The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-01 00:00:00

THE SON, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1363.

kept up there, it is thought necessary to take many
additional precautions, and the town of Miechow is
being fortified as though it were destined before
long to stand a regular siege.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

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WE ST MIDLAND.

A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held on Fri-
day at Worcester—Mr. Fenton in the chair.,
The CHAIRMAN- stated that the object of the meeting was
to consider certain bills now before Parliament, namely, a
bill to enable the company to make a branch in the county
of Glamorgan, and to relinquish the Stratford and More-
ton Railway ; a bill to authorise the Leominster and King-
ton Railway Company to enter into working arrangements
with and to lease or sell their railway to the Great West-
ern and West Midland Companies; and a bill for autho-
rising the Stourbridge Railway Company to raise further
moneys, and for other purposes. On the motion of the
Chairman, formal resolutions approving the bills were
adopted.

WATERFORD AND KILKENNY,
The half•yearly meeting of this company was held on
Friday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. T. W. hill in the
chair.

Mr. Williams
receiptsthese foreret theary half-
year
re_adtyheearr onepordti,h which stat stated
that the r
traffic
of
theich
25th
and £9,252 in preceding corresponding half-years respec-
March last amounted to £10,050, against £9,307, £9,374,
tively. The balance, after deducting working expenses,
amounted to £5,280, against £4,862, £4,637, and £1,788 re-
spectively. The net balance, including £l7O from the pre•
ceding half •year, amounted to £e,4eo, from which was de-
ducted £3,766 for interest on loan capital,ileaving £1,681 for
dividend. The traffic of the line for the past half-year ex-
ceeded that of the previous corresponding period by £742,
although great depression in trade existed, owing to a sue.
cession of three bad harvests. The directors recommended
that a dividend at the rate of 11 per cent, per annum be
paid on the preference stock of the company for the peat
half-year, leaving a balance of £204. The works on the
portion of the extension line under contract, from Kilkenny
to Abbeyleix, were being actively carried on, and it wee ex-
pected they would be completed by the end of the year. The
directors had reason to believe that efforts would be made
by certain shareholders to put an end to the local manage-
ment, which,if successful, would be ruinous to the concern ;
and the directors had therefore asked the shareholders gene-
rally for their support at the meeting, either in person or
by proxy. The report entered at some length into expla-
nations and figures, refuting the allegations which had
been repeatedly made at meeting after meeting of the com-
pany to the effect that the local management had reduced
the annual balance for dividend, increased the interest on
the debt, and prevented the line being leased to advantage.
The capital account showed that £595,054 had been ex-
pended, leaving a balance of £602.
The CuAinatAN, having moved the adoption of the report,
Mr. DELAnt-NTY seconded the motion, and in doing so
stated that their line and another were the only two lines in
Ireland that had shown an increase in their receipts as com-
pared with the corresponding period of the preceding year.
The receipts of all the other Irish lines for the past year
were under those of 1860. The South-Eastern line, from
Carlow to Kilkenny, which served an adjoining district to
that of their line, had shown a falling off in the receipts of
10 per cent. as compared with the corresponding period of
the preceding year, while the receipts on the Waterford and
Kilkenny Railway showed an increase of 8 per cent, on a
similar comparison. This, he thought, must be considered
satisfactory, and showed that the local management had
attended to the interests of the company. The great mis-
fortune of the company
was that the railway had cost
£20,000 a mile, or about three times more than it ought to
have cost. The only mode of improving the condition of
the 31 miles of old line now in operation was by extending
it into the int‘rior of the country. The local board had dons
their best to develope the traffic, but they had not received
the support they had expected. They had obtained an act
authorising the construction of 42 miles of extension line, of
which 19 miles had been contracted for and would be open
for traffic before the end of the year, If all parties interested
would unite and subscribe the necessary funds the extension
line would soon be completed, at a moderate cost, and a
large amount of additional traffic would be brought over the
old line to Waterford and shipped to Milford Haven for
South Wales and other places.
A long and personal discussion ensued, in which Mr.
Adams, Mr. Carden, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Radcliffe, the
solicitor to the company, took part, after which the report
was adopted ; a dividend at the rate of 1 per cent. per an-
num was declared for the past half-year on the preference
stock ; the retiring directors, Mr. J. M. Tidmarsh, and Mr.
C. Whetham, were re-elected , and also Mr. C. H. Robin-
son, the retiring auditor.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceed-
ings.

