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BLACKWOOD. " Chronicles of Carlingford"
brings a crisis to the fortunes of the Perpetual
Curate, and after having no instalment last month,
we enter upon a most momentous epoch in his
career. In the first place, he is put upon his
trial, and Mr. Morgan developes his posses-
sion of the qualities of malice and revenge
to an extraordinary degree. The scene in the vestry
which describes the little assembly in full conclave
is very ably sketched, and displays some of those traits of
character which go far to make up the great scenes of life,
and to create the awkward and unpleasant situations from
which so many suffer. The next number of these Chronicles
hill, it is to be presumed, bring our hero triumphantly
out of the maze of difficulties by which he is now surrounded.
" Fersyth's Life of Cicero" is an impressive article, that
will well repay perusal, affording some interesting reflections
on the character of a man whose name must be for ever
memorable, and whose chequered career supplies us with an
instance of the vanity and instability of all worldly great-
ness. Great stress is justly laid in summing up the chief
peculiarities of Cicero's nature, on his lamentable want
of courage. He lived in days when such a want was a
very marked deficiency, and could not be compensated for
by the presence of many other most desirable attributes.
It is well observed, here, that the quality of " manliness" in
which he was deficient, might not have been so apparent in
its absence, in his own days, for it was "fast dying out ;"
but " without that quality, to an English mind no man is
recognised as the true philosopher or hero." It is a most
suggestive study to turn occasionally to the review of the
lives of the departed worthies of all climes and ages. Some-
thing profitable must perforce am ue from the contemplation
of those careers that have influenced their own generation
so considerably, and left an impression on all after times.
Mr Forsyth appears to have rendered full justice to his sub •
ject, and it is here remarked that Cicero never dreamed
that his life would be written by a " British Barrister."
" Tony Butler" is continued, but does not bring
the hero at all before us, in this division.
We are treated to a great deal of Mr. Norman Maitland's
company, and that gentleman is not at all an agreeable
acquaintance, despite his assumed freedom and his airs of
consequence, Some Italian scenes are adroitly put before
us, and there is every possibilty of some esclandt e shortly
taking place. Mrs. Rafford disappoints one by her persis-
tent devotion to this objectionable man, and appears very
likely to get herself involved in some awkward transaction
by her pertinacious meddling with matters which do not
concern her at all. " A Song of Matrimonial Matters" is a
succinct sketch, which presents the reader with different
phases of courtship and marriage. It is written in a very
lively style, which may serve to amuse the reader who likes
and is pleased with satirical allusions. "A Groan over
Corfu" is a light, readable paper, which records the sorrows
of an old Corfiote who deeply grieves at the loss of the Seven
Isles. The writer indulges in no moody tone, however, and
makes no foreboding prophecies. Hence the lovers of pro-
gress may accord a gracious reception to his murmurs, espe-
cially as he winds up his dissertation with the cheering as-
surance that the sympathies of Christendom are with the
Greeks, and that the very rivalries of nations seem to wait on
their uprising. We shall not find reason to mourn over our
own loss if it issue in their well-doing. "The Great Indian
Question" takes up a subject which is now-a-days a very
important cue, engrossing the attention of many by its
arduous details and complicated bearings. A very fair judg-
ment seems to have been given in this instance, and the
conduct of Sir Charles Wood is deservedly censured.
Cornelius O'Dowd continues his animated remarks on " Men
and Women and Things in General," bringing before us an
infinitude of subjects, good, bad, and indifferent, as the case
may be, but all treated with the same vivacity of description,
" How to Make a Novel" is a clever skit of the sensational
romances now so much in vogue ; and in these stirring verses
we meet with much truth, though it is clad in the guise of me-
taphor. The last article is on " The Position of the Minis-
try," and, of course, does not take a very hopeful view of the
prospects of the occupants of the Treasury benehes. A gra-
phic sketch is given of the chief points of our foreign policy
and our diplomatic exploits, all tending, of course,
to the same direful and disgraceful end. There ie, waforta •
nately, no need for fancy to aid the account. or for exaggera-
tion to influence the language of political opponents, when
Ministers go out of their way to perform such actions as
those which have scandalised the people at home and
excited the amaze and contempt of the nations abroad. The
concluding passage relative to Lord Palmerston is very
effuctive. It tells how he has outlived his popularity, and
persists in being in power to the great detriment of his
n,putation. Rather than resign, he becomes a rni faineant
Truly is it stated that the interests of the country suffer by
such a course. Altogether, a very correct notion of the
existing state of things is given in this article, thus ap-
propriately concluding a number that possesses more than
the average amount of attraction in its contents.

