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made in a day. The different attitudes occupied byyth-at
queen of nations at successive periods, from the Vatican,
and even from the Sisine chapel, as the nv•tropolis of
Christendom, as the mother of the arts, were only as
many steps by which nfie was descending from fier‘ord,
exalted station. They might break and retard her fal!
—th,y could give it insjesty and conspo3ure,- but it wa.s
no less inevitable; it is now no less thoroughly con-
summated. There never was anything liksi, a second
rise, there is now no possible resurrection. So many
different ways there are of reading history, Italian
patriotism, such as it is now, with many a mere matter
of instinct, always harboured in the heart of the great
and good, always was the test of loftiness and gentleness
in that weary Italian land." ' ,

SKETCH OF THE RELIGIOUS lIISTORk
OF THE. SLAVONIC NATIONS. By Count
Valerian Krasinske. Johnstone and Ihinter, Edin-
burgh.
It was observed by a celebrated writer of ;Germany
that "the Slavonic nations occupy a Much larger
space on the earth than they do in history." They
were mere adventurers, but quietly• followed others
and occupied lands they had deserted, till they came
into po,,session of the vast territory which extends
from the Don to the. Elbe, and from the Adriatic Sea
to the B 41tic. most interesting account, is given of
the trial and martyrdom of John Huss, an early
Reformer, by the Council of Constance. The chief
object of this book, it appears, is to show how all
nations have advanced in a political, moral, and intel-
lectual development so long as the• scriptural or re-
formed religion was adhered to, and retrograded
when that religion
.was returning to the Roman
Catholic. In conclusion, the author expresses an
earnest hope that some intelligent travellers would
undertake to inTestigate the condition of the Sla.'vu.-
.
nians.

NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY
TOUR TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE
CAPE OF GOOD ROPE. By the Rev. J.
Arbousset.

This book is translated from the French by J.
Crombie Brown ; it was arranged under the imme-
diate superintendence of its author, at the earnest
request of the inhabitants of the Cape, who took'deep
interest in the undertaking of Mr. Arbousset. It
conveys important information of the tribes con-
cerning which SO much curiosity has been excited,
and it describes the country now rendered interesting
to all from recent events. -It was published by the
Paris Missionary Society ; in fact, the tour was a
missionary one, but the travellers have, nevertheless;
been the means of imparting valuable discoveries to
science. They have become aware of the existence of
cannibal tribes in Matutis, and they have discovered
the source of the principal rivers of South Africa in
the chain of the Blue Mountains. On this amount
the missionaries have named the sides of one moun-
tain the Mont aux Souces.

TEE FARCE OF LIFE. By. the Author tf
" Masters and Workmen." Newby.
This book may be considered in two ways, as a
story of private life, and as a criticism on public man-
ners. As the former, it is deserving of the highest
praise. The characters are well- conceived, ably
executed, and carefully worked out. The hero is
very interesting by his genius and by his misfortunes,
and he has a lofty, independent spirit, that must corn-
mend respect and admiration. Miss Carrington, a
vain and heartless heiress, and coquette, is quite true
to nature. Kate D'Arcy, a pure and unsophisticated
girl, shows to great advantage by her side. All sym-
pathies must be enlisted for those whom poverty can-
not tempt to dishonour, nor injustice move to revenge.
On the other hand, we cannot approve of the under-
current of thought running through these pages.
Those who censure should be just, and justice hears
both sides. Whatever may be the faults of the rich,
the powerful, and the aristocratic, they have also
merits. The author seems to have orgotten this en-
tirely, and the unreserved and continuous blame he
casts upon all who belong •to the upper ranks of life,
is injudicious and uncalled for. No improvement
can be made by writers till they soften down preju-
dices, and appeal to principle., till they -leave off sa-
tire, and confine themselves to simple reflections.

