The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-01 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

The following announcement has been received by
electric telegraph, from Brussels, dated yesterday
Brussels, Sunday.—The Belgian Moniteur will pub-
lish to-morrow the Royal decrees appointing the 11. e-t:
Ministry, as follows :—MM. de Brouckere, Forci9tn
Affairs; Piereot, Interior; Faider, Justice.
Lie,dts,Finance ; Vanhoorebelse, Public Works ; and
Arnold, War, remain in the Ministry.
All the report; of the proceedings in the Chamber
when M. Delfosse was elected President state t hat
M. Comans, when the result of the ballot was 'an-
nounced, "It is humiliating for the Chamber." This
expression has been laid hold of by the clerical prints
as a proof that, in the opinion of the party to which
M. Cuomans belongs, the votes of the Chamber were
given at random and entitled to no respect. This
construction is refuted by the following letter from
M. Coomans himself, addressed to the Independa:nce
Beige

" Brussels, Oct, 2E.
" Sir,—l read this morning in your short-hand writ er's
report of the sitting of the Chamber of R9presentativos
of the 26th, that after the proclamation of M. Delbsse
as President of the Assembly, the Right is in a state of
exasperation difficult to describe. M. Coomans is htsard
to exclaim, it is humiliating for the chamber.' Slnce
you make mo insult at once M. Delimits° and the
chamber, it becomes my duty to notice the serious 'mis-
take which you have made. The interruption reported
by you did not apply either to M. Delfusse or to the
chamber. I have too much respect for the decrees o
the national representation, even for those which sire
made without my co-operation, to have been capsW of
uttering such a stupid insult. Toe warm and reper,ted
manifestations of applause in the tribunes, which, the
President, sitting in virtue of his seniority. was not able
to repress, alone occasioned me to say, it is humiliating
for the chamber.' This expression commanded the
assent of all my honourable colleagues, M. Delgosbo
himself among the number. By inserting textally this
correction in your next number, you will spare me the
expense of employing my huissier,' and will prove that
you have simply been led into a mistake."
COONANEI, Repreeentativo."

SUNDAY IN LONDON AND THE CRYSTAL

PALACE.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF VIE TIMES.

Sir,—ln the leading articles of your paper of to-day
you esk—" Where are the masses en a Sunday after-
noon?" I cannot fully '3n3Wilr the question as to the
Sunday 'afternoon, but I can tell you where great nutn•
bars may be found on the Sunday night and the Monday
morning. Sunday night,ta:n ga a vast increase of popu-
lation to the cells of the venous police-stations in the
metropolis, and Monday morning exhibits a hight Cal
addition to thoea who stand at the bar of a police-court,
under the various elassificarono of " drunk and riotous,"
" drunk ,a-id using abusive language," " drunk and
essaulting his wife," " drunk and assaulting policeman
X in the exceu'ion of hie duty'," and " drunk and inca-
pable.'
As to where the MEMOS may be on the Sunday after-
noon, I think. I can account for some of them by refer-
ring you to the outsides of the various public-houses ia
and near London, at the doors of whica you will sea
generally a et; ing of the wearies of " fustian and coarse
linen," waiting for the hour at which the law sanctions
the opening of the numerous gin palaces on Sunday.
Though some insist that the Crystal Palace ought not
to enjoy the same priviligo, I wish the Legislature
would try the effect of shutting up the gin palaces and
opening the Crystal Pelee° .on Sundays for a single
year, and I am satisfied no go( 3 reason would be found
for altering such an arrangement.
By the way, your readers need be under no appre-
hension that if the 50,000 visit 3rs to the Crystal Palace
should got drunk at Sydanhaan on Sunday, they would
cause any inconvenience by faeir ehouta and quarrels in
London; for it is against the law that a drunken man be
admitted into a railway carriage. If tho railway corn-
panies should only partially curry out this wholesome
reiblation, so large a propoation of the drunken 50,000
would be. left behind, at a distance of some miles from
their homes, that the evil of intoxication would probably
cure itself in a brief period. However, if the sale on
Sunday of intoxication drinks, except under certain ex-
ceptional cases, wore to be prohibited, there would be
no chance of the fears alluded to being realized.
I am, Sir, your ohdient serveut,
A POLICE MAGISTRATE.
Oct, 30.

SPORTING NOTES.

No. CCCXNVIII.

A LAST GLANCE AT TEE HOUGHTON, AND
PEEP AT THE WCRCESIEER, AUTU2,IN
MEETING.

