant, and, even as matters
stand, with the great body of the work done by volun-
tary effort, and the whole world agog about the splen-
dour of the spectacle, the surplus is only 150,000/.
English companies engaged in new undertakings

I i*.a NMI' of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
i
TIMES.—The abyss of ignominy into which
Louis Bonaparte is plugging the French nation
seems to become daily more unfathomable. No sooner
' have we explored one portion of the gloomy gulf in
which the past, the present, and the future of France
seem to be buried, than we are aware of lower depths
and darker shadows. We have ransacked ancient
history to afford us parallels in order to bring more
vividly to our own minds and those of our readers a
state of things for which modern Europe, happily,
amid all its disorders and retrogression, affords no
precedent. The games of Philip or Commodus may
faintly image the fates and spectacles offered to Paris
in exchange for her liberty, and the annals of Rome
before the Reformation may afford miracles as false
and demands as shameless as those of the Bishop of
Luton ; but for his last stroke of genius the Presi-
dent need fear no historic parallel; it is happily
unique and original,
a Napoleonic idea, and only Na-
poleonic. The effert of the President has been not
merely to enslave the country which, seduced by
oaths and promises, trusted her liberty in his faithless
hands, but to make the nation itself the accom-
plice in its own degradation. Repression is carried
to such an extent, and the power exerted is so
peremptory and absolute, that people are com-
pelled not merely to acquiesce, but to take an
active and eager interest in rivetting their own fetters.
Domitian, as Tacitus tells us, kept a register of men's
sighs. Louis Bonaparte must have his every act of
aggression welcomed with smiles. Many have
snatched absolute power by violence, or clutched it
by fraud; he alone demands as a gift that which he
has already taken as a right. But, more than this,
he puts into the mouths of his people entreaties for
slavery and petitions for degradation, sanctioned and
enforced by an appeal to the deepest and tenderest
passions of human nature. If it were possible to raise
a free voice or wield a free pen in France, there is no
topic to which the writer or orator would so readily
resort as the blighted hopes and ruined destinies of the
rising generation of Frenchmen. "You are content,"
Constant might have said or Courier have written,—
" you are content to forego all
power as much snore odious that
conquered for you, for
yourselves,
and to bow before a
historic traditions. than that of t
your
the
encGesrtaonrds
Monarque as fraud and f
here-
ditary claims and
Your lives and liberties are are worse than
onur own, and you may,
otraditions. Be it so.
if you please, squander themy
whomyour
children you
They, there
at safer
least,
were
any
y
its continuance
act t?f
ourselves. But
adventurer with
born into free-
dom ; they were not deprived by an
own of this right, and they claim
from you. Let natural affection supply
of public spirit, and, if not for your sake, at any ;et
for theirs, be free. You leave them your lands and
your goods ; leave them also the inheritance of equal
law and popular government, without which the pro-
prietor is a ryot, and the millionaire a mere deposi-
tory for the State." Will it be believed that this
very appeal, so irresistibly urging to freedom, laani„,
Napoleon Bonaparte is now making to France, or
rather requiring France to make to him, in order
that he may perpetuate her slavery ? On behalf of
the children whom they may fondle on their knees,
as they value the hopes of the dearest objects of
parental love, the fathers of France are instructed
to beseech Louis Bonaparte to break yet one
more oath by declaring his power perpetual, and
thus to secure the future of millions, whose existence
they are made to assure him hangs upon his breath.
There is something in this passing the limits of ordi-
nary degradation, and the very sacrament of nature is
profaned and invaded when the love of the parent
for his child is put forward as a ground for selling
him into servitude. Let our readers judge for them-
selves. There is now printed and circulated in
France a petition to the Senate, prepared by an
ardent supporter of the President, under the direc-
tion of the Minister of the Interior, for the re-es-
tablishment of hereditary power in the person of
Louis Bonaparte. This document, which we have
elsewhere given at length, purports to be signed by
