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London, England, 1854-10-12 00:00:00

LITEBATUBE.

• A Pitysician's Talc. By Hebarden Milford.
3 vols. Hurst and Blackett.
A vast amount of thought and knowledge is dis-
played in the composition of this work, and talent of
no inconsiderable kind reflects a light and lustre on
its pages. Many various phases of society and dif-
ferent gradations of character are dexterously given
to sight, and some of the prominent vices and follies
of the day aro brought under• the notice of the
reader in a striking manner. It cannot be Raid,
hoivever, that the narrative itself is pleasing, or
that. there is any hero or heroine who parti-
cularly attracts interest or attention. Katha-
rine do Bohun, of whom little is spoken,
forms au exception, together with Sir. Murdoch
Douglas, to wheat she was afterwards married.
Godfrey de Bohun, the father of Katherine Doug-
las, was a very selfish Man. it is true he was
placed in an awkward situation, being compel ed
to keep up the dignity of au ancit:nt name, with a
small income and au encumbered property. 11:s
c•_induct towards his oixly son, Moreton, was very
unworthy his high name and race, and it appears
only a just retribution when he is deprived, by a
sudden death, of him foe whom lie had formed such
ambitious projects: Young Moreton. de Bohun
(lied on the field of Waterloo, and then the hopes
of his family were laid low. More skill is depicted
iu the second portion of the story, when the ple-
beian succeeds to the patricia.o in the possession
of the magnificent ()id hall. The mistakes and
contradietionsin bearing and demeanour committed
by Mr. Gideon Clincher and his family are sufh-
ciently ludicrous and extravagant. His daughter,
Letitia, who could never get over her contracted
notions, or expand her narrow powers of observa-
tion, with her husband, who affected aristocratic
ease and refinement in a vulgar and petty style,
are very naturally represented. Mr. Gideon, hOl-
- after having worked very hard all his life,
completely frustrated all his efforts, by sheer
neglect ;tad folly,
those vria& suddenly as
set
tmayhenasoefltveens
ub
pe
as gtnodiecnete e
he gave up common care and attention to his
affairs for fear of appearing vulgar. His son-in-
law, Inglis, was not affected by such scruples, and,
falling into the hands of some practised fortune hunt-
ers, Co speedily disposed of the sums it had taken his
relation many an anxious year to hoard up. Eller-
ingay Manor House was again deserted, another
day of departure from its time-honoured walls took
place, and the splendid property was once more
offered for sale. Sir Murdoch Douglas, the son-in-
law of Godfrey do Bohun, now came forward and
purchased the domain, to reinstate the fallen family.
He desired them to remain in it during Mr. De
Bohun's lifetime ; after that it was to belong to
himself and Katherine, the eldest of the De Bohuns.
A great deal of the plot is worked out in London,
where Inglis meets with those fatal acquaintances
who occasioned his ruin. Count Pufferdoff and
Lord'Squanderfield, together with Fitzgerald, lured
him on with their treacherous wiles. The former
was the moving spirit and the actuating prin-
cipal, but the others followed his dictates ;
one folly succeeded another, and the guilt
of one man was the instrument of vengeance
to the covetousness of his neighbour. Thus Gideon
availed himself of Godfrey's pride to obtain posses-
sion of his estates by bonds and mortgages. Again
Inglis made a tool of Gideon, whose vanity was
excessive, to become master of Lis affairs, and then
he himself fell a prey to self-conceit and love of
pleasure, when acquainted with Pufferdoff's set.
The only exception to this state of things is, as has
been said before, Sir Murdoch Douglas. It is to
be regretted that lie is not more prominently
brought forward, or that there are not some others
like him, to refresh the mind, wearied with so much
duplicity and meanness. For those who desire to
see the dark side of the human character, who
would rather dive into the depths of vice and scan
the motives that actuate the wicked than behold
the calm and even tenour of peaceful every-day
life, this story will afford attractions. Some of the
descriptions display considerable ability, and the
variety of persons who are introduced on the scene
impart a lite and spirit which keeps alive the atten-
tion and enchains the interest.

MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES.
Tait's commences with a sketch of " Uriel
Acosta," a German drama, by Karl Gutzkow. An
article is given on the Great Astronomical Dis-
pute, and another on "Life in Turkey." No.
VIII. of " Glimpses of Churchwold" concludes
the series. There is an amusing paper on the
" Painters and Glaziers of Faris."—The _National
Miscellany has a very interesting account of the
progress of the English navy, entitled " Ships of
War in the Olden Time." " Pinto Ribeiro ; or, the
Revolution in Portugal," is continued ; and there
is another instalment of the extracts from the
"Journal of an Officer in the Expeditionary Force."
There are also papers on the " Commerce of Cen-
tral Asia" and the " Life of Belisa.rius," the
famous general of the Emperor Justinian.—
The New Monthly Review appears to have
improved since its change of title. Not
the least attractive feature in it is a series of
sketches of the celebrities of the day, written in a
fair and impartial way. The " Life of Lord
Brougham" is commenced in this number. An in-
teresting paper en " Charles Lamb" gives a brief
account of his chequered career.—Sharpe's London
Magazine presents a striking name in the list of
authors. It contains a sketch by Torquato Tasso,
translated by the author of " Mary Powell," vtho
is so well known from her successful imitations of
the old styles. The present tale is, however,
genuine, and the manuscript still exists in the
Liberia Patriarchate of Udine. There are
many pleasing tales and verses. Newton's
London Journal gives an account of thirty-one
recent patents, besides the usual scientific notices,
list of grants, Asc.—The Assurance Magazine gives
much information respecting characteristic ques-
tions, and gives an account of the proceedings of
the Institute of Actuaries, of which it is the journal.
—The Illustrated Magazine numbers among its
contributors the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Lady E. S.
Wortley, Fanny Fern, J. E. Carpenter, Captain
Mayne Reid, and numerous other well-known
names.—Lc Pallet has au additional plate be-
sides its usual attractive figures.—The Penny
_Post is well calculated for distribution among
the poorer classes. It seems to be chiefly
intended for that purpose.—The Family Friend
and The -Home Companion continue to maintain
their character. Orr's Circle of the Sciences is a
really valuable work, putting the works of cele-
brated profes3ors within the reach of the most
limited means. The English Cgclopcedia is con-
tinued in weekly numbers and in monthly parts.
The name of Mr. Knight is a sufficient recommen-
dation. All who desire a standard work of refe-
rence should avail themselves of its publication.
The Dublin Journal of Industrial Progress is
chiefly on industrial and agricultural subjects.
Papers on the inland navigation of Ireland and
the recent improvements in manufactures. Mac-
phairs Edinburgh Journal contains, among
other topics of interest, a criticism on Mrs. Stowe's
new work, which • deprecates the publicity and
confusion with which her visit was attended,
occasioned by the bad taste of injudicious admirerii.
" The Land we .Live in," a sketch-book of the
British Islands, has reached the seventh number.
" Orr's Household Handbooks" offer some useful
hints %for housekeepers. " Handley Cross," which
chronicles the events of "Mr. Jorrock's Hunt" is
nearly completed.
Instructor has a
character.va-
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CRYSTAL PALA CR.
doors,
troktawas opened at Macclesfield last week.
A. public p
of thea land necessary for the purpose was pro-
A portion
vided by private subscriptions. The Marquis of West-
minster,
Lieutenant
of .
Lord
- Cheshire, and the Earl
as
of Harrington,
the owner of Cawsworth, a neighbouring
—Admission
assisted at the proceedings, which were attended
village,
by, a vast body of the manufacturing population.
at thie462,.