Fate treated me shabbily b the two most important
Stakes of the past Newmarket iccting. Firstly, in the
race for the Cambridgeshire, whore my particular fancy,
Convulsion, not being sufficiently disposed of by the dirt,
but muss &so be run against three or four times, and
once all but knocked down. Future running (if they
ever again meet), will show that Convulsion is a much
superior animal to his conqueror the Knight of the Shire,
who, like Daniel O'Rourke, in the Derby. Wail assisted
more by circumstances than merits. Ab I observed in
my remarks on the race, the pace was wretched, worse
so far as ia known, by many seconds than any previous
race for the Cambridgeshire. The course, pane, every-
thing, was in the winner's favour, and dead against the
majority of the speedy horses—who, as the saying is
could not move in the dirt.
The other blow that I received from the fickle god-
dess was in the Nursery Stakes, both First and
Second Class, in which they did not give we Oven a start.
My selections—Nerve for the First, and Michaelmas
Maid for the B:cond Class—the latter, after a lot of
manoeuvring, being scratched a short time previously to
the race— wurn both turned adrift, for some reason or
other which I have been unable to discover. Exact's
win of the First Class, with Sit 81bup,was a most extra-
ordinary performance, end stamps horse a first °less and
very game animal.
A good deal of the running during the past week,
owing to the wretched state of the ground, is untrue, and
will doubtless be reversed on future occasions.
Tho victory of Weathergage for the Lindley End
Stakes—conceding 1211 s to Mine, 71b and a year to
Bieck Doctor, 410 to Lady in Waiting, and 141 b to
Ben Nevis, over a coursa one mile, seven furlongs, and
fifty-fire yards in length—was a most extraordinary in-
cident.
Ho waited upon Adine till half way between
the Duke's stand and the cords, then went up, raced with
her a stride or two, let.; her without an effort, enrried
the fun on by himself, and won with ridiculous 0530 by
nearly a dozen lengths.
The meeting was wound up on Saturday with a fact
well worth recording, namely,
the success of Lcrd Glas •
gow in his five matches i I believe it is unprecedented in
the annals of Newmarket, and therefore of the Turf,
that any man should be victorierts in so many matches
in one day. We must now bid farewell to the legitwatc
racing season of 1852 ; and after the short interregnum
of two days, turn cur attention to the first of the meet-
ings of the hybrid class—that at Worcester.
In the course of the ensuing Steeple Chase season,
I shalt make a plan of eschewing all opinion on the
probable result or each steeple chase, without I can first
ascertain whether the money is "on," until the day pre-
vious to the race ; such very eccentric games being
played off by the proprietors of the " across-country"
horses.

The latPst betting at Worcerttr on the steeple chase
to be decided there on 'Wednesday, makes Bourton and
Proceed the favourites, at 4 and 5 to 1 respectivelY•
Bedford, Chieftain, and It-and-11.1f, have slso teen
backed with some spirit at 6 to 1 each.
Tim races to be run tO-11101tOIT ure five i❑ number,
and will commence with a GwetTstaLes of 5 50Tb. each,
with 25 added (mile and a quarter). This, with the
selling stakes and scurry handicap, have to close and
name this evening, at the Bell Inn, Worcester.

The 10 Soya. Sweepstakes (over the two miles) out of
its 29 oomiaations, will attract a large field to ttio post,
the majority of the horses accepting being there.
Alonzo would seem to brive all the top weights safe—
Woolwich end Montague being l i s principal opponents
in that division ;
.the middle weights seem to favour the
Ballot Girl and Odihein ; and Athena Pallas ought to
beat all the light weightl. I shell look for the wirner
to ALONZO or ATHENA. PALLAS ; and Woolwich (if he
runs) will be in close atterdar::T.
• The 5 Sovs. liundicsp, with 40 added (over the mile
course), close 4 with 15 nominations, PRIAN THE. THIRD
Ur Dawson's starter, looktwr, most like winning.
THE siqur OF TUE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.

SATURDAY.
Match-160, h ft. Lest half of Ah. M.
Lord Glasgow's cienoritl, 3 yrs, Sit 71b...(Flattnan) 1
Lord Cliftion's Plooket, 2 yrB, Git 12lb.:.(Charltou) 9
Betting-5 to 4 ou Senorit-,
Won by a length end a half. Run in 50 enc.

Latch-200, h ft. Last mile and three-quarters of

T.M,M.