WYNVILLE ; or CLUBS AND COTERIES.
By the Author of " The Age of Pitt and Fox."
Skeet.
'.!.'he volumes above named must unquestionably be
considered of a superior kind. Theirs is the claitaof
originality, and theirs is the merit of combiniPg Pi;.
portant information with fictitious amusement. They
treat of an eventful era in the annals of the political
world, when many master spirits were in the full
glory of their senatorial careers, many, alas ! long
since called away from the sphere they adorned in
the country who gloried in such sons. It is always
interesting to trace remarkable characters in works
of this sort. They are here divested of the frigid
exactitude of the historian, and the heavy pomposity
and one-sided bias that often mar the biographical
sketches. We see them here as they walked the
earth, not each standing apart " alone in his glory,"
but mixing, a man amongst men, to associate with the
world, to control, to influence, to inspire. The hero
of this narrative does not distinguish himself, but he
is well acquainted with the elite of the society of the
town. Many curious adventures, and anecdotes, of
and concerning his friends, are given, but they arepf
minor attraction.- Beside the accounts referred to of
the leading personages of the tinie, the following
passages will serve to exemplify the ityle of the
author :--
"The conversation then became very political. " Tell
me, Bennett," said Lord Hungerford, " who is the best
speaker in the House." " Oh, Canning, beidnd
doubt," answered Sir Francis. " Well, I. pfefer Peel,"
said Lord Lingard. " Mr. Plunkett, I should suppose,"
said another, "is superior to either." “Brougham is
the best of the lot, in wy opinion," said Cumberland.
" Nothing like difFvence of opinion," said. Sir Charles
North—" as a speaker, Copley is the mart for,-me.
" Ah," continued Lord Lingard, " Peel is the most
Parliamentary man of them all ; ho has ti:qapnal
style of speaking—it is not made up of flash and
spangles, like Canning's speeches—it is specious, plaw,
stifle, and does the work famously. He, has an eadOl.:
lent knack of dropping Ins Cults iu the exact, place
_ and
at the right time, to give them their full value." " Bur,
hang it, that may be all very well," rejoined Sir F.
Bennett, " but Peel has a mediocrity of soul that could
never soar beyond the common place of politics. ~iphrte=
is nothing. original about him—there' is nothing_
or remarkable in his mind—he has great power of words
and astonishing prudence, but he is only a common-
place character after all. Soo that Canning, wha It'
fellow ho is, to be sure," and Sir Francis's eyes sparkled
as he spoke ; " why, the very look •of him always
rouses me—there is intellect in every feature—
you may see poet and orator stamped uppai his
face ; and then how lull of character. ~.hie
iT
He is all alive with wit and humour, and there,'
is such a dash about the fellow. He is so buoyant and
vivacious, that in this age of conventionalism it is quite
refreshing •to meet with such a man. " Well,"
said another, " I have
.for twenty years beard the
debates, and I should ray, that Pluukett's speeches
on the Catholic question are the very perfection
of Eaglish eloquence—grave, massive, logical, so clear
that the dullest; can comprehend, so strong and
animated that the coldest would be carried awayi"
"Yes, but," said Cumberland, "Plunkett is a regular
speech manufacturer; but Brougham, that's the man for
me. Surely none ( f you can compare Canning to him
for energy. He jumps up all of a sudden, hurls forth a
philippic against the Treasury bench, is ready to debate
any possible kind of subject with any one. He knows
everything. He is en orator, and a lawyer, and a phi-
.osopher, and a critic."
•