EXTENSIVE FIRE INlMANcHEßTEn.—Yesterday, about
twelve o'clock, a fire broke out on the extensive pre-
mises of Messrs. Bremner Brothers, oil and tallow Tiler•
chant:, near the Victoria-bridge, Manchester. The
premises were stored with a large quantity of oil and
tallow, which burned so fiercely that it was found im-
possible to save the building from destruction. Adjoin-
ing Meisrs. Bremner's warehouse were a timber-yard
and saw mill, and it was with the utmost difficulty that
thee were saved. Messrs. Bremner's premises were
completely burnt down. The damage will amount to
several thousand pounds, but is amply covered brio-
surance.

SUICIDE nir A NTARRIND WoMAN.—Yeaterday Mr.
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resided
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husband
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Princes-street,
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ter:.
Li:is(in-,revs. For some time past she had given herself
up to iiabitual intemperance, and hpd pledged whatever
she could lay her bands upon, including her husband's
clothes, so that in a very short time she had made away
with everything about the place, and a once happyhome
was very quickly reduced to the greatest misery. On
Saturday her husband gas e her 4s. 6d. to redeem his
clothes from pledge for the, next day, but instead of
doing so she went off and spent the money in drink, re-
turning home at night in her usual state of intoxication.
Ile left home the following morning at . o'clock. after
bidding her good bye to show that he held no animosity
towards her, and he never saw her again alive. It ap.
geared that about eidlit she also left home, and at eleven
the same morning her lifeless body %vas discovered float-
ing in the Regent's Canal. The Coroner briefly com-
mented upon the painful nature
,of the case, and the jury
returped a verdict of "suicide, leaving the state of the
unfortunate woman's mind at the ticoo she eetranitted
the rash act an open question.

LWW ADERDEEY AT ABERDEEN.

ABERDEEN', Monday Afternoon.—The Ear] of Aberdeen,
acceding to the request of the magistrates and council,
attended this afteraOon in the Town-hall. to be present at
the inauguration of his portrait painted by subscription
some time ago, and placed in the Town-hall. The magi-
strates and council also took advantage of the noble earl's
visit to present him with an address, expressive of their
approval and admiration of the policy which ho has fol-
lowed as head of her Majesty's Government. The Earl of
Aberdeen and party were received by the Lord Provost,
magistrates, and council, in the council chambers, and from
thence conducted to the Town-hall, which they entered
shortly after two o'clock, the company rising en ,inawe, atd
welcoming them with great applause.
In addition to the Lerd Provost, Magistrates, and Town
Council, the Town-Clerk and Chamberlain, the Provost of
Old Aberdeen, the Convener of the Trades, the Collectors
of Customs and Inland Revenue, Professors of King's and
Marischal Colleges, and a very large number of the most
respectable and influential of the burgesses and inhabitants,
we observed amongst the company—The Earl of Kintore,
Mr. Thompson M.P. the Hon. Arthur Gordon, M.P. ; the
Hon. Charles Forbes, of Brux ; Sir Wm. Forbes, Bart., of
Crai„eievar ; Sir Jas. D. H. Elphinstone, Bart., of Logie-
Elphinstone ; Major-General Sim, H.E.I.C.S. ; Mr. Gor-
don, of Cairnbuig ; Lient.-Colonel Forbes, Old Aberdeen;
Mr. Gordon, of Ellen ; Mr. Gordon, yr., of Ellen Mr.
Fairnholme, of Chapel ; Major Knight Erskine, of Pitto-
drie ; Captain Butt and officers of 79th Highlanders ; Mr.
Innes, of B,aenaoir ; Mr. Dalrymple, of Westhall ; Rev.
Mr. Heron, Maxwell ; Mr. Mitchell, of Thamston ; Bishop
Skinner ; Mr. Skene, of Lethenty ; Mr. Leslie, of Posses ;
Mr. Thomson, of Banehory; Mr. Steritt Duff, of Corsindae;
Mr. David Blaikie; Mr. Irvine, yr., of Dram ; Mr. David-
son, of Inchmarlo; Mr. Milne, of Pittrichie; Mr. Hadden,
of Union Grove ; Mr. Todd, Marycniter House ; Mr. Stro-
nach, of Drumallan ; Mr. Davidson, of Desswood ; Mr.