FRASER.— Fraser this month is more than usually
attractive, for there are several very interesting and
readable articles. We have a notice of " Carlyle's
Frederick the Great." It is remarked that, as
especially characteristic of Carlyle's History,
he holds it as a doctrine that " kings, and generals, and
statesmen, whatever may have been their virtues or de-
merit 4 were at least living persons. There is, perhaps, a
certain mannerism in the constant reference to the gun-
powder complexion of Leopold of Dessau, or to the promi-
nent eyes and small stature of George 11. ; but Mr. Carlyle's
very oddities have a purpose in reminding his readers that
men are men, and not bundles of contradictions, or even of
abstract qualities." The second paper, on "French Life,"
is as lively and agreeable as the first. It shows our conti-
nental neighbours in their dramatic circles. It is very
seldom that a traveller takes IN' into the real private life of
Parisians, and in consequence many untravelled English
men and women are slow to believe that there is such a
thing as family life at home in Paris. " Lady Cowper's
Diary," which brings back to us all the petty intrigues of
the court of George 1., is noticed at some length. Mr. De
Vere's Poems form the subject of a well-written article,
which is enriched with extracts copious enough to give the
reader unacquainted with his works a fair idea of the graces
and deficiencies of the poet. " The Pleasures of Difficulty"
is the title of an essay of vigorous and stirring
character, which boldly tells its readers that " the
doctrine which appears to be very commonly
received, that work and difficulty are absolutely evils, and
that ease and indolence are absolutely blessings, must, if
seriously entertained, be destructive of all happiness." The
style of the article is somewhat heavy, but its moral is un-
doubtedly sound. Readers of Fraser will be glad to meet
again their old friend and favourite, A. K, H. 8., although
the essay now before us is by no means among his best. It
is called " A r eminiscence of the Old Time ; being some
Thoughts on Goinj Away," and though it draws pleasant
and life-like pictures en:nigh, it does not deal much with
the deeper things of life. ...7he opening chapters of a new
ste7, entitled " Gilbert Ruggt; promises well for the
future. It is by the author of Zirst Friendship," and
even in the t:Tening instalment shots signs of being an
eventful and complicated history.
BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—The stor: of the
changeful fortunes of John Law, the great fin,:ulcier,
from the brilliant pen of the editor, occupies as ws:1111
the most prominent place in this magazine. Law
is just now at the height of fame, wealth, and power,
favoured by the Regent, and courted by all, while crowds
are thronging to give any price for the shares inhis schemes.
The reverse of the picture is probably at hand. Meanwhile
these who follow the romantic part of the story will be in-
terested to note the reappearance of Belinda, the beautiful
wife of the jealous old man who was believed to have fallen a
victim to her husband's unjust suspicions. The other stories
in the number are both instalments. Mr. Dudley Costello
continues his history of Mr. Grimshaw's adventures, and
Mrs. ,Bushby proceeds with the :Danish translation. In
the latter we fear the hero will prove by no means worthy
of the affection felt for him. "The Virgin Forest" carries
us to the wilds of South America, and curiously enough
another paper notices at length a work on " Men and Things
in Uruguay." The writer remarks that as it is probable
that the tide of emigration towards the United States will
soon be checked, the vast idle tracts of fertile land in the
southern half of the great western world are worthy of
attention. "All the World's a Stage" is a pleasant enough
article, on an old but never trite moral, It is curious among
the various citations of philosophic and poetic discourses on
this text to find the very Fame thought re-appearing in
different forms in the works of Epictetus, of Robert Hall,
and of Archbishop Trench, yet without plagiarism, from
the difference of the application.
COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY.—In an article on
"Life in the Parana," a comparison is drawn between
the progress of Buenos Ayres, founded in 1537 by
Mendoza; New York, a mere port in 1615, and
Sydney an irregular village in 1810. " Yet," says
the writer, while commenting on the diffu'ence, " all the
advantages of position, climate, and resources were inenea •
curably in favour of the mighty La Plata." The second
1 part of the interesting essay on "The Ballads and Tr:ali-
o:las of Northern Europe" continues to trace the reladon•
of our simple nursery talcs, and the

ship hotween some .
grim oln legends of the North. Edward Itowselld cont.
butes a pap,:r on " Small Worries," troubles of univeraal
and %cc, have an interesting criticism of a volume
presenc3,
of American poet."Y• " Strathmore " is continued in Ls
accustomed style, an,
1 it is not difficult to trace tbie same
characters previously
o,2lineated by the author in other
terms in the chief characterS: Strathmore is a sterner and
more guilty Granville de Vigue, while Greville is a gentler
and less flippant Alma Tressillian, These two eharactery
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Lara, the heroine prostrate in adoration at his shrine, while
all the favours of fortune, beauty, and talent are showered
upon them both. They have, however, one little drawback
to their excellencies—they have neither of them the re-
motest idea of following any higher law than their own
selfish gratification, nor any thought but of indulging the
passion of the hour, whether love, hate, jealousy, or re-
venge. " Corpulence" is an article which should be read
by All who are anxious on the subject for its wise observance
of the via media.