THE PRIZE WALTZ.
M. Laurent of the Argyll Rooms seems' determined
to develope the latent abilities of our musical ama-
teurs, and he has recently adopted iv system of prizes
that bids fair to add to his own profit arid increase the
fame of some of bis musical friends. A feW weeps
ago he gave a prizl of ten guineas, for the best' qua-
-drills, for which there were live competitors, and the
tiims
!_x_Pioernistnent having succeeded beyond hia own exp 66-
b" ,he determined to repeat it . substituting, how-
ever, waltz for quadrille
ever, the . _c, ~ r • . .
in the condi, r,'
ingly fivell ho i_mposed upon the competitors ; accord-
distinguished ainitet
tions,
arid
ygesht:lcrien sent in five different coniposi-
, wereeuirs
ultimately o F h purpose, a To
was the best ofrti:'ywlnefi.xt?dourptonefor deciding
jwurhichf
hallo; f:3ti' r t t a 1 ill '
played over by, the origited to attend , and hear each
Sir henry Webb, Bart.,
at their head
described and appreied of
their opinion by.
weh manner that was fully
. pronouncing
separately a9h waltz displayed
whole was
ontgomery,
was noticed in these eohunns. enz•tbe- prize quadrille
good taste and judgment, and
friends and admirers, but the gem„rPund many
discovered to be the composition of ktr,,V
and the work obtained the award of . -
the jury b
considerable majority. It is a 'very lively,pl y a
music, interspersed with many:skilfully-arrangeedeebi°t:
of instruMentation, and will, no doubt, *fd greatly to
the attractions of the Argyll Rooms, ,
which were
fitted up for this cspi:cial occasion in Abet neat and
elegant style so peculiar to Mr. G. F. Bryer, the .di
rector. The entire orchestra seemed to enter fully
a,.
into the spirit of rl3 composition,- end they were
Played with singular accuracy, con idering that there
had been no previous rehearsal ; and in ,rowded and
the evening
delighted .
they Performed the sticcosgul waltz to a c

---
'
flciat Yosterday in
Various ahlurd rumours were' f 3
consequence of the French Ambassador, Count g, What did
having left England for Paris with his lady,
erne
z,• follow:-
they mean ?"—" War with England," Zce., ""''' Lke
very
ins paragraph from the Allgenieint Zeilung looks
Republic has
war truly :---" The 'President of the. French Walewski,
addressed to the Courts of Vienna, Berlin; and St. Peter!:
burgh •fresh dispatches relative to 'the policy which 1?e24,...,
tends to ptitue.. In these' notes Louis-. -Napoleon.' giv°
reiterated assurances cf his pacific intentioda 'and expresses
his hope that the peace of Europe will not be 'disturbed. He
likewise hints that the French ariny will probably soon be
reduced,- if. the-interifal -state of- the"o6untry will permit of
it.".—herald.

LON DON,

MR.' ItOIiBUCK and MR COPPOCK.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS.
sir37—st,eing in, the Daily. News Mr. Coppock's
letter-to 77w Sunj beg to answer it through you.
Cuppuck
.bas entirely mistaken the spirit and
'intention of the remark,' I. made on the S. Albans
DiSfbnhis
oement
,and has given a very incor-
-rect interpretation tothe transutions which he details.
I, belieied that St-. -Albans and the persons who had
on the occasion-of tho late election been discovered
were about to be employed .as scaPegoats, that the
hurror affected 'wits tmt felt, and that Mr. Coppcck
had been, employed as.tsn agent fur otherw. ln order
to show this I.proposed to cull him to the bar of the
TT -