Alex. Pirie, yr., Stoneywood ; Mr. Allardyce, wine mer-
chant ; Rev. Dr. Forsyth ; Rev. Dr. Davidson ; Rev. Dr.
R. S. Candlish; Provost Henry; Dr. Kilgour ; Dr. Pirrie ;
Dr. Dyce ; Dr. Nicol ; Capt Leslie, Old Aberdeen ; Mr.
Anderson, flit Regiment; Captain Sutter' R.M. ; Capt.
Otway, Barrack Master ; Captain Smyth, R.N. ; Mr.
Mitchell, Postmaster ; Mr. Chalmers, of Westburn ; Mr.
Shand, advocate; Mr. Sheriff Watson; Major Munro ;
Capt. Forbes, Old Aberdeen - Capt. Gibson, Drumduan ;
Capt. Milward, R.N. • Mr. banker; Mr. Westland,
banker; Mr. Littlejohn, banker; Mr. F. Edmond, advo-
cate ; Mr. G. Lyall ; Baillie White ; Mr. John Maitland ;
Mr. Duthie, shipowner; Mr. Leslie, builder ; Mr. A. B.
Whyte ; Mr. Webster, advocate ; Mr. Chalmers, of Monks-
hill ; Mr. Brebner, advocate; Mr. Farquhar, sheriff-clerk ;
Mr. Thomas Burnett; Mr. Newell Burnett Baillie Forbes ;
Mr. Giles, R.S. ; Mr. Holland ; Mr. Rose, shipowner ;
Mr. Milne, of Kinaldie ; Mr. M'Cornbie, of Jellybrands ;
Mr. Sangster, advocate ; Baillie Williamson ; Mr. Coch-
rane, of Balfour; Baillie Urquhart ' • Mr. Yeats, of ATl-
harney ; Mr. Anderson, advocate ; Mr. Whyte, advocate ;
Mr. Robert Catto ; Mr. Ferguson, of Altens ; Mr. Smith,
of Gleninillan ; Mr. Tache ; Mr. Stier, Dundee ; Mr. John
F. Whyte • Mr. Patrick Keith, banker, &c.
The noble visitors and company having taken their
seats,
The LORD PROVOST said—My Lords and Gentlemen,—
My first duty is to offer my sincere acknowledgments to
the noble earl for so courteously acceding to our request to
meet us here this day ; and I now beg to tender to him the
united and heartfelt thanks of my colleagues for the honour
he has done us, thus adding another to the many favours
his lordship has already conferred on this community.
(Cheers.) On the occasion of a former town council re-
questing and obtaining Lord Aberdeen's permission to
have his portrait taken, for the purpose of being placed in
this hall, full expression was then given to their senti-
ments of esteem and regard for his lordship's character.
We emphatically reiterate those sentiments and ex-
pressions, and now that the picture (which is a
faithful and pleasing likeness, reflecting great
credit on the skill of the accomplished artist who painted
it, Sir John Watson Gordon) has been committed to our
custody, we shall guard and preserve it with the greatest
care and respect, and when we shall have all passed from
this scene, our successors in office will point to it as the
picture of the enlightened and patriotic statesman, who, in
all the relations of life, gave so illustrious an example to
his countrymen for their imitation. (Loud applause.) My
lords and gentlemen,—l trust the address I have now the
honour to present to the noble earl will not be considered
of the less value because it emanates from a body of per-
sons, who, though living at a distance from the seat of
Government, yet representing a large and intelligent com-
munity, where the actions and conduct of public men are
freely canvassed, but, particularly, residing in the neigh-
bourhood of his patrimonial estates, Lave had an ample
and probably as good an opportunity of appreciating his
lordship's character and services as any other portion of
her Majesty's subjects. (Hear, hear, and applause.) I
shall now, with your permission, read the address of the
Council.