fathers of families and labourers. It states, that in
a country like France all interests are placed under
the sovereign influence of the Chief of the State;
that who is to be this chief ought not to be made
a periodical question ; that otherwise a father cannot
possibly know the politicol conjuncture under which
he will provide for the marriage of the child whom
he fondles upon his knee; that therefore such a
presidency cannot satisfy the loftiest and sweetest
sentiments of parental and conjugal love ; that, were
it otherwise, the births ought in a peculiar manner to
correspond to the renovation of the Executive ; and
that the present generation, having conquered
anarchy, would violate all the duties which it owes to
succeeding generations if it were to allow the prin.
ciple of resistance to be individualized; and prays,
for these and other reasons, that Louis Napoleon may
be invested with an hereditary succession. We can
imagine no grosser insult offered to any nation than
that contained in this really official document. Go-
vernment in France, where the Illoniteur lately 06..
sured us " an essay was being made of the most un-
bounded liberty," is always to be absolute, and the
only question is in whose hands that absolute power
is to be vested. Despotism in France is an ac em
plished fact; and, according to this petition, no
other form of government is possible.
can be done for future generations is
and,iu
fathersorder
_to gratify to make
, it
statle and permanent,the
affectionate yearnings to
deprive posterity of
the power of selecting
the ofa
of
families,
pletely are the
the property of herst
oTntigmeasotfer.freS"okcaloc-
people of Preece considered to be
it is even suggested,
their present and future rulers, that
in a spirit of ironical and con-
temptuous exaggeration that no parent ought to
bring up a child except he be born at the particular
period at which the change of dynast)" is to take
place. France has lost all control over her
own
des-
tiny ; she cannot tell what will become ofher—she
does not presume to offer an opinion on the subject.
All she wishes is, that the last relic of influence over
her fate may be taken from her for ever. The father
of a family cannot be
13813-'Dv. till he has, as far as
his unconscious human institutions
'bility of the freedom
can, deprived
regaining
spring of the last p o! .
hisdegenerate bands. "It was
which has slippedd. from
interestedness" in the President to
great and noble
serried out the part of Pisistratus. But
decennial archon when it was open to
errgeeedy of servitude, are disgusted at
the petitionersin-d are moved by this noble and disin-
mhiarnketohihmayseelf a
such pruderny,o
re
quire that his authority should be as
unhinge ttime as in amount. We need not doubt
that the p!
terest!cl
rintition will be graciously received, that the
fond affections 0 f fathers and families will be held an
excuse for the zeal with which they canvass the de-
tails of a constitution to which the President has
given the inviolable seal of his oath, and that in mercy
to the rising generation he will be persuaded, by the
prayers be has dictated himself, to suffer the gentle
violence of converting the ownership of France and
Frenchmen from a term of years into a fee-simple,
Such is the language held, such are the sentiments
expressed, in the country of Mirabeau and Lafayette
Happily it is not in the power of the French*
nation to confer on the existing state of things
the stability which is asked. Were it possible
to mortgage or alienate the rights of posterity
we believe that there is servility and baseness
enough in the country to assign them
moat solemn and binding manner. But, haPPiIY
for the destiny of mankind, the right over in the
instrument is cancelled, and reverts, the
human nature re-enters
into possession of the dignity which it was
sought to
forestall and destroy ;
the possessor of land may
alienate the patrimony of his heirs, but a nation can
only squander the patrimony of the
present. Bow
often those rights have been surrendered and re-
conquered by France history can tell, and w_ e are
much mistaken if the prayer and hope of every honest
father of a family is not that his children may escape
the snares with which his own path has been strewn,
and that, free alike from unbridled license and un-
bounded despotism, they go their lives, their
may go forward. in. the. path.
of moderate progress, not
free gift of an abso-
liberty, and their property as the
ted by equal law, and gua-
ranteedlute tyrant, but protected .
and enlightened
public
by national spirit holding
opinion.