When I said that ho would not have dared to in-
terfer6 on my behalf in any election, I had in my
mind the mode in which he had described himself as
acting tit St. ;Albans.and I think he, as well as the
Governtnent on whose behalf I suppoSCd him to have
gaeted, would acquiesce in the truth of this assertion.
I •.14 onee acknowledge that I had totally forgotten
my correspondnee With him relative to the Bath
election of 18'4l. That correspondence had in it
nothing: which rsflents disegdit on, any oue—and
aroae out Of the' following circumstances.
The Radical party in Bath at that period found
that:they vere unable, to return two Members of their
4\s'n opinicifs—but that if they could unite with the
other section of the Liberal-Party, viz., the Whigs—
two Liberal
~Members could he carried.-- In, this
state ot,tbingS I applied te, Mr. Stanley:now Lord
Stanley' of Alderloyi then conducting the election.
atraira of4he Whig party,' ray object being; to obtain
iscandidate who, while satisfying the Whig section
of the Bath electors, Would not be distasteful to any
„friends, and: while writing to Mr. Coppoelt I in reality
corresponded with Mr. Stanley, who, upon my re-
presentations, applied to Lord. Duncan. Lord Duncan
ni consequence came to Bath, and united with me in
the election, our committee. and-expenses being joint.
Mr.',Coppock was. the agent of the Government; and
as I was, in fact, treating with the Government as
principal_iu th 6 case, -I frankly confess that I forgot
the, fact that the letters I wrote were sent through
Mr;Qoppock, as their agent.
Now as to the money (viz., 3001.) which Mr. Cop-
pock 'States be gave-me. That money had: been long
prevfouly offered to We as a subscription by an old
friend, -Whose name I need not mention—he is well
,known to Mr. Coppock; and 'the fund whence it
came was a private one, subscribed by various liberal
peliticians, for the purpose of being so employed, and
by Mr. Ooppock's hand the meney-was transmitted
through um to our joint committee. In every con-
tested election expenip must be incurred—not cor
rapt expenses.s-but as,work must be done, it must be
paid. for, and Le this end the money in question was
subscribed.
I litive never made it a secret that I have ever been
unwilling and unable to incur the expense of a con-
tested:election, and the expenses of every election in
which I have appeared as a candidate have been paid
by- subacription. Those, for example, of the list un-
successful contest I was engaged in at Bath were
paid by friends who thought my labours in Parlia-
ment vatuable. Six -hundred pounds for that object
were transmitted to the treasurer of the joint com-
mittee of Lord Duncan and myself by an old and at-
teethed friend Of mine, who is, in fact, not himself
an active politician. In this assuredly there is nothing
which
_is deserving of blame either on the part of
my friends or myself.
I pass by Mr. Coppock's vituperative phrases. I
had BO ill•feeling as respected him, and meant him no
harm., The facts of the St. Albans election were not
educed by me, 'hut stated by himself. Whatever of
blame attaches to them certainly cannot in any way
be imputed to me; and if the world generally have
condemned- the transactions laid bare in that inquiry,