Address of the Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the city
of Aberdeen, to the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen,
K.T., First Lord of the Treasury, and Lord-Lieutenant of
Aberdeenshire.
My Lord Aberdeen,—When your lordship three years ago
kindly assented to the wish of this corporation that your
portrait should be painted for them by an eminent master, it
was their intention, on occasion of its being placed in the
Town Hall, to request that you would honour them with your
presence, in order to receive in person their expression of the
feelings off deep respect and esteem entertained by them for
your lordship, and which the portrait was designed to com-
memorate. You have since been called by her Majesty to
fill the highest place in her councils, and the exigencies of the
public service have interfered to prevent you from visiting
Scotland until now,
Your lordship has been pleased to yield a prompt and cour-
teous compliance with our anxious request to be permitted
now to address you, during your brief respite from thelabours
of office. In doing so, we cannot regret the delay occasioned
by your prolonged absence from Scotland, because the pre-
sent eventful period, with the history of which your name
must ever be associated, invites and justifies us in referring,
more emphatically than would formerly have been necessary,
to your lordship's public character, as well as to your position
in the state.

We cannot refrain, however, from adverting, in the first
place, with a natural pride, to your long and intimate con-
nection with this part of Scotland, by the ties of ancient de-
scent, large territorial possessions, and frequent residence
among, and constant intercourse with, its inhabitants. Your
conscientious discharge of every duty arising out of these
local relations, and out of the high offices of Lord-Lieute-
of the County, and Chancellor of King's College, have gained
the respect and attachment of all within the sphere of your
influence ; and. while it is the boast of the Town Connell of
Aberdeen tbat you are already enrolled among her citizeua, it
is also their duty and pleasure to acknowledge the obliga-
tions under which they lie, in a particular manner, to your
lordship, for your marked kindness and attention in every
case where its interests are concerned.
But great, my lord, and peculiar as are your claims on the
gratitude and respect of this portion of the country, we feel
that they are eclipsed by the lustre of your public services
rendered to the empire at large. We have marked, in com-
mon with our fellow-countrymen, that enlightened sagacity,
that sympathy wiah the just rights and true interests of the
people, which placed your lordship, along with Sir Robert
Peel, at the head of those who carried the great measure
of free trade, and which since his death have left you the
most influential advocate of his opinions ; we have admired
the moral courage which led you, on other occasions, to main-
tain inflexibly your own convictions, independent of popu-
larity ; and that consummate knowledge of foreign affairs,
and wise management of our foreign relations, which have be-
fore saved this country from a rupture with other powers.
Such qualifications, and the universal conviction of your spot-
less integrity had worthily earned the proud. position to which
your lordship has been summoned as First Minister of the
British Crown.
We desire to add our humble and hearty tribute of ap-
proval of the policy pursued by your lordship's Government
both at home and abroad, while placed in the most trying
circumstances and harassed by the attacks of unscrupulous
opponents. With these attacks, my lord, your countrymen
have had no sympathy, They concur in the sentiment of
another great statesman, that the highest eulogy of a British
Minister is his having been actuated by the love of peace ;
they appreciate your lordship's ceaseless efforts to avert from
this great empire the horrors of war, while preserving its
honour untarnished; and they do justice to the unparalleled
romptitude and vigour with which, after war became inevit-
able, our great armaments, both by sea and land, were des-
patched to their respective fields of action.
We, along with the rest of the nation, regard with peculiar
satisfaction the cordial and unbroken union which has
throughout subsisted between her Majesty and her august
allies ; and we tender to your lordship, as head of her Go-
vernment, our heartfelt congratulations on the brilliant suc-
cesses with which it has pleased Almighty God to crown their
arms. Most sincerely do we pray that these victories, and
the wise measures of the Allied Powers, may speedily result
in restoring to Europe the blessings of peace,
Having thus endeavoured, though imperfectly, to do justice
to our feelings of profound respect, esteem, and gratitude to
your lordship, and confidence in your administration, we
earnestly trust that you may be long spared to preside over
the councils of our Sovereign.