Lord Glasgow's Knight of the Garter, Bst 71b
(lflatman) 1
Lord Exeter's licx, Tat Ilib
Itotting-7 to 4 on Knight of tho Garter.
Won by three-parts of a length. The race not timed.
Ilaudiceap Sweepstakes of 15 Goys. each, 10 ft, for two-
_ _ year- olds. lt. _ _

Sir W. Shelley's 1; c by Cotherstone, out of Lucy
Banks, 6st 'lib (Wells) 1
Lord Exeter's Dove, 7st 41b (J. Mann) 2
Mr. Chilton's Audubon, Bat 71b (J. Osborav) 3
Mr. R. Walker's Gamo Tommy, 8.4 (G. Oates) 0
Lord Chesterfield's Jacquelin♦, 7st 91b (Flatrasn) 0
Lord Glasgow's f by Dou John, out of Miss Sarah,

_ .
7 (Lye) 0
LordBt 7Cil b
ifden's Molasses, 6 10lb (ruovey) 0
Mr. Meilltani's Ada, 6st 71b (Aldcrott) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Miss Sarah f, 4to 1 agst Ada,
and 5 to 1 agst Audubon.

Dove, with Game Tommy, Mies Whip f, and Lucy
Banks c in close attendance, cut out the work to the
half way in the cords, where the Lucy Banks a took it
up, and after a fine race won by half a length, the second
beating the third by a neck. Bun in 1 min, 53 sec.
Match-100, h ft. A.F.
Lord Glar=gow's Doubletheng, Bst Blb ...(Flatman) 1
Lord Clifdcn's Feramorz, Sst 61b (F. Butler) 2
D tßmebtiteitnuro—n
totog
Win
on
iy zroct
yolaorrdzs., who bolted, leaving

Sweepstakes of 10 sore. each, for two-yoar-olds ; colts,
Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for
40 soes,, it demanded, &c. First half of Ab.M.
Mr. J. Scott's Eaton (F. Butler) 1
Lord Glasgow's Flutter (Lye) 2
Mr. Payne 's Gloomy (Flat rnan) 3
Lord Exeter's Vest (Norman) 4
Betting—Even on Eaton, and 2 to 1 agst Gloomy.
The race WU entirely between the first two, Eaton
winning by a, length; Flutter btuating Gloomy by half a
length. Run La 50 sec. The winner was claimed.

The HGughton Handicap of 15 Boys. each, end only 5 if
declared, &c,, to go to tho owner of the second horse;
for three-year-olds nod upwards. T.Y.C.
Mr. Morris's 'Timid Fawn, 4 yrs, Tat 1015 (Basham) 1
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Sister to Singapore, 3 yrs, Sit
715 (Rickards) 2
Mr. Ls Jail, 4 yrs, 7st 1315 (Flatman) 3
Mr. W. llariison's Russborough, 5 yrs Bst Blb
yrs,
0
Mr. Liley'6 Heroine, 6 yrs, 731 71b (i'reece) 0
Mr. Le( 'a I.4ceitful, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Wells) 0
Lord Clifden's Ilothorpe, 4 yrs, Lt 21b...(Charlton) 0
Mr. ;'ileikialo's Eradne, 3 yrs, 7st (ildcroft) 0
Mr. E. Phillips's Koh•i-noor, 3 yrs, 7st (Uiett) 0
Si: R. W. Bu ikeley's Hookena Snivvy, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
(Kendall) 0
Mr. R. E. Oliver's Babette, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Ashman) 0
Lord CheTterfield's Humphrey, 5 yrs, 63t 121 b
(T. Smith) 0
Mr. Payne'n Wing-count', 3 yrs, 6st 81b...(11arcling) 0
Mr. liogers's Pancake, 3 yrs, sst 715—(8. Steggics) 0
Mr. Field's b f by Counsellor, out of Miss Lucy (h b),
43t 715 (Edwards) 0

Betting-2 to 1 agst Sister to Singapore, 4to 1 agst
Babette, 5 to 1 agst Pancake, and 10 to 1 agst any other.
Tho lot ran in a cluster to the cords, where Timid
Fawn took a slight lead, and after a magnificent race
with Sister to Singaporo, Le Juif, Babette, and liookem
Suiv vy, won by three parts of a length, a head between
second and third, Babette, llookem Snivvy, Evadne,
Koh-i-noor, and Pancake) close up, ittra in 1 rein 15
sec.