COLBURN'S UNITED SEII,VICE opens with a
carefully written article on the " Re-enlistment of
time-expired Men," in which the author eaters into
a detailed account of the relative expenses of re-
cruits and of re-enlisted troops. He endeavours to
show that a groat economy would be eff,2cted by holding.
more encouragement to soldiers to re-enlist at the expira-
tion of their term of service, and contrasts the French sys-
tem favourably with the English. An outline of the Jena
campaign will be perused with interest 'at a time when
Prussia is so distinguishing herself by the prowess of her
legions in Jutland. When we compare the results of the
present protracted advance and hard-won successes of the
numerous and well-appointed army of the Prussians
against a handful of unsupported Danes, with the result of
Napoleon's campaign of 1806, which virtually annihilated
the kingdom of Prussia in four weeks, there can be but
little doubt that in the event of a French army again
crossing the Rhine, Napoleon the Third may as success-
fully re-enact Jena, in the north of Germany, as Auster-
litz was separated in the south at Solferino. A history of
the " Experiments of Sheeburyness," contains the results
of the trials of the Whitworh and Armstrong 12-pounders
up to the present time. " The Military Engineering of the
Ancients" is continued, and contains descriptions of
ancient Roman fortifications in England. as well as re-
marks on certain Peruvian construction of primeval ages.
In section three of " The Soldier's Why and Because,"
by Lieutenant Steinmetz, we enter upon the principles of
skirmishing drill, Captain W. Knollys furnishes the first
instalment of a new tale entitled " Oswald Hastings, or
the Adventures of a Queen's Aide-de-Camp." It is full of
promise, and so far as we may yet judge of it, is evidently
intended to be of a sensational and romantic character.
The principal incident in the present chapter is the in-
troduction of a rather novel personage in fiction, namely,
a mad dog. " Curiosities of Naval Literature" relate to
ancient forms and customs in the Royal Navy, and con-
tains some sharp criticisms on the follies and fashions still
extant in the service. " A Trip to Teneriffe" is con-
cluded. We have also a paper "On the Invasion of Den-
mark and the Political Crisis," and a summary of foreign
events.

TEMPLE BAR.—" The Doctor's Wife" becomes
more developed in this portion of its contents, and
all that occurs foretells a sad termination to the
tale. There is no one to take an interest in, for
Isabel is so dreamy and absurd, George so heavy
and matter-of-fact, Roland so abstracted, and Lady Gwen-
doline so affected, Mr. Raymond is quite welcome in his
downright straightforwardness, after all their nonsense and
vulgarity, but he is not free from blame. He ought not to
have assisted in making the match between the ill-assorted
young couple, and it was idle to expect a satisfactory result
to follow from so false a beginning. In this story we meet
with some of those delineations which have before now im-
parted such a life-like character to the previous works of
this authoress. "Windsor, Thames-street" is the sketch
put forward by Mr. Sala this'month. It is a curious ac-
count, and many will be amazed to hear that those who
live in the shadow of Royalty are little moved by its con-
cerns, but use becomes second nature to them. " A Girl's
Love-song" is a very strange production, and the last verse
especially is extraordinary in its supposed simplicity of
expression. "Broken to Harness" gives an interesting
account of Miss Lesden's marriage, and the fashionable
aunt figures in a very discreditable way. This little roman-
tic episode gives a pleasant variety to the narrative, which
in its previous chapters was somewhat monotonous in its
tone. "Paid in Full" is the title of a story which promises
something horrible in its course. There is an avenging
spirit in the shape of a valet, who watches everything and
reveals nothing. Some information imparted during the
instalment before us seems to point out a dark passage in
the career of Lord Elenburn. " Little versus Mickle" is a
readable article that contains some thoughts worthy of no-
tice, and brings before the reader glimpses of that inner life
which should never wholly be thrust aside in the bustle
and turmoil of the world and its troubles. "A. Visit to the
Federal Army of the Potomac," and other subjects of in-
terest, make up the remainder of the contents of this maga-
zine.

THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—" The Man in
Chains" is still the principal feature in the table of
contents, and its unfortunate here is getting him-
self deeper and deeper into the toils of the money
lender. Dr. Scoffern contributes a sensible article
on sugar, from which the curious may extract much infor-
mation. "In Pursuit" is the title of a very amusing
sketch. A London detective going to America after two
felons, falls into company with a young Virginian planter
and his bride, who prove most agreeable fellow travellers.
The sequel, as may be guessed, is the arrest of the interest-
ing couple by a sharper sighted detective, and the unfortun-
ate story-teller is laughed out of the service. Caroline
White gives us a very cleaver botanical paper on " May
Flowers," and the story of 6' Bertie Bray" proceeds in true
novel-like fashion.

MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE.—The concluding letter
from the " Competition Wallah" is the first and
not the least interesting thing to meet the reader.
This writer's shrewd sayings on men and things
are always worth reading, but this month the
article possesses an unusual attraction in the shape of an
unpublished minute of Lord Macaulay's, written when he
was President of the Committee of Public Instruction.
The Minute in style and subject is worthy of the writer. It
is an eloquent appeal in favour of our grand old mother
tongue—the key to such wide and varied treasures of
science and literature being taught in the Hindoo public
schools, instead of the traditional Arabic Sanscrit. It seems
strange that there should ever have been a doubt in the
case, and if any lingers in the mind of the reader after per-
using this minute, he must be very hard to convince. The
original manuscript lies in one of the public offices of Cal-
cutta, with time and the white ants working upon it.
"Unfold the packet, and every page teems with the vivid
thought, the glowing fancy, the grand yet simple doctrine
which has already became classic wherever the English
tongue is spoken or the English literature studied."
The writer of these letters is extreme in some
of his views and sentiments, and of course his
opinions are not to be accepted without reserve; but his
epistles contain much truth and good sense, and are clearly
the work of experience and a c3rdial interest in his adopted
country. They deserve to be collected and reprinted, which
we are glad to see is the case. The story of "The Hillyars
and the Burtons" proceeds with increasing interest.
Troubles seem thickening round all the party, and dames
Burton meets with a serious adventure. The idea of the
family emigration is mooted for the first time, The Editor con-
tinues his "Recollections of Threo Cities," and "Edinburgh
as it Was" is vividly pictured. Goldwin Smith propounds a
problem connected with the American war—Miss Cobbs
takes us into the dismal crypt below the Dublin cathedral
.—lsa Craig tells the thoughts of " One in the Crowd" on
the 20th of April—and Matthew Arnold, under the head of
"A Fr,,nch Eton," discourses on the advantages of public
schools for the lower and middle classes, and State action
generally. The sixth part of "A Son of the Soil" shows
us poor Colin still in his old perplexities, though beginning
to wake from his love dream ; and the number terminates
with a direful catastrophe, in which he is again instrumen-
tal in saving the life of his rival, as in the days of their
impetuous boyhood.
- - -

CORNHILL.—" Denis Duval" appears this time
with its last instalment, and the reader will there-
fore have the mournful task of taking leave of
one who has so long fascinated and charmed his
leisure with his inimitable productions. The style
is similar to the earlier productions ; and it is
curious to observe that the concluding chapter here met
with is called The Last of my School-Days. It seems
strange that the author, who was about to quit his busy
career and lay aside his pen for ever, should thus chronicle
the termination of his hero's studies. " Garibaldi's Invi-
sible Bridge" is a spirited:account:of some episodes in
wi his
eventful career. It is sketched with animation, and will
doubtless gain attention from the numerous readers who
will wish to become acquainted with all the details of this
remarkable man's life. "Thoughts on Half-HolidaYs” is
out to
a pleasing paper, that brings old scenes and endeared asso-
ciations before one, presenting us with an animated
glimpse of the bouts that are over to many, ahnd still revelled
thsePirzitesst who
oat ghoelong to
inen
johyy a hosts
h ol
holiday
ofay enthusiastic
with
all
life's spring days. An interesting account is given
of a visit paid by a traveller to the school
for a "half-holiday for
es with their cheers ring-
of bygone days, Old recollections overcome him,
it might seem, as that
hanisd
jhurl%hglaisletesnusen—rs.yercriaiseklinugly
he left that play-ground
iwn,hgicinh
pheisaleeadrszftec` rohiumeh
ltahset st
iammee,
as ex-head boy of the school, only that 40 years have joined
eternity since then." But his looks are bent forward, that
happy invalid old man, for ho has spent life's school-days
at his master's feet, and now the long holidays are near, and
then—" hurrah for home." Some genial remarks are made
on the importance of these " half holidays" to the toil-
worn and the weary. Too much stress cannot be laid on
this point, and it would be well if employers of all grades
and classes would ponder on the lessons of wisdom that are

v-
spApElt
met with in this pleasant sketch concerninfOes:* t,
hours. " Blind Workers and Blind Helpers" a -*".74ii A,;
teresting article, which shows how those labs
a heavy affliction can yet render essential servic ..4.0` "47'
selves and others. We are told how the befit w'sti to a s
" lighten the darkness" of our afflicted brethren is to teach
them to work, net to encourage them to sit in idleness, and
indulge in morbid regrets. The best proof of the efficacy
of these arguments is given in the circumstance .of a man
called Wilson, blind from infancy, writing accounts of the
" lives of fifty-four blind men and women, all of whom had
attained some degree of eminence." Such chronicles are
always interesting and impressive, and serve to illustrate
that there is a silver lining to every cloud. " Country
Gentlemen" gives a graphic sketch of that worthy class,
and "A Day's Pleasure with the Criminal Classes" is an.
entertaining paper.