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN.
The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month
of April amounted, on 127 miles, to 11,234 dols for passen-
gers, mails, &c., and to 43,826 (lois for height ; total, 55,060
dols, against 10,394, on 50 miles, for the corresponding
months of 1862, showing an increase of 67 miles and 44,666
in the receipts. On May 18 the line from Salamanca to
Akron, with branches to the oil wells, a length of 240 miles,
was opened for traffic.

VICTORIAN.
The traffic receipts on the Victorian Government Rail-
ways, 196 miles in length, amounted for the week ending
Feb. 26 last, to 11,075, against 404.5 on 92 miles open in
the corresponding week of last year, showing an increase o f
104 miles and of £7,020 in the receipts. The aggregate re-
ceipts from Jan. 1 to the above date amounted to £71,429
against £33,815 for the corresponding period of 1862, show-,
ing an increase of £37,614.

DEMERARA.
The traffic receipts on this line for the fortnight ending
the 2d ult. amounted to 4,364 doll, and for the correspond-
ing period of last year to 3,888 dols, showing an increase of
478 doll,

ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
The financial statement of this company for the month of
April show that in the land department 14,516 acres of
April show
been sold for 158,869 dole, making since Jan. 1
last 63,299 acres sold for 671,799 dols. The total quantity
of land sold from the commencement was 1,261,625 acres for
15,811,263 doll,The construction bonds cancelled to March
31 last amounted to 2,354,500 dols, and the cash collected in
April to 122,385 dols. The total receipts on the railway for
the month of April amounted to 267,643 dots, and for the
mule larnth of 1862 to 191,648 dols, showing an increase of
75,995 dols.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.
The traffic receipts of this company for the week ending
'lay
9 amounted for local passengers to 18,233 dols, for
foreign passengers to 3,880 dole, for emigrants to 1,869 dole)
for 'math'', &c., to 3,200 dols, for local freight and live stock
to 33,663 dols, for timber and lumber to 6,271 dols, for fire-
wood to 864, and for foreign freight and live stock to
10,480 dols—total, 78,159 dols (X 16,100), and for the corre-
ponding week of last year to 73,179 dols (L 15,037) showing
an increase of 5,279 dots (£1
,085), The total traffic from
the Ist of January last to the above date amounted to
1,521,071 dols (£312,549), and for the same period last year
to 1,388,482 dols (Z 285,305), showing an increase of 142,589
dols (£27,244).

The receipt DUTCH RHENISH.
amounted to
—7,743 and for the corresponding period of last
year to 7,G5G,
s for the fortnight ending the 15th ult.
showing' an increase of £B7. The working
cxpenses for the fortnight amounted to £3,181, or 4POB per
cent. of the receipts, and for the corresponding period of last
year to
,X 3,158, or 41.23 per cent., showing an increase of
.9
23.
working expenses for the year 1862-63 were
39'63 per cant. of the receipts.

Tho half- IIANUEE AND BLACK SEA.
Saturday at the office,
Abingdon-street, Westminster; Sir
S. Cunard in the chair. ''
The CHAIRMAN said there was no formal report to lay
YearlY meeting of this company was held on
before the meetimr
'''' but be could state that the last accounts
from their manager were favourable, and they had every
reason to be satisfied with the present position of tho cum-
pany. What they now
wanted was additional warehouses
and store room, by which the amount of their business would
be largely increased. Their present store room accommoda-
tion was not more than sufficient for about 90,000 quarters
of corn, while they wanted room for
200,000 quarters. The
estimated cost of the additional warehouse would be about
£30,000.
The meeting was then made special, and some alterations
in the articles of association were agreed to. A vote 0
thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings.

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A RAILWAY BlLL.fter hearing evidence relative to the plan proposed for
crossing the Ouse, together with the case for the laudowners,
and Mr. V. Harcourt in reply
for the promoters, the commit-
tee passed the bill of the North-Eastern for their branches
to Hull and Doncaster, and for arrangements with the
South Yorkshire and other companies. Tho bill of the
Kettering and Thrapstone for an extension to Huntingdon,
being unopposed, was referred to Dr. Massey's committee.
The case for the Edinburgh and Dunfermline Railway closed
and Mr. Denison opened that of the Edinburgh and Glee-
gow—corapeting line to Dunfermline via Queonsferry, with
subsidiary branches.

EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL.
The general meeting of this company was held on Satur-
day at the London Tavern ; Mr. Thomson in the chair.
The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The
Sun, was taken as read.
last meeting the chief engineer had been occupied in or-
The CHAIRMAN in moving its adoption, said, sinco the
ganising an efficient staff. It would, however, take a long
time before they could complete the details of the planthey.
had to carry out. The works were progressing and some of
them were returning a profit, but not equivalent to the ex-
penditure, The infurniatien received from India flowed

that the returns would amply repay them for the outlay.
It was the duty of the Government to encourage works of
irrigation, as they were of inestimable value to the country.
Their company was the first of the sort, and had no gua-
rantee, and was consequently free from Government inter-
ference. The dire, tors would not make any call upon the
shareholders this year, nor until they had given satisfactory
proof that there would be a profitable return for the outlay.
Mr. BOUVERIE, .P.. seconded the motion for the adop-
tion of the report.
In answer to a question it was stated that the Government
was entitled to receive half the profits arising from irriga-
tion. domestic purposes, mills, &c., but nothing else, and
the company was entitled to the whole profit arising from
navigation.

The report was adopted unanimously, and the proceedings
concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

The Accident on the London, Brighton, and

South Coast Railway.

The line was cleared and the rails properly relaid
in sufficient time yesterday morning to enable the
655 a.m. train to proceed to its destination. The
company's engineers and officers are making a strict
investigation into all the circumstanees, but have as
vet made no detailed statement of the result of their
inquiry. It appears that Salmon, the engine-driver,
was not killed upon the spot, but that after linger-
ing in great agony from the scalds and burns he had
received, he died on Saturday afternoon at St.
Thomas's Hospital, Surrey-gardens. Tribe, the fire-
man, who was fearfully scalded and burned, and
who lies at the same hospital, under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Simon, was going on favourably up
to last night, and hopes were entertained of his re-
covery. The guardsmen at the Grenadier Hospital
in Rochester-row wero at a late hour last night re-
ported to be doing well also, under the care of the
medical officers of the establishment, Drs. Lane and
Wardrop. There are 28 of them in all in the wards,
and between eight and ten of them suffer from se-
vere fractures and contusions. No fatal cases are
expected unless erysipelas sets in. There are about
a dozen other soldiers at the 'Wellington and St.
George's barracks, who are suffering from minor
contusions. Besides the persons just mentioned, the
passengers who have suffered the most severe inju-
ries are Dr. Cureton, rector of St. Margaret's, West-
minster, dreadfully injured about the face and legs,
and his daughter, whose legs are fractured.
Yesterday a special telegraphic message was re-
ceived by the commanding officers from her Ma-
jesty at Balmoral expressing her regret at the
catastrophe, and her sympathy with the sufferers;
and an answer was despatched in acknowledgment
stating that the men were going on favourably.
Special messengers were also despatched by the
Prince of Wales daring the day to inquire after the
welfare of the wounded men. Among those who
visited the hospital during Saturday and yesterday,
and spoke to the wounded men personally, were the
Duke of Cambridge, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Earl
Howe, Lord Rokeby, Gen. Stanhope, Col. Lambert,
Colonels Koppel, Burnaby, Hon. M. Stanley, and
other officers of the battalion.

The following communication was on Saturday
received from Mr. Frederick Slight, the Secretary
of the Company :
" I have at present no more than a formal re-
port of the account, from which it would seem that
the train leaving Brighton at 5 p.m. yesterday
arrived at Croydon safely, and that the Victoria
portion of it, consisting of 16 vehicles, left Croydon
four minutes late. Nothing occurred until its arrival
within the distant signal at the Streatham-common
station,when the engine began to oscillate consider-
ably,and immediately after left the line, turned over
on its siCe and then exploded,which of course dragged
the carriages off the line, seriously injuring several
of the passengers. Mrs. Chilver, of New Burling..
ton-street, was killed, and also two men of the
Grenadier Guards ; 20 other soldiers, and seven
other passengers were also more or less injured.
The driver and foreman of the train are both
injured dangerously, but the two guards
escaped. The matter is of course being investigated.
At present the cause does not appear clear, as the
permanent way is believed to have been in good
order, and th...) engine was one of several constructed
by this company in 1858 for running on this
portion of the railway."