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two-year-olds, 6st 71b;
throe, Bst 71b ; four, 9st ; five and upwards, gat 41b.
The winner to b 3 sold for 200 sous., if demanded, &c.
T.Y.C.
Mr. R. E. olivor'd Sir Rowland Trenchant 4 yrs

(Flaiman) 1
Mr. Morris's King David, 2 yrs (Hiott) 2
Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs...(J. Osborne) 3
Mr. Armstrong's Ravonshill, 3 yra (Sly) 0
Mr. Marson's Lithograph, 3 yrs ......... (W. Manion) 0
Mr. T. Porker's Evening Star, 2 yrs (Wells) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Bing David, 3to 1 agst Sir R.
Trenchard, and 4 to 1 apt Evening Star.
A fine race between the first three; Sir R. Trenchard
winning by a head; King David beating Lady Agues by
half a length. Run in 1 min. 19 sec.
Match-200, h ft. D.M.

Lord Glasgow's Carscara, Bst 7lb (Flatman) 1
Lord Glifden's Sackbut, Sat slb ............(F. Butler) 2
Betting-3 to lon Caracare, Won by a head.
Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, for two-year-olds, 6st 71b ;
three, Sat slb ; four, Bst 10lb ; five and upwards, Sst
121 b. The winner to be sold for 25 sm., if demanded,
&c. First half of Ab.M.
Mr. Payne's Eaton, 2 yrs (Harding) 1
Mr. R. E. Oliver's f by IPrdeatcher, out of Green
Darling, 2 yrs.. ............
Mr. Johnson's Ran.e, 2 yrs (Carroll) 0
Mr. Magcnia's b fby lon, out of Palma, 2 yra
(Wells) o
Mr. Baker's Nameless, 6 yrs (Simpson) 0
Mr. E. Phillips's Henrietta, 3 yrs (G. Oates) 0
Duke of Bedford's Ernestine, 2 yrs ...... (Benstead) 0
Lord Clifden's Pnnkett, 2 yrs (Toovoy) 0
Captain Thellusson's Lady Gertrude, 2 yrs
(T. Smith) 0
Mr. Wobb's Florence, 3 yrs (Ternpleman) 0
Betting—Even on Eaton, 6 to 1 agst Rago, end 8 to
1 egat Grace Darling f.
Won by a length. A dead heat for third between
Paine f end Ilentletta. Run in 52 see. Eaton was
again claiinco.
Sweepstakes of 10 sou. eaoh, for three-year-olds, 7st
911) ; feu-, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st.
The wiener to be sold for 120 sovs., if dcmcnded.
Ab.M.
Mr. J. Oshorne's The Ceti r, 4 yrs ...... (J. Osb9rne) 1
Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 3 yrs (Sly) 2
Mr. W. E. Hughes's Sophistry, 3 yr., (Flatman) 3
Mr. rogen,'s: Trinket, 4 sri )ger9
Betting—Even on The Cutler, 2 to 1 agst Trinket,
end 5 to 1 agst Sabre.
Won by three parts of a length. Sophistry a bad
third. Ran in 1 raiLl, 52 see. The *Auer was claimed.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1852.

Match-100, h ft. A.F.
Lord Glasgow's Sister to Caraeara, ist 71b (Lye) 1
Duke of Bedford's Hesperus, 103 t Butler) 2
Betting-3 to lon SiAer to C,racara.
Won by a length. Run in 2 min. 30 sec.
Match-200, h ft, B'..t 71b each. T.Y.C.
Lord Glasgow's f by Dan John, out of Miss Sarah
Received

Duke of Bedford's Ernestine Paid
Match-200, h ft. T.Y.C•
Lord Clifden's Perin, Bst 71b Received
Mr. W. liosville's lonic, Bst 21b Paid

RACING FIXTURES FOR. 1852.
NOVEMBER.

Worcester Autumn ... 2
Epsom
Ltvorpool Autumu 9
Caivnridgc Hunt
Northallorton ll

Stretford
Warwick l6
Aberystwith
Shrewsbury Autumn 2

IRISH RACES TO CONE.
NOVEMBER.

Kgkonny

RNCING FIXTURES FOR 1853.

Takinz, for granted that as Easter Sunday fulls on the
27th of March, the Nowarket Crayon Mooting will be
tixsd for Monday, the Ilth of April, and following clays,
the principal meetings will commence next year as under:

DIARCII.

Liverpool Spring 2
Coventry Spring 8
Duncader Spring
AP.