GOOD WORDS.—Mrs. Ward's story of " Oswald
Cray" proceeds with interest, but it is of a some-
what painful character. Casual observations, added
to the treacherous man servant's malicious hints,
confirm Oswald in his unjust suspicions concerning
Dr. Davenal, and the coincidence of the mystery
hanging over the (looter's head makes Lara herself give
apparent testimony to her father's guilt. Still the conduct
of Oswald is inexcusable, and the authoress apparently
means to point a moral against pride and sullen reserve.
The Editor's "Evenings with Working People" are con-
tinued, and the discourse this month is on the parable of
the Prodigal Son. Dr. Vaughan contributes a paper on
"The Consecration of Common Things," and Principal
Forbes has a second paper on "The Antiquity of Man."
Isaac Taylor gives an account of "Some of the Costs of
War from 1795 to 1805"—a statement which has to answer
for some share in our national debt. Mr. Gosse's 4, year at
the Shore" proceeds to reveal to Us the marine wonders
discoverable in the month of May,
ay, and is illustrated with
three drawings of the author's own. The author of " John
Halifax" gives us the first part of a new stern " The
Unkind Word," and there are also papers on the " Land
Tax," and "The Norse Country," besides two or three
poems.

CAN You FORGIVE HER ? By Anthony Trol•
lope, No. 7.—An admirable description of a Fox
Hunt opens this instalment of Mr. Anthony Trol.
lope's aerial story, and is really, in its way, quite
worthy of the pen of the late Charles Apperley.
The object of it all, is realised—namely, George
Vavasor's selling the Brown Horse : selling it, as he does,
at the end of the hunt, for a hundred and fifty guineas, to
Mr. Maxwell. In the next chapter we hear a little more of
Alice Vavasor's Great Relations—among others, about the
Lady Glencora, now the wife of the nephew and heir to the
Duke of Omnium, the Mr. Plantagenet Palliser, that is, of
the " Small House at Allington." Finally, in the chapter
completing this number, we have a good deal more fun ex-
tracted from the absurd rivalry (in the competition for the
hand of that fair-fat-forty-Widow, Mrs. Greenow), of
Lard-up Captain Bellfield, and rich vulgar Mr. Cheesacre,
of Oileymead. The last sentence leaves the reader in ex-
pectation as to there ensuing between them (in the presence
of Mrs. Greenow), of a scene of mutual defiance and recri-
mination.

THE VOLUNTEERS,

INSPECTION OF THE SECOND (SOUTH)

MIDDLESEX.

On Saturday evening some 4,000 or 5,000 persons
assembled in Hyde-park to witness the annual in•
spection of this most efficient body of volunteers by
Colonel APAlurdo.

The members of the corps, mustering eight com•
panics of 21 file, under the command of Lord Rana-
lagh, Major Atherley, and Captain and Adjutant
Turner, assembled shortly after half•past 5 o'clock
at the Knightsbridge Barracks, whence, after hav+
ing performed the usual preliminary movements,
they marched, headed by the band and pioneers, to
the parade ground near the Marble Arch. Colonel
M'Murdo having already arrived, the regiment was
put through a series of evolutions, which we pre+
sume were of the usual character, being unable to
gain admittance to the ground until most of them
had been performed. We were only enabled to
witness a few of the concluding movements, all of
which were executed with remarkable precision, the
wheeling square being so well performed as to elicit
repeated exclamations of " Wonderfully good !"
from the gallant colonel.
The manoeuvres having been brought to a close,
Colonel M'MuRDo addressed the corps in, the
following terms :—" On the present occasion,