the pale of that reprehension is but the fair come- ,
quenco of the 'acts confessed. I tbonght—and, in
spite of the language Mr. Coppock has deemed it
proper, to employ with regard to myself, still believe
that he was unfairly dealt' with, and that they on
whose behalf he acted were the persons really in fault.
Thavielent attacks he has made on me has not in the
least changed this my belief.—l remain, &c.,
tlaiih 7. ' - J. A. ROEBUCK.
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TAII.LIAMENTA,RY , :RE PRE6E NTATION.
. .
Ttie following tabular view of the numbers of the po-
pulation,and'houses in the • several counties, boroUghp,
-and-towns-of Great Britain returning Members to Par-
liament,accordingfto the census of 1851, is made up
from-areturn just.presented to the House of Commons
by the late Government as explanatory of the system
which their Morin Bill vas intended to amend:-
: . . ' 'Members
Returned.
*fetal Male Inbabittd '• B. or
• CifIINTIES, , population. ' houses. CO. ' City Total
Bedford - -- 2- - 59,533 . 24,505 2 2 4
Berks - - - - 81,381 33,278 '2 6 s
Bucks -: -.-• - . - 81,158 33,232 • 3 8 11
Cambridge .. - - 02,590 37,067 3 4* 7
Chester, ;, and S. - - 222,286 85,20 4 6 10
Cornwall,' E. and W. - 171,636 67,687 4 10 14
Cumberland, E. and W. - 96,214 36,763 4 5 5
Derby, N. and S. - - 117,737 59,371 4 2 6
Devon, N. and S. - - 269,583 98.387 4 18 22
Dorset - - - - 89,204 36,138 3 11 14
Durham, N. and S. - 196,550 64,977 4 6 10
Essex, N. and A. - - 185,390 73,524 4 6 10
Gloucester, E. and W. - 217,822 86,271 4 11 15
llcreford - - - 58,114 23,890 3 4 7
Ilertford - - - 83,161 32,703 3 4' 7
Duntingdon - - - - 31,538 • 43,313 2 2 4
Kent, l'i. and 5. - - 307,041 107,748 4 14 18
ILA: cezt,eNr,,Nal.mar:zd.
..S.
••
..-
289089;1;081829331 349,938 4 22 26
'Leicester', N. anal S. ' - 'll2 937 48.953' 4 2 6
81,335 '224 1291
11343
~ ,
Middle ex .-: - -
Monmouth - . - ' .: -
Notfot, E. and W. - ' - " 28152,.V49': ' 2;i:8,1;921244 4 8 12
. NN
oo
ir.
it
il
,rua
mm pb teor
Ina,
.Nd N.
Na n. dass.
.7;
,17054948444 . 4437,34327 ,44
14; ,
10
Nottingham, N. and S. - 152,381 55,053 4 6 10
x,ford , r.- -• _ , 85,529 31,360 3 b*
Britlantl - - - - 11,801 : 4,588 '2
- • 2
2
!Salop, N. and S. -' -
.114,340 45,6 448 4 8 1
13
Somers;et, E. and W..:,, -: 211,045 85,054 ' 9
•Sohthampton or Hants, N. ' " ' •'
' '
and S., including the Isle ' ' .
75,215 8 14 19
: sS
ut, °tifiEr!, :N.(' 'N.
and and-1;S:
,7-. : -.
.. . 2 2331102,06i56915::0927136'071715211 11
06518968,;,82248411253 , . : ;
44: ,
.11i4 . ;877
,Surrey, E. and' W. - .:
Suseex, E. and W. - . -
Warvvick,,N., and S.. : , .232:411 ' • 96,731 4 6 10
Westmoreland , ',. _• "29,079
:Wilts, N. aS. - - 126,027 11,217 2 , 1 3
•Worcestcr,nd E. and W. '-'' ".
136,956 : '5551,0'77383 4 184 1152
York (the tlitce ridiugs) - 1,797 667 450,223 ' 6 31 37
':lVales..(the 12 counties) - 496,159 200,087 15 14 23
Scotland (32 'Counties) --; 1,31.3,668 311,608 .. 30 '24 54
YO4 Populatkou and ntuntrer, of houses in tho boroughs
are also given as dbitiect filini the counties, but, having
...
,OrpAtlx gyon this information as illustration of, the in•
equalities in the existing system of borough representa-
•tion, wo do not repeat it.
• Including the University. •