Newmarket Craven ... 11
York Spring ....... 19

Chester
Newmarket Sec Sp. lO
Shrewsbury.... ll
3U

Ascot
Hampton l5
22

Warwick Spring l5
Northampton
Salisbury lO
Maiton • 2l
Newmarket F. S 25

Bath l7
Manchester lB
, Epeom 24

Stockbridge 23
Wincbestsv....
Newcastlo

Stamford l9
Nottingham.
Goodwood 26
York
;;ham 24 or 25
Derby

N3LY.
Nowmakot...
coliter
Liverpool..... l3

AUG

Brighton 3
Brighton Club 5
W olverhamptun s
Reading

SEPTE:

Warwick 6
Donosister l3
Bedford
Leicester 2l

Lanark.... 22
Munches:or Autuuni 22
Newmark:lt E. 0 2

Chestgr Autumn ~ 4
Newmarket L. 0

NOVE;

Worcester
Epsum Autumn 3

,lIF.R.
' Newmarket LI 24

lIIIER.

Liverpool Autumn 9
Warwick Autu:u•" l6

MESSRB. 110WAILD AND CLINTON TO SUBSCRIBERS.—...
Don't back anything for tho Epsom Autumn Handicap,
till you reeoive the circular. We have got the abaolute
whalers, as well as several winners at Worcester—fee fo,
ore meeting los. t;d. ; subscribers to Christmas, one
guinea. IL IL dC. Poet-ordee, Coventry-street, Soho.
See 13e11, and all weekly papers for our great coup on
the Cambridgeshire.

LOUIS NAPOLEON AND ABD-EL KADER

The Moniteur contains an interesting account of the
reception of Abd-el•Kader at St. Cloud yesterday.
Abd-elLader, before being presented to the Princt
President, desired to perform his religious devotions,
after which he was presented to the Prince, who em-
braced him with great warmth. The Emir then
said :

" Monseigneur,—You have been good and generous
towards me. I owe to you the liberty which others had
promised—which you did not promise, and which yet you
have granted. I swear to you never to violate the oath I
have token. I know that it he beau said to you that I
shall fail in my promises ; but you do not believe it. I am
bound by gratitude and my word. Be assured that I
will never torget what one and the other impose upon a
descendant of the Prophet, end on a man of my race.
Not only do I say this, but I wish to place in your hands
a writing which shall remain a testimony of the oath I
have just renewed. I hand you, then, this bolter, which
is the faithful reproduction of my thoughts."
The Prince graciously replied that he had not de-
manded any promise, at he placed full reliance on his
character.

The following is the act of engagement

" Praise to the on© sole God.