I am happy to say, I have no fault what-
ever to find, and. no observations to make
upon your drill, except to express my entire satis•
faction at what I have seen ; and I am sure that the
uumerous old soldiers I have seen upon the ground
to-day, us well as the volunteer officers of other
corps who are present, will bear me out in my
opinion that all your movements have been per-
formed with remarkable steadiness and regularity.
I was glad to see that your commanding officer kept
you constantly on the move, because in such a man-
ner all volunteer corps ought to be moved about ;
and I may say the whole of your movements were
perfect. I was also glad to see there was one little
mistake for me to catch hold of, and that was in one
of the companies while changing front. That, how.
ever, could scarcely be called a mistake, as it was
merely a misapprehension of orders, but it tended
to show me how easily you volunteers can recover
yourselves. For a test of efficiency in drill, there is
no doubt that the plain ground upon which you have
been marching this evening is very good, but I
would much rather see you inspected upon such
ground as that upon which I met you on Easter
Monday (Blackheath), when half of your horses
were down on their knees at the same time, and I
am sorry to say accidents from falls did occur. But
that description of ground, and not smooth parade
ground, like this, belongs as much to you as the
ocean—not the harbour water—belongs to the able
seaman. I confess, satisfied as I am, I was even
more satisfied with the steadiness of your move-
ments on that occasion. Drill on such ground as
that at Blackheath is the real test of efficiency,
although Punch said you did not on Easter Monday
move in the walls with which you are accustomed.
You may depend upon it that if ever yon are called
upon to defend your country it will be on such
ground as that, and not the parade ground of Hyde
Park." The gallant colonel then proceeded to refer
to the various evolutions which had been performed,
all of which he characterised as thoroughly perfect,
and concluded by stating that it would give him
great pleasure to report to the Secretary of State
for War the perfect state of efficiency in which he
found the corps. _

The ground was efficiently kept by some 200
members of the Queen's Westminsters, but undue
force was, we may state, in some cases exercised
by men who were certainly unfit for the task of
dealing with a mob of that description, havng
apparently little or no control over their temper.
In one instance a man, who had succeeded croes4
ing the boundary to hear Col. lil‘ll/urdo's address,
received a severe blow from the ride of one of
these men, who it appears was unAbls to bring him
back again.

a quarter of a million sterling .
THE GREAT EASTERN.,_ WO are informed that
inte.rfere with. her present engage-
the steamer Great Eastern bas been sold to the
the submersion of the Atlantic cable.
French for a sum approaching
This, however, will not
for a sum of £25,000, but, as the
mThenetGs
was purchased at Liverpool at auction
age for
been previously bought up, the
,rweahtiEchaisiti:rlnude
70,000 or £BO,OOO. There is, how-
ever profit on the present transaction. At
mtaobtooarultgtcaothgsterewdeasembepouruttoitbhroossbagihy
the excitement in connection with the Trent
affair this vessel took out a very large number of English
troops to.
eCanada at a single trip, and in view of her great
capabilities for this and similar services, her present transfer
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some quarters. It is rumoured that the purchase has been
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and become members of Messrs. Watts and Co.'s Sewing
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LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1364.

One of the most delightful among the annual ban-
qnets familiar now to London society for the best
part of a century—the Royal Academy dinner—
was on Saturday evening more than usually de-
lightful. And it was so, r, erbaps, from tho simple
fact that a greater variety of noticeable men in dif-,
ferent ways, happened on Saturday evening to have
been brought together. It is true, no doubt, that
several among the most eminent of our contempo-
raries were conspicuous by their absence from that
goodly company. By reason of a severe attack of
the gout the veteran Prime Minister was prevented
making his appearance. Among the eminent
lawyers there assembled many looked in vain
for one of the greatest of them all, as a
lawyer, the greatest we should be tempted to say
but that the venerable Lord ST. LEONARDS Still re-
mains pre-eminent, as such, among the Lord Chan-
cellor's legal contemporaries. Great authors, again,
were there present on Saturday, but the Representa.
tive Man-of-letters amongst the great authors of
our generation—the Novelist, Poet, Dramatist, all
in one—was not present. Absent, too, from
amongst the Royal Academicians themselves,
swept away but very recently by death from that
noble roil of forty, were
artists as distin-
guised as MunitEADY, and DYCE, and COCKERELL.
12.-;.evertheless, in spite of omissions
as those but just now particularized remarkable
,
—though a
glance round the board failed to recognize
of Mark as Viscount PALERSTON and Sir lj
- 'ER
W U
LYTTON and Lord ESTBMRY—theresuch Men
were gathered
together at the Banquet table of the Royal Academy
on Saturday, men, so various in their parts,
and
some amongst them so illustrious by their ael3ieve-
meats, that the Dinner of Saturday was in many
ways exceptional, even amongst the Acadc
ruy
Dinners. In order to illustrate this very readily,
one need only run the eye down the list of the
guests there assembled. But, apart from that, it
might be sufficient as affording an instant notion el
the especial interest attaching to the Academy
Dinner of Saturday, to refer to a single one amongst
the various speeches deliTe:ed by the different
professional men whose names were coupled with
the toast, each of them, of his own peculiar and
especial profession. It will be enough, in truth,
to this end, if we direct attention to the speech of
Mr. JOIIN FORSTER in returning thanks for the
toast of" The Interests of Literature." Than which
speech of Mr. FORSTER'S, by the way, nothing
surely in its manner could have been more
charming, certainly none cculd have been more
feltottou.4. Instance this, for example, tho opening