The inquest on the bodies of Eliza Chilver, aged
63, Charles Stone, aged 40, and George Blundin,
29, privates in the Grenadier Guards, was opened
on Saturday at the Pied Bull, Streatham, by Mr.
Garter, the coroner. Mr. Harrison, of the firm of
Mr. White, solicitors to the regiment of Grenadiers,
attended to watch the case on behalf of the regi-
ment, and Mr. Faithful on the part of the Brighton
Railway Company.
Emily Turner, servant in the employ of the de-
ceased Mrs. Chilver, identified the body of her mis-
tress ; and John Mann, private of the Grenadier
Guards, identified the bodies of his two comrades,
Stone and Blundin.
The jury having seen the bodies and the spot
where the accident occurred, and having returned
to the jury room.

John Mann was recalled, and said that he was in
the next carriage to that in which the deceased sol-
diers were travelling. The deceased Blundin he
knew to be in the train, as he had seen him put his
head out of the carriage window at Hayward's-
heath, and he saw Stone get into the same eariiage
with Blundin. Just before the accident took place
the carriages away very much to and fro, chiefly to
the right, and in almost a moment the carriage in
which he was sitting was shivered to pieces, He
tried to get out of the window, but before he could
do so the bottom of the carriage slipped away, and
he slid out on the ground. When he got out all
the carriages were of a heap, some of them being
capsized and turned over. Numbers of his comrades
were calling for assistance, and witness went to their
help. At least five minutes elapsed before he was
able to extricate the deceased men. Blundin was
lying on the ground wedged in between masses of
wood and iron. With the help of some others he
removed him from his position, but he was then
quite dead. He saw Stone about the same time.
He also was wedged in by iron and wood anda per-
fect wreck of broken carriages, and was near to
Blundin. A piece of iron was resting on his head.
When extricated he was dead.

Mr. Chilver examined, said—l am a medical prac-
titioner, residing at 14, New Burlington-street.
The deceased, Eliza Chilver, was my wife. We were
on our return from St. Leonards to London, and
travelling in a first-class carriage: After passing
Hayward's-heath there was more shaking of the
carriages than usual. I did not speak of it, as I
thought it might create alarm. My opinion was
that the carriages were not well braced up. The
motion afterwards suddenly became very uneasy,
the carriages rocked very much ; this increased to
a great extent, and it seemed that we were tearing
up the road, as if the carriages were off the line.
The swinging increased very rapidly, and the car-
riage fell over to the left side. I had hold of the
arm band, and kept my seat; my wife was thrown
on the floor. The carriage parted in several places.
I had not much difficulty in removing the deceased.
She was fearfully wounded in the face and head. I
do not know at what rate the train was travelling.
I can only say that it was going fast.
Dr. Robert Stewart, physician, of Streatham
(examined), said that about six o'clock on Friday
something had occurred on the railway near the
Streatham-common station. On reaching the spot
he saw the deceased lady lying on the side of the
bank. She was then living. She had sustained a
fracture of the lower jaw on the left side, and a lace.
rated torn wound from the angle of the left lip down
to the end of the jaw ; also a semi-circular scalp
wound on the back part of the head, apparently
about four or five inches in length. The injuries
were no doubt caused by violence, and were sufficient
to cause death. There was a quantity of gravel, or
dirt, in the hair, as though the head had come in
contact with the ground. She did not survive more
than half an hour after he saw her. -Witness also
saw the two soldiers, one of whom (Blundin) had
apparently been suffocated by steam or gas, or great
pressure. The other (Stone) received injuries to the
spine and neck. The deaths in both cases were the
result of violence.
At this stage of the inquiry the proceedings 'were
adjourned, in order to afford time for the attendance
of professional witnesses, and an examination by the
Government Inspector.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