DOTER.—It has become
.a common remark, that in
no season has Dover expepenccd so large and continued
a day or two—embracing the facilities for travel, both on sea
successions of visitors as during the one of
and land, 1852—visitors of
i i
to stir abroad from busy inland scenes, and sip the
salubrious air of our south-eastern coast, to catch a glimpse
of the land of Frenchman, and retire home to wonder at the
variety and distance of objects brought by steam within the
scope of a day's holiday. This class of tourists cannot in-
clude our list of fashionables, with whom Dover is tolerably
well filled.—Dover Telegraph.
The Dudley Gallery of Pictures and Sculpture,
containing the celebrated statue of the Greek Slave,by Hiram
Power, also a Venus by Canova, is still open to the publio
(free), at the Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly, without orders or
cards, every day but Mondays. Visitors are only required
to write their 114111e1 is a book kept for that purpose.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
THIS EVE:>.TarG,
Will be performed the celebrated Adelphi Drama of JACK SHEP-
PARD, by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. Faul Bedford, S. Emery, and a
Smith ; Miss Laura Honey, Miss Ellen Chaplin, &c.
To conclude with the celebrated Comedy of PAUL PRY.

ROYAL PRDICESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the M
next,agement of Mr. C. Bean.
On SATURDAY
Will be performed a new petite Comedy, called THE PRIMA
DONNA.
After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS.
Te conclude with A ROLA.ND FOR AN OLIVER.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
'Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Open Every Evening, with the Largest Equestrian Establishment
in the World.
Most Gratifying Success
Second Week of the Equestrian Season.
The most triumphant success of Mr. Stokes' Troupe—they are li-
terally American Wonders, and have, each night of their appearance,
been greeted with reiterated applause. They will appear every
Evening in conjunction with the Brothers Seigrist on La Perche,
and the whole of the talented artists of the Establishment, forming
one of the best and most varied entertainments ever presented within
the walls of an Amphitheatre.
The doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; the Performances commence

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at Seven.
Half-price at Half-past Eight.
&Omission—Stalls, 53. ; Dress Boxes, 45, , • Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit

2s. • Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily.
Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Last Week of the Season.
Great Combination of Attractions—Music, Zoology, Floriculture,
and Fireworks.
Danson's Modelled Panoramic View of Mount Etna will positively
be removed after this week, in order to commence with the prepa-
rations for next season.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT.
Panic-mu VOCALISTS—Miss Messent, Miss Clara Henderson, Mr.
Young, Mr. Manvers, and Mr. Leffler. Conducted by Mr. J. L.
Hatton, who will preside at the Pianoforte.
PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENTAL Sou:am—Messrs. J. Richardson
(Flute), Wuille (Clarionet), Lazarus (Clarionet), Viotti Collins
( Violin), Cioffi (Trombone), Collinet (Flageolet), Sidney Pratten
(Flute), and Conductor of the Orchestra, Mr. C. Godfrey.
Exhibition of Denson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT
ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS—Splendid
sr (-interesting Menagerie--Promenade Concert by Godfrey's on-
'vaned Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties—Concluding at
Lusk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Southby,
representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the
Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and his Cyclops,
the whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a
Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nerelads receiving the
Armour of Achilles.
The menagerie now consists of several hundred specimens, some
the finest of their species in England, including three fine elephants.
two giraffes, four ostriches, two camels, lions, leopards, &c., and
the colossal tortoise (the largest ever exhibited), upwards of 200
years old.
Doors open from Nine A.M. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con-
cert at a Quarter-past Six. Fireworks at Nine.
ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON DRIDoi6.
Tire I)AY --AlorainA 56 rain, after 1 Evening 17 ruip* af"r 2
o-ttaaow—Morning 37 min. after 2 I Evening 57 min* 'll/cr 2

Tkii.; WEATHER.—Sm OFFICE, SEPT. 14
THZEMOMETER, IN THE SHADE..
iighest since noon yesterday.
4S—:owelt ;:his morning and during the night.
51--his day, at noon.
B.tnoAcaTitit, 29'99.
WIND Vir.N.W.—lig,bt breeze and fine sunshiny weather.

DA/Ly WEATHER TABLE.
4toto of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
at Nine o'clozk yesterday morning.— he
qiona
- acs
ATP al • order of latitude.
p wind N., gentle breeze—cloudy.
v "_—w ,
gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
otaysTo ind S. ~ gentle breeze—overcast.
TIIICaRIDGE—WincI W., gentle breeze— cloudless.
GREEN [CH—Wind S. W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy.
CoLcmrarEE-11"nd S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
cAmBnIDGE—Wind S.W.—cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wihi and weather on Saturday morning at nine

Ind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
HOLYHILID—Wind N., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
LazircesTaß—Wind N., gentle breeze—principally clear.
WY—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
DaRLINGTox—IYind N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SqAP—.Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast.
Bitarrocx—Wind N. W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1852.