Signed in name and by appointment of the Provost, Magis-
trates, and Council of the city of Aberdeen, and the common
seal of the city hereunto affixed, at Aberdeen, the 9th day of
October, in the year 1554.
THOS. BLAIKIE,
Provost and Chief Magistrate of the city of Aberdeen.
At various parts of the address the company cheered
very enthusiastically. The Lord Provost, advancing, pre-
sented the address to the noble Premier, who rose to re-
ceive it. It was printed in gold letters on vellum, beau-
tifully illuminated, and had the city seal attached to it in
a silver box—the whole enclosed in a blue morocco case
bearing the city arms.
Lord ABERDEEN, on rising, was received with repeated
rounds of applause. On its subsiding, he said—My Lord
Provost and gentlemen, I trust you will readily believe
that the pleasure I have derived from revisiting this part
of the country for a f,:sv days has been greatly increased
by the very friendly and cordial reception I have met with
from you upon this occasion. (Cheers.) Of the address
-which you have now read I may only say that it is couched
in terms much too fiatteireindg, and very far above my, de-
serts. But although I none of my predecessors in
office, and shall yield Ytoen to l
me, in an
earnest desire and an honasotnweiwsnhtoo
and prosperity of this country,to. still, when
means which are nece;s:l consider the
may
yomfoolteo follow
e Ware
desires I cannot but a with
effect practically to such
eafseeedli,ngisztofthcilseeapdhduremssi,littyo.
(Cheers.) You have been p
refer to the portrait which l
see before me, and
which you have done me then:finiroeufr to place upon
these walls. My Lord Provost,
some pride to the fact that your vote was with
feelings of
work. executeil at a time when I held ia:oBs i.polaisnteiedalanodffitchee,
still it is with equally gratified feelin
conduct in office has not been such as to dimiin'thattlimosye
tah,,hsrieloatially,
friendly feelings which induced you to confer the.'
upon me. (Prolonged applause.) Gentlemes I greatly
value this address, and good reason is there that I
do so. First, it is presented to me in the locality where I
am best known, and you are aware that this is a test
which has always been considered somewhat difficult to
meet--(applause)—but especially I value it, as coming
from a body of men who have every claim to my greatest
respect and honour. (Applause.) Gentlemen, when my
acquaintance first commenced with this city, now many
years ago, when I received its freedom from the hands of
predecessor of my worthy friend opposite, its popula-
tion did not exceed more than 30,000. It has prodi-
giously increased since that time, and in numbers has
amounted not only to double, but, I believe, to 70,000
inhabitants. Now, that increase is not confine( -to its
population only, but the increase has equally taken
place in its wealth, its prosperity, its improvement,
,r.,ocavervAeseription. Now, how has this been accom-
pitehedri.Vertainly not by royal favour, or by the special
.7" proteetiopogsany government ; but it has been by the per-
severing **wry, the high intelligence, and strict into-
gritY of fteicitixons. (Cheers.) It is this spirit of self-
, reliance, taist-this exertion, which have given it an Euro-
pean reputation, and will, I trust, perpetuate its prosperity.
My Lord Piovest, I think the last time I had the honour
of kin within these w'd i s was on the occasion of Lay per.

sonally introducing to a predecessor of yours, and -to the
citizens of this town, my late illustrious and ever-to-be-
lamented friend, Sir Robert Peel. (Loud applause.) .1
well remember, upon that occasion, the unanimity and
enthusiastic feelings with which you conferred upon him
the honour of your freedom. (Applause.) Since that time
it has pleased her Majesty to place me in the position which
he had occupied for several yearn to his own immortal
honour, and with incalculable advantage to his country.
J.,oud applause.) I am sure that I need not say how
utterly hopeless and vain it would be in me if I were to
pre/suite to expect to rise to the height which he had occu-
pied for several years, to his own immortal honour, and
with incalculable advantage to his country. (Loud Ap-
plause.) I am sure that I need not say how utterly hope-
less and vain it would be in me if I were to presume
to expect to establish the same claim to public grati-
tude, or to carry into effect such measures as he accom-
plished ; but, at the same time, I may be permitted humbly
to hope that the recollection of his example and of
his friendship may not altogether be without its fruits.
