The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONTIION, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1849

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LLOYD

'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, FEB. 12.—A calm and dense fog.
COWES, FEB 10.—Wind W.S.W.; 11, N. by E.—
Sid. Cecilia, Cape of Good Hope ; Wanderer, Port
Natal; Le Celestin, Lima; Falcon, Rio Janeiro.
YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, :FEB. 11.—Sid. Hind,
Fowler, Cape Coast Castle.
RAMSGATE, FEB. 11.—Wind N.W. by W.—Sld. Ann
Margretha, Rio Janeiro; Ospray, St. Helena.
DOVER, FEB. 11.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed 10, Ariel,
Bremen.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 10.—Wind S.W.; 11th, W.—Arrd.
Lady Harvey, Mason, Panama; Mary Elizabeth, Thorns,
Paraiba; Randolph, Campbell, ditto; Sea Walker, Prince
Edward's Island. 11th, (Kate, Fillan, New York; In-
fanto, Howes, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. 10th,
Europa steamer, New York. 11th, Esther Ann, Per-
nambuco; Isabella, Buenos Ayres; Freeman, Jamaica;
St. Peteraburgh, ditto; Elizabeth Bruce, Mobile; Sher-
wood, Philadelphia; Faneuil Hall, Boston; Brutus, ditto.
Off port, 11th, Nais. The Swan sloop, of Oban, to
Chester, was towed in here to day, with lost of mast,
and part of cargo thrown overboard. A schooner of
about 100 tons, grain laden, struck on Taylor's Bank
last night, capsized, ,and sunk. The Matilda Jane, of
Charlotte Town, was picked up dismasted off Ormstead,
and brought in here this morning by the Sea Nymph
steamer, from Newry.
NEWCASTLE, FEB. 10.—Wind N.W., strong breeze,
fine and dry weather. About 100 tons of sulphur have
been recovered from the wreck of the Shakspere, sunk
on the Herd Sand. The Greek ship Baron Eskell has
been sold.

DEAL, FEB. 10.—Wind W. to W.S.W.; 11th, N.W.
to N.E.—Arrd. Yru Gebradera, Tjrblus, Samarang, and
sld. for Amsterdam; Canada, Calcutta; William, Load-
meer, Red Sea.

TORBAY, FEB 11.—Wind N.—Off port, Jeannett
Marie, Freuschke, Rio Janeiro, for Antwerp.
BELFAST, FEB. 10.—Wind W.N.W., strong. —Arrd.
Rainbow, Lombard, New Orleans. The Bertrand, from
Liverpool, was burnt to the water's edge yesterday.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 10.—Wind W.; 11th, N.E.—Sid.
Australia, Falkland Islands.
BRIDLINGTON, FEB. 10.—The Admiral Hood, on
shore on the 29th ult., has been got off and towed to
Newcastle to repair. The Curons, Hartlepool to London,
put in here yesterday with bows stove, and with other
damage, having been in contact with the Emily of Sun-
derland.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
The House sat for the first time during the present
session to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers in attendance
were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, and Lord
Templemore.

THE BRITISH INSTITUTION.

- - - -
Of the annual exhibition of the works of British
artists in the spacious gallery of the British Institu-
tution, Pall-mall, we can generally contrive, without
partiality, to speak in the language of commendation.
The collection for 1849 is mere than usually excel-
lent. Without comprising any productions of any
very extraordinary merit, it presents on the whole a
spectacle of more than average merit. Out of 504
distinct performances it would be marvellous indeed
if there were not several of an inferior character, con-
sidering the wonderful difference traceable in the
calibre of the minds of the various contributors.
Amongst these are men who, as artists, have acquired for
themselves a considerable share of celebrity ; others
are gradually creating for themselves a reputation,
and others, again, are largely supplied with ambition,
and rather inadequately furnished with those quali-
ties which can alone secure its realisation. Almost
the same may be said of the hands that have produced
the few pieces of sculpture and modelling scattered
about the three apartments and the vestibule. Among
them, some are meritorious, others indifferent, and
' one or two, like the " Ino and Bacchus" of Foley, of
exquisite grace and genius. Altogether, it appeared to
be generally considered by the numerous visitors to
the exhibition on the " private view" on Saturday,
that the collection was, everything considered, of a
decidedly superior character. For our own part we
can only find opportunity to transcribe a few of those
pencilled impressions which alone can be obtained by
the mast conspicuous paintings on a first hurried in-
spection :-
52. "A Mountain Chieftain's Funeral," by Francis
Danby, A.R.A. A sombre, rich, glimmering pano-
rama of mourners seen through a murky atmosphere
after nightfall, and lit by the intermittent glare of
flambeaux. The effect is mellow in colouring, and
eminently tragical in sentiment.
58. " The Flight into Egypt," by J. Linnell. The
glory of the golden atmosphere suffused over the
roseate hill-tops in the back ground is beautifully
contrasted with the depth of shadow in front, where
the Virgin and the Infant are being conducted on a

mule by Patriarch.
70. " Parson Adams lost in a profound study
of a passage in .schylus," by R. W. Buss.
A capital embodiment of one of the quaintest
incidents ever pourtrayed by a novelist. The
sketch is conceived in the true spirit of Fielding, and
touched off with the gusto of dear old Parson Adams
himself.