Unquestionably about the most popular of all the
Ministerial appointments made by the Earl of DERBY
in the process of constructing his Administration, was
that by which the Admiralty Board was announced to
be presided over by his Grace the Duke of NORTHUM-
BERLAND. From the outset we asserted as much,
and every month that has elapsed since the formation
of tha existing Cabinet has only tended the more en-
tirely to convince us of the accuracy of our first im-
pression. It was simply natural, indeed, that the
Royal Navy of England should be presided over by
one of the officers in that profession. As natural as
it must always be, of course, for the soldiers of Great
Britain to look for a General or a Field-Marshal in
the responsible office of Commander•in-Chief. Yet,
such being indisputably the case, we have had the
chagrin of beholding the affairs of the maritime service
of the United Kingdom entrusted to the guidance
—not of a sea-captain, but of a civilian !
A gentleman in black—mind ! with the libel Act
before us we don't say, expressly the gentleman in
black, but a gentleman in black—instead of a gentle-
man in blue, has been authorised to exercise supreme
authority over the whole of the naval system in—of
all countries in the wide world—England. Even
upon gala days the disgrace thus reflected upon the
most national of our warlike professions was but
slightly shrouded from observation. Then, if no
mere gentleman in black paraded in the midst of a
glittering group
of veteran flag-officers—it was
simply because " the presiding genius of the place"
was transformed for the , onceinto a Right Honour-
able Administrator, bediztned in the Windsor uni-
form ! Happily things", ne _
w-a-days not so managed.
Since the DERBY Ministry was gazetted in February,
the naval officers of this country have had the satisfaction
of bearing in remembrance the fact that one of their
own number is now
formally installed at of
the Board of Admiralty—and that
number," no less distinguished a sailor than his Grace
the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND.
Fortunately the circumstance here referred to has
proved already one fraught with no empty satisfae..
tion. Already within the last six or seven months,
namely, ever since the Earl of DERBY and his col-
leagues were inducted into the localities renowned as
the favourite abode of power in Westminster, being,
in fact, removed to Downing-street just as the pre-
ceding Ministry were settling uncomfortably down in
Queer-street—we have found repeated cause to con-
gratulate the nation at large upon the restoration
of the original order of things in
regard to
the system of maritime organization. Several
" crying abuses" have in this manner been already
effectually removed. Several acts of justice have, in
a manner equally prompt and praiseworthy, been
Performed. Descending to more minute particulars
-"the shameful indifference displayed in reference to
the incomplete state of the Nelson Testimonial in
i•raaisme-square—one of the most melancholy insterid
of (as it should have been) one of the most glorious
sights in
the metropolis—has been anything but
emulated by
the Board of Admiralty, now that it is
presided over by a sailor as devoted to his profession
as his Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND. Pre-
parations it will have been remarked by all those who
have recently beenin front of the National Gallery
have been some time auhl •
eg for affixing the last
bronze to the pedestal—that
commemorative of the
earliest victory gained brionr immortal hero,
which hePurchased an
may be said to have
Earldom
for his commanding hero that by
officer by hismem
Vincent,orDabolees
an
dis-
obedience of orders off Cape St. Nis
y
one bear in recollection poor TOII
grotesque
little woodcut of NELSON'S statue on the summit of
that unfortunate column in Trafalgar-square
the imperial eagle of Russia perched upon the cocked
hat, holding in its (the eagle's not the cocked hat's)
claw a purse of five-hundred sovereigns, and under-
neath—.

" There are more things 'twist Heaven and Earth,
Horatio,
Than Were dreamt of in your philosophy."
Unluckily the disgrace cast upon the nation by
that miserable 5001, cannot be so very readily effaced.
Insomuch, however, as the suppletnentary odium of
negligence in this matter of the monument
is concerned, his Grace the First Lard of
the Admiralty appears to be eager by every rea3on-
able means to remove from the national escutcheon
one portion at least of this odious blot of ingratitude.
After the raising of the last bronze to its destined
A EWSBRittitile pedestal, we shall hope to witness very
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