(Great applause.) Gentlemen, when it pleased her Majesty
to place me in the situation which I now have the honour
to fill, I thought it my duty briefly and generally, but ex-
plicitly, to declare the principles upon which the Govern-
ment, of which I was placed at the head. would be carried
on. I have no reason to swerve from these principles or
that declaration. On the contrary, it is that to which I
desire to adhere. No doubt, the first great object would
naturally be to maintain and to extend that financial magi
commercial system of my late lamented friend which, at
that time, had been recently established. 'But, gentlemen,
that now has become a superfluous work. There is no ne-
cessity for any one to constitute himself a champion, or a
defender, of the system—commercial and financial—of Sir
R. Peel, for that, at least in this country, appears to be
universally adopted, and even by his enemies it is either
avowedly or professedly adopted, or, at least, silently ac-
quiesced in. I declare, too, that the main principle upon
which the measures of the Government rest was tounded
on a principle of conservative progress. Now, it has been
attempted to cast doubt upoi the meaning of this term,
and it has been pretended that it is vague and not easy in-
telligible. Now, what I mean by it is this, that, while
the great institutions of the country, and the fundamen-
tal principles of the constitution • shall be religiously
preserved, I would, nevertheless, fearlessly carry the
hand of Reform into every department of the State.
(Prolonged applause.) I am satisfied it is only by such
principles that any government can long exist in this coun-
try, or deserve the support of the people. (Cheers.) We
have endeavoured to act upon this principle, and, to a con-
siderable extent, I may look back with satisfaction to mea-
sures which have been carried for the advantage of the
public at large, and which appear to me to merit the ap-
probation of the country. Nay, even in the last session of
Parliament, although, from other circumstances of a very
peculiar nature, it was not possible to give the full deve
lopment to the projects of her Majesty's Government ;
nevertheless, various measures were carried—fiscal, com-
mercial, and legal—all of which were fraught with great
advantage to the general public, and in ordinary times
would have been amply sufficient to have furnished the
materials for public thanks, and sufficient occupation for
the session of Parliament. It is true also, that on that
occasion I felt it my duty to declare that the policy of the
Government was a policy of peace. I believe it will be ad-
mitted that to that policy we endeavoured firmly to adhere.
(Cheers.) Nay more, lam satistie l that the great and uni-
versal support we now meet with throughout the country
in the war in which we are engaged, is due to the belief
that we sincerely did our utmost to avoid war. When
war became inevitable, and at the moment when it be-
came necessary to declare it, then, although I can truly
say for myself that I clung to the hope of peace with
almost a desperate tenacity, yet, when war became inevit-
able, I declared that, so far as I was concerned, it should
be carried on with the utmost vigour and energy of which
the country was capable. Gentleman, perhaps the mo-
ment is not inopportune to ask whether that pledge has
now been fulfilled?? (Loud and prolonged cheering.) If,
gentlemen, you will only consider what has been done in
the course of six short months, I think you will admit that
this country never made an exertion at all comparable
with that which she has just made. An army has been
collected, and transported from the shores of this country
such as never left them in preceding history—an army such
as the Duke of Wellington never commanded, and ap-
pointed in all its parts in a manner which, humanly speak-
ing, is calculated to insure its success. (Cheers.) Gentle-
men, conceive what the extent of preparation must have
been, when you are tcld that not less than seven hun-
dred vessels are engaged in the same operation. The
difficulties connected with it, and the time re-
quired indispensably for such an undertaking, must
strike every man of common candour ; and yet we hear
delay talked of as if there had been delay. (Cheers.) I
will venture to say that such an effort was never, iu the
history of the world, made in so short a time as has been
made. (Cheers.) This army has gone forth, and has
achieved its first great victory, in conjunction with our
gallant allies, the strict union and concert with whom has
been fully established from the very first moment, and
holds out the most encouraging prospect to all Europe.