SATURDAY REVIEW.—The difference which from
the first was observable in the style of the Presidents
of the rival sections in America appears to extend
in full force to theirsubordinates. If anything, the
contrast is more violent in the Generals than in the
Presidents. Mr. Lincoln's confused unman:u and
blundering metaphors compared unfavourably
enough with the scholarlike ease of Mr. Davis's
composition ; and in all his troubles, he has shown
nothing of that calm imperturbable confidence in a
holy cause which distinguished the address of the
Southern President after the disasters which fol-
lowed the surrender of Fort Donnelson. Yet Mr.
Lincoln's manifestoes were the composition of an
honest man, endowed with at least a certain
amount of self-respect. They are utterly unworthy
to be mentioned in the same breath with the literary
effort with which General Hooker has just
astounded the world. Richly as the Northern armies
are provided with professors in the art of impudent
braggadocio, there is probably not one of them be-
sides " fighting Joe" who would have conceived the
bright idea of complimenting his army, just halted
from a secret midnight flight after three bloody de-
feats, upon " the celerity and seeresy of their move-
ments," or who would have informed them that, by
running back across the river to avoid another
battle, " the army had given renewed evidence in
itself." There is something inimitably fine in the
bold language in which he announces the determi-
nation of his soldiers " to decline battle whenever
their interest or honour may command it," as
if that were the particular exercise of
military discretion in regard to which Ge.
neral Lee was likely to make an attempt to
force their inclinations. So long as declining battle
means running away, it is probable that the Con-
federates will give them every facility for fulfilling
their magnanimous resolution, and, lest they should
falter, will even assist it by an extraneous impulse
from behind. There is something, too, that is
worthy of admiration in the " new laurels" which
the Federal army is said to have added to its former
renown. The achievements out of which these lau-
rels grow consist of " having made long marches,
crossed rivers, surprised the enemy in his entrench-
ments, and wherever they fought, inflicted heavier
blows than those they received." The last asser-
tion is strictly untrue, and if it had been true,
would have made their hasty flight only more inex-
cusable still. The other achievements, "of making
long marches and crossing rivers," have probably
never before in the history of the world been made
the subjects of a commanding officer's felicitations,
especially when they ended in a midnight flight.
But the finest touch of all is the sentimental reflec-
tion—" The events of the last week may well cause
the heart of every officer and soldier to swell with
pride." To address such a congratulation to an
army which, after having been told that the
enemy's forces were its " legitimate a
to piecesteprop by those
erty,''was
again and again beaten and e
forces, and was ultimately obliged to creep back
across the Rappahannock in the darkness of a
stormy night, strewing the bridges over which it
passed with twigs, lest the rebelfootsteps of armywhich was
its "property" should hear the its
s
owners running away—to tell such a tale to such
an army betokens a Quixotism of impudence which
leaves the imaginary creations of Falstaff, Parolles,
and Bobadil deep in the shade. To be the most
reckless and shameless braggart on the American
Continent is a great distinction, and General
Hooker appears to have fully earned it.
SPECTATOR.—Though Jackson had, at Washing-
ton, before the war, the reputation of a hypochon-
driac, and malade imayinaire, he does not seem to
have had any of the acerbity of the Puritan type of
piety. An Englishman who recently visited him
described him as a tall, handsome man, with dark
blue, searching eyes, and with simplicity and consi-
derateness written in his face as well as his actions.
A general in full work who would take real pains,
as General Jackson did, to dry a stranger's coat for
him by a given hour is not of the gloomily spiritual
type. And every one represents General Jackson's
thoughtfulness and gentleness to others as only less
remarkable than his prompt military rigour. A
general may be the idol of his men who simply leads
them uniformly to victory. But the man who pro-
mised not in vain for his soldiers that they should
" stand like a stone wall" at Bull Run, who burst
like
away
awtahulderbolt upon poor General Pope's rear
when that commander thought him in his front or
far y
who, after a rapid and hotly contested
__march through Maryland, struck successfully at
Harper's Ferry before the relief could come—who,
on his last battle-field, turned the enemy's menacing
Position and inflicted a severe defeat—needed no
other power over his men than that of the military
confidence he inspired. But it is well known that