passages of it—where, after referring to the dis-
advantage he felt himself labcuriug under by
interposing thus before men with higher claims to
represent literature, he remarked—" I see in this
room the acknowledged representatives of some of
its highest departments. I see la'story appropriated
by the Academy herself, who, in Lord STANHOPE,
Dean MmataN, and Mr. GROTE, possesses the lay
element so dear to Lord ELcHo—in a form which
I do not grudge it to her, but to which, for my
part, I should be well content to find that she
continued to restrict herself. I see poetry in
some pleasant forms known unto you all, and
especially in that of Mr. BROWNING, one of the most
original thinkers, as well as one of the first poets
of his time. In fiction, I see not only the great
Master of Character and Humour (Mr. DICKENS),
who has held sway over both for now more than a
quarter of a century, and this very day starts after
new laurels with as much vigour and freshness as
when he first began the race ; but also others whoss
laurels are of later growth, such as he who built
for us Barchester Towers,' and the Small
House at Allington ; ' and that son of a former
member of this academy, who, claiming to be
remembered for 'No Name,' has here a special
title to remembrance in right of two of the greatest
names familiar to these walls—names dear and
honoured wherever English art is known, and
which may borrow from the art of Mr. WILKIE
COLLINS—new claims to the admiration of their
countrymen." Than all which, we take no
tributary words of a discriminative admiration
for some among his contemporary authors
far beyond the level of mere compliment—
than all which, we say, nothing surely could be
more eminently happy or more completely delight-
ful.

Another incident of the evening should not
bo allowed to pass unnoticed in this year of the
tercentenary, namely, the interpolation for once
among the customary toasts given by the President
of the Academy, of the exceptional Toast of the Year,
" The Immortal M!mory of Shakspere." Neverthe-
less, even here, gracefully and befittingly though
the teast was introduced by the few spoken words
of the President, it was strangely of a piece with
the whole series of failures hence'orth to be
associated with the recollection„:of this great
attempted (merely attempted) Tercentenary
Celebration —it is entirely of a piece with it
all, that the Immortal Memory of SHAKSPERE
was welcomed, even by that congenial audience
with a cool, or rather, it should be said, refri-
gerating " Hear, hear !" As who should say—" Lord
FREDERICK VERISOPIIT was right, after all,
when lisping (as a sort of anticipation of Lord
DUNDREARY)—` SHAKSPERE was a cley-ver man !'"
Reverting, however, for a moment, before we close
these remarks of ours upon the Academy dinner
of last Saturday—reverting for yet another moment
to the speech which we must still regard as among
them all the speech of the evening—that of Mr.
FORSTER in acknowledging the toast in reference
to literature—it is particularly worthy of attention,
we conceive, how, in what terms, towards the con-
clusion of his remarks he makes allusion to two of
the greatest painters of the present age—to DANIEL
MACLISE and JOHN HERBERT, artists conspicuous
even among the eminent throng of Academicians. " I
have spoken," said Mr. FORSTER, " of the painters
who are present on these walls; but there are two
great painters conspicuous by their absence from
them, and having lately seen the extraordinary
works with which Mr. MACLISE and Mr. HERBERT
are now adorning the walls of the Palace at West-
minster, I desire, however feebly, to repeat the
praise I hear on every side, that what has so been
done, not merely re fleets an honour on this academy,
but sheds a glory on the country." And he added,
" Such works are national in the highest sense; and
the men who can produce them—who can Bo cele-
brate our history, and give visible embodiment to
the grandest and most sacred traditions of our race
—the men, I say, who SO can execute a national
work, are entitled to no niggardly reward." Surely ;
they are entitled to it—and they are certain of re-
ceiving it.