(Cheers.) We know not the details of this event, but
they appear to me to be most important, and, I trust, de-
cisive ; fur, although by the natural impatience of the
public, in which I myself partook, we were led to believe
the reports from different quarters of the consequences
—the immediate consequences of this victory, which are
now found to have been confirmed, still, let us hope
that what had been reported without foundation, may, in
a short time, become reality. (Loud cheers.) At the very
moment in which lam now addressing you, there is no
reason not to hope that that event which, in the course of
last week, was erroneously reported, has now become a
fact. (Cheers.) I have said that the war would be con-
tinued with the utmost vigour and energy of which the
country was capable, but in this I do not abandon a pacific
policy. I believe that to carry on the war in this manner
affords the best prospect of arriving at an early and a satis-
factory peace. I believe that peace, although sought by
different means, is sought as effectually, under present cir-
cumstances, by this course, as it would be by written ne-
gotiations or diplomatic discussions. (Cheers.) Let me
observe that, in carrying on the war with this vigour and
with this energy, we have nevertheless done something to
deprive war of its horrors, to humanise and to mitigate
those atrocities with which war is inevitably accompanied.
At the risk and at the sacrifice of some belligerent rights,
we have admitted the commerce of neutrals, and we have,
by our example, put an end to privateering, a most dread-
ful relic of a barbarous age, and which the world will now
probably never see revived. I say, then, that we have en-
deavoured to mitigate the horrors of war, even while car-
rying it on with the utmost vigour ; and in so carrying it
on, I repeat that I for one shall never lose sight of the
only legitimate object of all war, that of arriving at a
stable, just, and honourable peace. (Loud cheers.) Gentle-
men, I will say that war, when it ceases to be a necessity,
becomes a crime. (Applause.) I should consider any one
who had prolonged the war for a single day when it was
in his power to make a just, safe, and honourable peace,
would be greatly guilty ie the eyes of God and. man.
(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I will detain you no longer, but I
will repeat my respectful thanks for the great kindness
with which you have received me, and which I have ex-
perienced at your hands. (Loud cheers )
At the conclusion of the noble lord's address, the Pro-
vost proposed three cheers for the Queen, which were fol-
lowed by the like compliment to the noble Premier ; three
cheers were also given for the Army and Navy, and three
cheers for the Provost.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

On Tuesday a court was held for the despatch of
business.

The LORD MAYOR informed the court that a prisoner
who had been committed by Alderman Wire some days
ago having escaped, it would be necessary to adopt some
proceedings with reference to the occurrence, especially
as it had been suggested that the officers who had pri-
soners in their custody in pa,sing to and from the City
police courts did not receive sufficient assistance to
enable them to perform one of the most important parts
of their duty efficiently.
The subject was, upon the motion of Alderman Wire,
referred to the General Purposes Committee, to examine
and report on.
HEALTHY STATE OF THE CITY PRISONS.
Mr. BuimoN, the governor of Whitecross.street
Prison, reported that there were 19G prisoners is that
gaol, and added there had not been a single attack of
cholera. The prisoners generally have been orderly and
well-behaved, and but few cases of insubordination to
prison rules have occurred.
The usual orders relative to the arrangements for and
the observance of next Lord Mayer's day were issued
isy the court.
A BROKER CHARGED WITH FLAGRANT DISHONESTY.

The attention of the court was called to the ruinous
misconduct of a broker in the case of a lady who bad
employed him to sell out and purchase stock for her.
The petitioner stated that the sum the defendant had
misappropriated was ail she possessed in the world.
The petition was accompanied with a note from the
broker, and a memorandum of his receipt of the amount.
Upon the motion of Alderman Copeland, who listened
to the particulars of the case with great indignation,
the City Solicitor was instructed to proceed against the
sureties of the accused, whose name, for obvious reasons,
is not yet published.