" May God continue to give the victory to Napoleon
our lord, the lord of Kings. May God come to
his rid and guide his acts. He who is before
you is the old prisoner whom your generosity has
delivered, and who comes to thank you for your
benefits, Abd•el-liader, son of Mahhied-Den. He
has presented himself to your highness to return thanks
for the good you have done him. and to rejoice at
your sight; for I swear by God, the Master of the world,
that you are, monseigneur, more dear to my heart than
any of those I love. You have done for me a thing that
I am not able to thank you for, that which was not
above your great heart and the nobleness of your origin.
You are not of those that are flattered by faiseheod,
and that are deceived by imposture. You have believed
me—you have not given faith to those who doubted me
—you have set me at liberty; and I have solemnly swo• n
by the pact of God, by his prophets, and by his messen-
ger, that I will never violate the confidence you have
placed in me, that I will not fail in my promises, that I
will never forget your benefits, and that I will never set
foot on Algeria. When God willed that I should make
war on the French, I made it. I made speak the powder
as long as I could; and when he willed that 1 should
cease to combat I submitted to his decisions and I with-
drew. My religion and my noble origin makeit a law
for me to keep my oath and to repel all fraud. lam
Clelerf (descendant of the prophet), and I desire
not to be accused of imposture. How could it be
possibly, when your goodness bar been exercised on
me in so striking a manner? Benefits are a bond tied
round the neck of men of heart. I have witnessed the
grandeur of your empire, the power of your armies, the
immensity of the riches of France, the equity of her
chiefs and the justice of their actions. It is not possible
to believe that any ono can conquer yon and oppose
your will, if it be not the Almighty God. I trust to
your benevolence and goodness to keep for me a plane
in your heart, for was far of; and you placed me in
the circle of your friends ; if I do not Equal them by
my services, I equal them at least by the friendship I
bear you. May God
increase love in the hearts of your
friends, and terror in the heart of your enemies. I have
only to add that I confide in your friendship. I ad-
dros to you my wishes, and renew my oath.
" Written by AEID•EL•KLDER, BEN plane-ED-DEN."
The Prince, after this speech, took Abd-el-Kader to
visit the palace. Being presented to the Minister of
Justice, who real:milled to the Emir the little relation-
ship between his office and that of War, the Emir
happily replied, " A good empire rests on justice and
on
.the army." Being conducted to the stables, ho ex-
claimed, " Why, it is a little palace !" The,Pritice then
said to Ali-el-Rader that it was so long sham he was
on horseback he would lend him an Arab horse, and
that ho would command a review of cavalry. The visit
lasted an hour and a half. All persons present wore
struck with the nobleness and dignity of the Emix'a
mannere.—Morning Herald.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH BY STRANGULATION.—OR Sa.
turday afternoon an adjourned inquest was resumed
before Mr. Bedford, in the vestry-room of St. Anne,
Soho, relative to the death of Mary Buttery, aged 49,
late servant to Mr. Blatchford, tailor, Carlisle-street,
Soho, who was found with a rope round her neck, which
it is supposed, had produced strangulation, under the
following mysterious circumstancesr—lt appeared that
the deceased had been in the service of Mr. Blatchford
about four months, and that, on Tuesday morning last,
about half-past six o'clock, she was found by Mrs.
Blatchford, in the kitchen, lying on the floor, with her
head resting against a chair. She thought deceased
was in a fit, when she sprinkled her face with water.
As she did not recover, she sent for Mr. Rogers, surgeon,
Dean-street, who was of opinion that she died of disease
of the heart. After ho left, a female, who wee seat for
to lay the deceased out, on moving a black silk hand-
kerchief, which she had twisted round her throat, dis-
covered a rope. Mr. Rogers was again applied to,
when, upon seeing that deceased had a deep indentation
round her throat, he stated that she bad died of strangu-
lation, and he was of opinion that it was not her own
act. The coroner, in consequence, directed a post
mortene examination by Mr. Rogers, who now stated
that in his opinion strangulation had been nearly scam-
piished; but that, as she had disease of the heart and
lungs, her death was produced conjointly by the oper-
ation of the ono upon the other. it further appeared
that the deceased had a male visitor, who called on her
for the last time on Monday afternoon, and that she was
the illegitimate child of a wealthy West lucha merchant,
who left her considerable property, bat which was in
dispute. She was well educated, and was the widow of
Mr, G. Buttery, a landscape painter. The coroner sum-
med up, observing it was a most mysterious affair. Ver-
dict, " That the deceased was feu. with a repo round
her neck, but there was not sufficient evidence to lead
the jury to decide that she died of strangulation."
NEW ROADS PROM CAMDEN-TOWN TO ISLINGTON.
—The want of a direct road between Camden-town and
Islington has long been a source of great inconvenience
to the inhabitants of these populous districts, the only
moans of communication, at present existing being by
the circuitous route of King's-cross and the Now-road,
or, on, the other hand, by the Camden-road-villas and
Holloway. This inconvenience, however, is now about
to be remedied by two new streets being made, which
will open a direct road from near the Camden-town
station of the Birmingham and East India Dock Junction
Railway to Islington. The first of these, S'. Paul's-road.
will come into Maiden•lane, opposite Bolleisle, and
Murray-street, immediately to the north of the geode-
station of tho Great Northern Re'l.way, tannsg nearly
the line of an old footpath across the fields winch was
stopped up about twenty years ago. These now means
of communication will be a great saving of distance to
foot passengers and vehicles, and also fcr goods going
from the Camden Station of the London and Issorth-
, Western Railway to the goods•station of the Grcat
Northern, and will afford a ready means of neeer i ,
s,s to
, proposed cattle-market in Copenhagen-fields. he en
has been taken for the purpose, end planned out, and
several builders hen entered into e?venants to corer the
I(thd wish buildings by (b stated period.

LITERATURE.

THE MAGAZINES.