--

If 'we revert to measures of law reform, we find a
disposilien-ancl an ability to carry these safe and prudent re-
farms in the very highest quarter. No one doubts the per-
fect mastery of the subject pos,sessed by Lord St. Leonard's;
and, who cart-now doubt his willingness to move in a road
Which. he has been travelling for thre,and-twenty years?
The signs of the times have not been lost on Lord St.
Leonard's. During the period he was out of Office Sir Ed-
ward'Stigderi mixed in the world, and heard and knew what
was going on in both Houses and in the profession on the
subject of law reform. Of his good-will to the cause, for its
own sake, wefire Oita sure, irrespective altogether of the
obligations of-office and duty. , But as if to put the matter
practically beyond doubt or cavil a- case arose in the Chan-
cery Court on Saturday in the matter of an estate which had
realised only 9001. The coats in this business amounted to
between 3001. and 4001., or nearly one-half of the whole sum.
In reply to an observation from the late Solicitor-General, '
Sir W. P. _Wood, who; was counsel in the cause, the Lord
Chancellor stated that the coats must be taxed, and that he
Would not allow more than 150/. for costs, as the 'estate was
small: ' This' s practically dealing with a matter most re-
quiring reform; for,:nf all points in our law, the question of
costs, whether in law or in equity, is one crying aloud for
alteration, With it on hjs,v-ory entrance into office, Lord
St. Leonard's practically deals; and, give him but time, he
will,dealaheoretically in a.- manner. equally ,satisfactory:—
Morning Herald.
.
. .
Lord Truro know an 'idle man, enjoying—a very
gentlemanly pension as a reward for the Cervices which he
has rendered to the country in his judicial, -political and le-
gislative capacities._ We eongratulate him :most heartily on
his rele4Se from the' responSibilities of office ; but, as
,we are
well aware of his innate predileetion for laberiOus occupation,
we would suggest to him the expediency of employing his
learned leisure in amending his Procedure Amendment Bill.
V'ttiskilaoreterduotsa, and consequently more gerinime to Ms
feelings and habits,eould not be undertaken by him; and if
'be will but perform it with. his wonted industry and zeal,
improvementsthepriensetnhtespearsaicntnie.e °Btu?
we
aCourtsmust
aritnweieplree,gaarndd t shoe egregiouslyissinn of
Nilvi:rYnSiliiiiini ,haetintandeeodUL:sreint,gof the absolute necessity of striking
sonuttralluable
put pye,
clause which relates to special pleading ;• for so
that
faulty are they in . . ,
the ivhole,of theta as a
condition precedent to Ellccess.--
Chroarle. ', ,
erroneous arertho.seetecuasetisonin,
'domed that a very serious
we were going to press we Were i
ay morning,
' VtafitißLE Eirlol3l¢ PI Or FIEF PA'4lP.—Just 8s
firmness
st
aftet:jea'—n-
r Alfreton. At two o'clock, it
at Bitchwood Colliery; nea
to their general custom,
Appears, the:" holeli.t" according. five and
six
they
were
explotion of fire damp occurred yesterday (IFrid ) •
Wont to work at the pit ;: between ti
five men and boys in the their accustomed avo-
li it following A , d
followed by the other workmen, and there were then forty-
tloinggreat injury
,to the 'works, and endangering
believed,
Rethe',lvhaiii;body of colliers, Seme'of whom, it was.d
cations ; at six a fearful explosion of fire-darnp otcheauriirNe,e;
will not surVive thh extensive injuries they, have receive
• hams libe.birFiling gas. At nine ~o'clock font of them only
had been got out of the pit, their clothes and. hair being
corn 1
P•etelY!burnto.off their persons; they were all suffering
grerieeata lsye,,:f utdh,ewreerme
sainetdeexr poef,cttehde,two
onsrarnkriNni,aievio4er.maii'dhewme ots,rtuatettivhee
exertions were being wied when •e • t left, for the
::::::::::iBsutet:t succour will be successful. The repot
ei the eltiA)sion was heard a considerable' dia'anee from
and rabbi:di, were , loww6isi
.tiewr.eek describe-conti ued firmgnr
The accounts ,of the stato of trade
Clomusi oilus4.oforrtcheithpaittNe:iirtfhs, pieces of coal,
-
in the provinces
"idUerribnllgsl.ithii4e
ehester, owing to ,• a large demand 'fir
yarns coupled With , improved prospects the
continent for
mingham there has been less activity, thei India. At Bir-
United States having been more-limited than
nrders from the
descriptions Of buSiness have, However, been' usual. Some
ployeaent en the whole is well maintained. Tnrcla, and em-
report also shows' a little dulness for the Memen; tatii. ngh a m
there .is no; 'distrust with regard to the future. ' plough
Wollen distriets there has been no important variation,n the
but
in gome,inat,ances alight increase of activity has
taken place.
The Irish linen market has been fiat.

We are !lorry to learn that his Excellciney sir
Jana Broolo, K.c. 8., Rajah of Sarawak, is verioualy
posed. - - '