Lord RUSSELL need not plume himself upon the
result of the debate on Friday touching the steam
rams appertaining to the Messrs. LAIRD. Vox et
preterea nihil cannot be app:ied to this affair, for the
effects of the earnest and eloquent words of the
noble earl, the leader of the Opposition, will not
pass away; and he has so skilfully brought out facts,
and commented on occurrences, that a new light
seems to be thrown upon the subject, and the un-
fairness of Lord RUSSELL'S conduct appears in
stronger colours than ever. The affair must have
been a very annoying one to the noble lord, for
it was no chance query, and no indignant remons-
trance from a nobody that he had to listen to ; nor,
still more, did the demand assume the convenient
form of au inquiry in the other House, where
Under-Secretaries could snub the impertinent
querist, or if be was dangerous, the noble lord at
the head of the Government could get up a laugh
agaiest him, or rise into the sublime attitude of
patriotism, which he can so well do, and which
takes in so many. Earl RUSSELL is very bad at a
reply. He always get irritated, and that never does
when one has to contend against the disadvantage
of being in the wrong. Cela va sans dire, that this
is always the case when foreign policy is discussed
at present. Instead of trying to put aside the attacks
of his adversary, he generally endorses his accu-
sations with unnecessary force, and eagerly admits
all that in its enunciation has told against him.
Lord DERBY very properly contrasted the conduct
of the Messrs. LAIRD with that of the Foreign
Secretary, and alluded to the unwarrantable manner
in which the Government had acted regarding the
production of the papers. This refusal or hesita-
tion alone stamps the conduct of the aethorilies as
subt:e and delusive. The whole transaction is in-
deed marked with the greatest duplicity, and the
affair very much resembles those underhand dealings
and covert attacks which the generation of the good
old times would have called un-English, but which
must now, alas, be considered as the definition of
our tactics and the ruling spirit of our councils.
Lord DERBY also made reference to the manner in
which our Government had been imposed upon by
a report, which had turned out to be a forgery, con-
cerning the Confederate States. He eagerly tidy°.
cated the claims of British subjects, and contended
that injustice had been done to them by the conduct
of the noble lord. Earl RUSSELL'S reply to these
strictures was given in his hardest and most inaprac•
ticable style. All he had done was right from the
beginning, and no inconvenience to those whom he
had interfered with gave him the slightest uneasi-
ness, or caused him any regret. This was the sub-
stance of his
discourse, and when one reads his
irritating speech, full of the most unworthy senti-
ments, we cannot but rejoice that the manly utter-
ances and striking expressions of Lord DERBY have
gone forth to the world side by side with the maun-
dring arguments and waspish remarks of the noble
of affairs unparalleled in the memor
lord who tells us to rest and be thankful hi a state
generation for danger and difficult
y- Y o
The text of
Lord IiUSSELL'S speeches is always
the conduct of individuals should fr
~ 0. the Fede-
rale, and give the United States a just ground for
hostilities. Is this the tone which should
actuate
an English Minister in descant'
the course
0 t he
of
r the
Betivmepne
. rt
es
sa Heenn
d
entertained great fears lest t
lug upon subjects

connected with the vital interests of our country-
men ? Let him deprecate undue interference, cen-
sure a violation of the rights of nations, denounce
any offence—open or covert—against our allies, or
against the belligerents with whose quarrels we
have no concern. All this may be tolerated, but it
has come to a pretty pass if the chief reason our
representative with foreign nations can give for his
actions is that he is afraid. The only fear that he ought
to recognise is the dread of wrong doing, lest any
act of his should compromise the character of
the country he represents, but all things seem
changed in these degenerate times, and it is the
fashion to acknowledge openly in some quarters the
great horror that is felt lest such a one should be
offended, or this or that country entertain a doubt
as to our intentions. This may be a convenient
mode of policy, and gain great eclat from the unini-
tiatcd, but Earl RUSSELL may learn one day to his
cost that this was not the manner in which our
greatness was achieved or our renown spread abroad.
The empire on which the sun never sets was not
won by timorous statesmen, nor was the influence of
England consolidated by tyrannising over her sub-
jects at home to suit the purposes and satisfy the
arbitrary demands of insolent and overbearing
foreigners. The effrontery of the Foreign Secretary
amounts to impertinence. He has good grounds for
his belief that the vessels are what he has repre-
sented them to be. After the many rebuffs he has
met with in the case of the Alexandra, some persons
might have imagined that he would have acquired
a little moderation, or, at all events, have affected
the virtue if he had it not. It appears, however,
that persistence in these aggressive actions has
rendered the noble lord quite impervious to the
rebukers of indignant and independent lookers-on,
and totally oblivious to the outrage on public
opinion and the offence against national honour.
Some day the infatuated individuals who helped to
put these Ministers in office will count up the cost
it has been to their country in civil rights and
foreign reputation. It is always a source of great
satisfaction to think, that those who are at the helm
of public affairs will so conduct themselves that the
spirit of the country may be represented in its
" integrity and independence." This cannot be
said now, and the more we survey the state of things
at home and abroad, the more we can appreciate
he truth of Mr. DisRAELfs memorable remark,
hat " England does not love Coalitions."

The opening of the " Merry Month of May" has

[ong been invested with a sort of traditionary im-

portance. It is true that the old holiday has died

out, and more is the pity, for our national diversions
are not too numerous ; it is true that the village
maypole has long been replaced by Jack•in-the-
green, and May Queens are only to be found in
glees and cantata. Still something of roAry clings
to the ancient festival, although the May sunbeams

may find us still plodding on our usual routine

existence amid the hum and bustle of cities instead

of " hastening to the woods away." There are
other associations too, less romantic but not less

pleasing connected with the first of May. The pre-
sent generation chiefly think of the Mayday holi3
day as it affected the tribes of little chimney sweeps
to whom, the kindness of a benevolent lady long
rendered it an especial festival. That one day of