Blackly° 13ulwer Lyttou'e "Novel" con-
tinues, as it has not ceased to be for now upwares of
two years, the chief of all the literary alrections of
Blackwood. lAnsmere. at the present' and evide tly
the cronoing CliSi3 of the story, has become-lithe
centul scene of attraction ie the nerLitive—the
arena upon which are congregated the prieciprl
among that wonde. :al crowd of fief itious characters.
Notb:ng can display more consummate skill then the
giedeel unravelling of that apparently (at one t:me)
inextiicably entangled skein of the plot, in which the
subtlest discriminations of temperament, and the meet
astonishing facilires of invention, are revealed in
abounding profusion by the hand of the Master No-
velist. It were scarcely desireable, at the prerant
position of affairs in the story. to give a be' eon
epitome of the progress made tl;is month in its deve-
lopment. Before long, the tsle will have rec. 1 its
magic wheel to the goal, when the opinions of criticism
might be adventured of en somewhat more s ersorsbly,
rather more appropriately, end certeinly more dispas-
sionate. Jest now, the critic cannot but feel his
iudgeaent embarrassed by a complication of hopes and
fears, as to the destinies of those imeginary beings whom
he has been ,for more thant six-and-twenty mouths
watching with such eager, and some of them (and not a
few of them) with such affectionate solicitude. The
sympathies of the reader for the time being, eclipse
the serenity of the reeiewer. We met refrrin
therefore, from commenting upon the individual fea-
tures of the narrative, the latest instalment of which
nopears in the number of Blackwood for this present
November. Enough that we simply reiterate en
opinion we have now taken occasion of late to exprees
repeatedly.—namely, that Sir Bulwer Lytton hes
never disclosed his powers rs a romancist to more
brilliant advantage then in "My Novel, or the
Varieties of English Life"—a work in which his
abilities shine out in all their matured and ripened
perfection, and in which, with the aid of those abili-
ties, he has " held the mirror up to nature," and in so
doing has portrayed the aspects of an entire genera-
tion. A modest satirist has given us in the November
number of Ebony, without even an initial, a poem upon
" The Golden Age'" meaning neither the age of Bac-
tolus nor that of Tom Tiddler (whoever he was—
and this let Mites and Queries' decide), but that of
simultaneous emigration to Atistralia and Califolaia.
"Katie Stewart"—one of the most charming and
beautiful little stories imaginable—is brought this
month to a conclusion. We rejoice to observe that
it is announced for separate publication—al is also
the case with "My Novel," according to adver-
tisement. "Fictions for French Firesides" is the title of
a very valuable contribution, in which the English
reader is introduced to some of the recent effusions of
M. Emile Seuvestre. Diabolically tedious is the next
paper, the one professing to tell us all about "The Re-
strictive Tariffs of Foreign Countries." Talk of
Soyer's Regenerator—here indeed is" Cookery for the
Million !" De you doubt it ? Look at the statistics.
A curious, wild old story is that which is elsewhere
told once by Magee, anent " The Pilgrimage of the
Flagellants." After an ample and deservedly eulo-
gistic notice of Miss Strickland's third volume of the
Lives of the Queens of Scotland," comes the poli-
tical article for November, referred to in our leading
columns as in many respects remarkable. From this
paper, which is suggesting, headed "The Holidays,"
we make the following quotation :

" The position cf Louis Napoleon with regard to
France is one of the most extraordinary phenomena of
the present century. Here is a man who has been gene-
rally represented as devoid of commanding ability—as
destitute of principle and character—as obstinate, vain,
sensual, and even silly—as false to his engagements, un-
faithful to his friends, and as ono on whose word no
possible reliance could be placed; and yet this man,
without means, and without influence—one day a pri-
soner, the next an exile—has contrived to achieve the
entire and despotic command of the very foremost na-
tion of civilized Europe—to tread under foot all oppo-
sition—and to be able to appeal to the voice of the im-
mense majority of the people, as his passport and title
to the throne ! He could refer to no favourable ante-
cedents; yet, at his first important step, we find him
elevated, through the medium of universal suffrage, to
the Presidency of the Republic, over the head of one
who was justly esteemed as the first living soldier of
France. Next we find him in collision with the w-
eaned representatives of the people, and triumphant
almost without a struggle. With a strong heal he
crushed out at once the fire of insurrection, grappled
with a licentious press and strangled it, smote down the
rising power of socialism, and then appealed to the
nation at large far a confirmation of what he had done.
That confirmation was given to him, by an increased
majority of voices ; and in less than a year thereafter
we find him hailed, almost by universal France, as a
political deliverer, and solicited to assume, as his re-
ward, the grand prize of the Imperial Crown 1 We
state,these things, not in laudation of isim,but an a prac-
tical rebuke to the blindness of those who could see, in
this extraordinary man, nothing more than the features
of the common adventurer. Since the creation of the
world, no common adventurer has ever achieved so
much. Chance did not place him where he is : if it
had been so, his first step would also have been hie last.
Reviled, maligned, derided as he has been, how comes
it that he yet maintains such a hold of the heart of
France f To attribute his power solely to the adhesion
of the army, as some egregious idiots still attempt to do,
is obviously and ludicrously false. The army is with
him, it is true ; but the army is with him only, because
the people aro also on his side.
" The overthrow of Louis Napoleon, by civil insurrec-
tion, is now a thing imposs*blo. His mission:was to crush
insurrection, and ho has done it thoroughly and com-
pletely, leaving no room whatever for the re-appearance
of the hydra-head. What Louis Philippe could not
accomplish—the suppression of the barricades—Louis
Napoleon has effected at once by the strong hand of
absolute power. Liberty in France had entirely dis-
appeared amidst the saturnalia of unbridled licentious-
ness. There was no choice left, except between mob-
rule, and autocracy ; and society, consulting its own
safety, infinitely preferred the latter.
" We have, therefore, now to deal with Louis Napo-
leon as a new power in Europe, and not the least for-
midable, if we consider his position, and what he has
already accomplished. Single-handed he has taken
anarchy by the beard, and dashed it down. Ile
has stepped in before legitimacy ; and, as we thinkehas
utterly destroyed the chance, if any existed, of the re-
storation of the heir of the house of Bourbon. Whilst
the Count de Chambord was dreaming, hesitating,
waiting for a summons which France, in the hour of
her distraction and extremest agony, might send him,
the nephew of the Emperor showed himself in the
midst of France, claimed his rights to act as a citizen
and as a man, and in an inconceivably short period of
time conquered that position which the other asserted
to be his due. We yield to none in veneration for the
claims of legitimacy ; but such claims are absolutely
futile when vested in the person of a faineant, Tht.
days have gone by when the monarchs of Europe could
league together to reimpose a weak and fugitive priuco
upon a recusant people; and we need never again ex-
pect to behold their reeurrenes. Tho appeal of the heir
of Saint Louis lay to the French people. He might
have made it with effect when the usurping house of
Orleans was driven out, and when the middle classes,
terrified at the revolutionary phantom they had evoked,
were ready to have given their countenance to any
arrangement which promised to insure the safety of life
and property, and the firm administration of the laws.
Bat at that juncture, nothing was seen of the Count do
Chambord, and the opportunity was lost for ever. Lou's
Napoleon appeared, and took the vacant place."
It must be observed, that Blackwoodlooks upon the
future as " ominous of another era of war, bloodshed,
and devastation" ; but let us not thus sombrely count
upon the revival of wide-spreading disasters through-
out Christendom.