his real power over them was multiplied greatly,
not only by his habit of praying with them per-
sonally before and after battle, as a pious soldier
should, instead of abandoning them to a chaplain,
but by the rare self denial with which he insisted
on sharing their hardships, and the thoughtful
solicitude he showed for their welfare. No doubt
General Jackson has done as much to give an
imaginative character of grandeur and holiness
wholly undeserved (?) to the Confederate defence
and cause, as President Davis has done to give it a
tone of intellectual dignity and strength.
LONDON REVIEW.—The great Duke of Welling-
ton declared that the presence of Napoleon with his
army was worth 40,000 men; and since the begin-
ning of the century there is probably no officer of
whom the same could be said until Stonewall Jack-
son appeared upon the field. It is not difficult to
obtain the popular applause of an hour by some
dashing exploit, however foolhardy. But when a
soldier like General:Robert Lee confesses that if he
could have ordered events he would rather have
directed the fatal bullet against himself than against
his favourite lieutenant, the merits of that lieu-
tenant must have been indeed remarkable. Opinions
may differ as to the cause in which General Stone-
wall Jackson died, but this difference is only an
additional reason for endeavouring to ascertain the
real circumstances which gave the officer whose loss
every Southerner deplores his singular ascendancy.
And even the people on this side the Alantic, Rho
keep neutral between both parties, may learn a les-
son which may stand them in good stead when the
time of trial comes. Since the breaking out of the
civil war in America, there is nothing which proves
more conclusively the capacity of Jefferson Davis,
than the wisdom he has displayed in choosing
his instruments. When the Confederate army first
advanced to the banks of the Potomac, Gen. Beau-
regard was in command. A s he was an accomplished
engineer, and the object at that time was to main-
tain an entrenched position, the meaning of the
selection was obvious. But as soon as the army
retreated towards Richmond, on the advance of
M'Clellan from Fortress Monroe, Beauregard was
replaced by Lee and Stonewall Jackson. And from
that moment until the present it would be difficult
to point out a single instance in which either the
military plans of the Commander-in-Chief or their
execution by Stonewall Jackson have practically
failed. Having determined upon pursuing a policy
of strict defence they have rigidly adhered to it,
but at the same time, whenever a blow could be
struck, they have not failed to strike with all their
might. In the first place it is abundantly clear
that Jackson bad his Division in a perfect state of
discipline, and his officers in perfect subordination.
It is said that when he filled the office of a military
professor in one of the Southern States, he exercised
the most singular power over the students. What-
ever qualities may be possessed by Southern lads, it
will scarcely be said that subordination is one of their
cardinal virtues. But the mere presence of Stone-
wall Jackson was sufficient to subdue them. He had
only to make his appearance in a room, and all was
still. And the same power which he exerted as a
Military Profsssor, he evidently exercised at the
head of a division. But Jackson was more than
a martinet. Like most great commanders, his men
were passionately attached to him, and were proud
to endure any hardships to execute his commands.
As the Duke said of his Peninsular veteranst he
m,e‘g
could go anywhere and do anything with h
Ragged, footsore, and half-starved, Jackson's corps
made the most surprising marches—would suddenly
appear on the flank and rear of the enemy, and
return obtaining
in
safety
aattleerindteesltlrigoyeninceg
would supplies
most valu-
able
perhaps his leading characteristic original quarters. In short, h
vigour guided
was
he had enterprise.to the their
Throughout Jackson's career extra-
ordinary
by unerring prudence.
which he undertook
ifnai
mention an instance would be difficult to
lwedh.tchHeanseyemmsovteomheanytes
known precisely what his men could accomplish.
Undoubtedly he taxed his men to the utmost, but
he never seems to have called upon them to do more
than they were
able. If a workman has only a
certain quantity of material, his merit consists in
making the most of it. The shipwright must know
how to cut his timber, so that the smallest quan-
tity will be required. And in like manner the
ability of an officer may be measured by the pro-
portion which the men employed bears to the ex-
ploit which he achieves. There are few commanders
who have been more successful in this respect than
Jackson. When he had resolved to strike a blow
he approached with such s.cresy and rapidity that
the enemy had scarcely time to prepare to meet
his attack, and once on the field, he launched
his troope against the opposing force with a con-
centrated violence which proved irresistible.