Frazer.—An " Alabama Man" contributes to the
current number of Frazer a brief paper, which, in
the estimation of many people, will doubtless be re-
garded es the most attractive Magazine article for
November. The writer is evidently familiar with
his subject, and pens his remarks quite con antore.
They have reference to the career and character of
the-now celebrated author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
being entitled " Some accounj of Mrs. Beecher Stowe
and her Family." According to the Alabama Man,
the family numbers altogether—exclusive, of course,
of grandchildren—the apostolic number of twelve.
The old father, Dr. Lyman Beecher, aged 78, seems
to he worthy of his patriarchal position. His sons—
William, Edward, Henry, Charles, Thomas, George
—are all Reverends. George at least was a Reverend,
having been, some years back, prematurely de
stroyed by an accident. Besides these sons, old
Dr. Beecher has another Bon, James, who is en-
gaged in commercial business at Boston, and four
daughters, Catherine, the only maiden sister—
Harriet, now the renowned authoress-©d two
others, Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Hooker,
.ve the
lawyers of great respectability.
,Such is
" Family." As for Harriet Beecher (Stowe) herself
—the world knows all about her noble nature well
" Uncle Toin's
enough already from the pages
in
Litchfield, U.S.,abin." She was born, it appears, „
about the year 1812—being, con. sequently, just the
same age as our greater novelist Charles Dickens.
The whole paper, we feel satisfied, will command at
this moment a very general perusal—and for the fact
of its timely insertion, we would now express
to our contemporary Fraser, our sense of grateful
obligation. Besides this contribution, the Mara.
zine contains as usual the continuations of et iy_y_
patis," and
of the " Autobiography of Captain
Digby Grand." The " Sketches of Rome under the
P 0123 and the Republic
are concluded at last—time
"
enough too—for the chapters were bcoomir,
a
deplo-
rably tedious, as they have been all 1 .g
atrabilious. There are also in mg intolerably
the number before us
papers severally intitled, " Our Advocates and Ju-
ries ; " another, " The NPR,s Reformation ;" another,
"The lonian -felted,
their Goverement "; a
fourth, " A fee, vii,..'e., ur4
Cenie„ ote* to Mr. Ball, on hle Return
from the a firth, " The Northman in
Britain ; " and a sixth, " The Exhibition Jury Re-
ports —some of
all of''
them
cite' i '
them exceedingly entertainiug, end
telligeuce, nguohed by a etltwin degree QI in-