EXAMINER.—Issue has at length been joined be.
tween the King and Parliament of Prussia_ That
i' has been so long delayed is matter neither of
wonder nor regret to those who intelligently sym-
pathise with the cause of law-made liberty against
the lawless pretensions of Divine Right. With

fatuous obstinacy the Royal plotter against the
freedom of the nation sticks to the text he took for
himself on the day be was crowned at Konigsberg.
He would govern on the paternal principle, demand-
ing allegiance from all and owning it to none, de-
riving his title to command from Heaven, and
responsible to it alone. This was the theory
of the Stuarts and the Bourbons; and where
it landed them after protracted conflicts
with the communities they were born to
torment and thwart and tyrannise over,
every one except their legitimate kinsman, the
King of Prussia, knows. If example had the power
to warn royal fools and offenders which it is sup-
posed to have in deterring ordinary mortals from
suicidal crimes, the House of Hohenzollern might
yet be saved from the fate the conduct of its princes
in past times has seemed so often to provoke. But
the experience of one dynasty appears of none effect
in teaching another ; asd as it NN as in the beginning
of the seventeenth century, it is now, and we sup-
pose ever shall be, infatuation without end. it is
but justice to the representatives of the Prussian
people to declare that throughout they have shown
In every respect a maturity of judgment and a self-
control in temper, worthy of men long used to the
working of constitutional government. From first
to last their course has never swerved from
the practical and definite assertion of a plain
matter of fact claim, to exact beforehand a strict
account from the Minister of War, of the
number and cost of the army which they were
expected to pay out of the people's pockets. Re-
proved in stern but not discourteous language by
the House of Representatives for his lamentable for-
getfulness of his duty as a constitutional sovereign,
William I. has given way to the first impulse of
anger by closing the session in a manner somewhat
abrupt in terms, though not in point of time.
Whether the madmen who are about him will bid
him follow up the prorogation by a dissolution, or
whether they dream that by the end of autumn a
portion of the existing deputies may be induced to
waver from their present resolution and become
more amenable to the arbitrary caprices of the
Court, we know not, and the incoherent specula-
tions of such men are not worth guessing at. But
whatever they are, and whatever they may be, the
political future of Northern Germany cannot be
doubtful. An impulse has been given to men's
practical ideas as to the guarantees and safeguards
indispensable to the secure enjoyment of liberty,
which probably could not otherwise have been im-
parted to them. Many things not formally pro-
vided for by charter or statute would have been
generously taken on trust twelve months ago,
which men will never now be content to leave in
the debateable land of matters-ofcour se. Nothing,
after what has happened, can be left henceforth to
the ex officio wisdom of Ministers, or the hereditary
wit of Kings. The wide neutral ground between
prerogative and privilege through the lawless at-
tempt to appropriate it by dint of encroachment,
has ceased to be .common, and must now be rigor-
ously enclosed. It should be well for the Prussian
people that their King has made so clear to them
the course they must pursue.

COURT JOURNAL.—The excitement concerning
the revelations made by Lord Henry Lennox as to
the state of things in the Neapolitan prisons is far
from abated at present, and the partisans of the
Turin Cabinet are doing all that lies in their power
to refute charges so damaging to their interests, as
ell as disgraceful to their system of administration.
But in this they fail egregiously, and Lord Henry is
proved right in every essential matter. It is true
he was mistaken as to La Ferseveranza having been
seized, but the Italian Ministers were obliged to ad-
mit that a large number of other papers had been
suppressed by the police; in fact, " suppression"
seems to be the order of the day. It is not unnatu-
ral that Count Arrivabene should endeavour to vin-
dicate his cause from the charges so tellingly brought
against it by Lord Henry Lennox, but he wanders
away from the subject altogether in 'a
letter ad-
dressed to a sympathising daily paper. He answers
Lord Henry by referring to Mr. Russell's "Diary
in India," as containing an account of the bad state
of things in our prisons there, and considers it con-
clusive that the Italian Government may do wrong
in Italy because the English Government (as he
says) has badly-conducted prisons in India ! Count
Arrivabene has shown himself a brave man, and a
conscientious, though, perhaps, mistaken, lover of
freedom ; but really it is but a bad return for Eng-
lish hospitality, and the way in which, owing to his
nationality, and, of course, for no other reason
whatever, he has been received into the best circles
here, that he should turn round and accuse England
of mismanagement as an excuse for the oppression,
tyranny, and ill-government of his own country.