73. " A Frosty Morning," by C. Branwhite. A
bitter realisation of the most picturesque and com-
fortless of seasons; every shred of grass is glittering
with rime, and the ice of the pond all " starred '
with the ineffectual stones hurled at it by the urchins
of the village.
101. " Summer," by G. Lance. One of those mira-
culous tnelanges of fruit that Lance alone can deli-
neate. Great sprawling ♦ine leaves—some prema-
turely frostbitten ; grapes smutched with damp
finger-marks or unravished of their delicious bloom ;
cranberries of the most scarlet sourness; magnum-
bonam plums suggestive of pies—gluttinous, and of
preserves—saccharine. The picture is almost compa-
rable to the masterpiece of the same artist now in the
Vernon Gallery, stowed away in the cellars in
Trafalgar-square.
129. " Joshua commanding the Sun to Stand
Still," by J. Martin. The character of this might
be readily conjectured from the very title combined
with the name of the painter. It is a glimpse into a
world of stormy vapours blown into surges by the
hurricane, of pallatial cities towering into the skies
like celestial capitals, of abysses and vistas, and per-
spectives, deep, vast, and unfathomable. The sensa-
tion inspired by these discordant fragments grouped
together is wonderfully harmonious..

154. "Domestic Ducks, after Nature," by J. F.
Herring. A bit of genuine farm life, from the elderly
web-foots to the little " quackling atoms of flannel,"
as Douglas Jerrold calls them in one of his letters in
the " Punch Correspondence."
161. " The Murder of Thomas a Beckett," by J.
Gilbert, is full of power both of idea and execution
The foreshortened figure of the Archbishop, the
ghastly face of the monk (Grim), who has stolen
from behind the altar, and the flying group of the
knights, who are escaping in the distance, gazing
furtively back through vistas of gothic arches at the
scene of the assassination, are all pourtrayed with
vigour, firmness, and considerable depth of sentiment.
223. " Burns and Captain Grose," by IL S. Lauder,
depicts the bard and the antiquary, surrounded by
the favourite toys of the latter—
" Ould nick-nackets;
Rusty airn caps and jinglin jackets."
The general effect is clever, and the figures are not
distorted into caricature, as is the case with those of
INapoleon and Charles ames Fox in the representa-
tion of the celebrated interview at St. Cloud, painted
by T. M. Joy.
248. " A Page full of Wisdom," by Hablot Knight
Browne, is one of those comical little jeux-cresprit
for which Phiz, whether as an etcher or as an artist,
in oil colours, is unrivalled. It has little pretensions,
however, beyond mere facetiousnes.
359. " A Naiad," by W. E. Frost, is an exquisite
bijou of grace and purity, in which it is by no means
difficult to recognise the hand which has produced
" Una" and " Euphrosyne."
404. " Bringing a Stag from the Hill-top," by R.
Ansdell, possesses at least the merit of extraordinary
boldness.

441. " A Misty Morning on the Sands of the
River Exe," by F. Danby. Another of those delicious
skadowings forth of nature which reveal the rarest
genius in the painter.
Besides some admirable landscapes by Creswick, and
a very meritorious and promising picture by Mr.
Hayter, jun., called " The Prayer before the Mid-
day Alms," there are several felicitous "interiors"
and domestic scenes. Altogether the exhibition is of
more than average excellence.

LITERATURE.

4 BOOK FOR A CORNER. By Leigh Hunt.

2 Vols.

Leigh Hunt is the honey-bee who collects trea-
sures of sweetness for the gratification of those who,
less fortunate than he, have not leisure to rove
through the gardens of literature, and cull for them-
selves. Already he has given us the quintessence of
the wit and humour, and fancy and imagination,
scattered over a hundred volumes, and now, in a
similar spirit he puts forth two most fascinating little
volumes, filled with favourite passages from authors
who are loved even more than they are admired. The
" Book for a Corner" is a book appropriate for all
places ; it may be taken up at any moment, and
it will be perused with pleasure and advantage
by young and old, rich and poor, the illite-
rate and the deeply learned. To prove the truth
of our assertion let us examine it few of the exquisite
pieces here contained. It is adapted, we say, to young
and old, and accordingly we find in the one volume
Miss Talbot's " Letter to a New Born Child," and
Shenstone's " Schoolmistress ;" and the other, Gray's
celebrated " Ode to Eton College," and the " Elegy
in a Country Churchyard"—without which, as the
editor truly remarks, the work would indeed have
been imperfect. Interesting passages from the best
works of fiction—passages so detached as not to ap-
pear fragmentary, and consequently devoid of interest
—abound in plentiful variety. Among these are the
heart-thrilling scene.of Agnes' trial and condemna-
tion, the most powerful passage in Mrs
Inchbald's "Nature and Art ;" Robinson Crusoe's
discovery of the footstep in the sand ; Robinson's
first meeting with and adoption of Friday, and other
passages from the history of the celebrated solitary ;
Peter Wilkins's discovery of the flying woman ; scenes
from Gil Blas ; Ludovico in the haunted Chamber,
a passage from the " Mysteries of Udolpho," which
Sir Walter Scott has declared to be the hest and most
admired specimen of Mrs. Radcliffe's art; Dr.
Aiken's fragment, " Sir Bertrand," which Leigh
Hunt tells us he can never read without feeling a sort
of thrilling and desolate evening gloom fall upon his
mind. Besides these, and many other such choice
morsels, among which are extracts from Smollett and
Fielding, we have a whole collection of what the
editor aptly terms, "Delights of Books of Travel,"
namely, marvellous adventures and foreign scenes from
Marco Polo, Mungo Park, Ledyard, and others, to-
gether with an account of the loss of a Spanish vessel
from Redding's " Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea,"
and an abstract of Cook's first voyage to Otaheite,
given because (says Mr. Leigh Hunt) it keeps the
reader longer and more pleasantly on the water than
most such narratives, besides furnishing a singular
peril by the way, and calling to mind some of the
most interesting reading of one's childhood. In addi-
tion to alll these, we have in this " Book for a Cor-
ner," a choice collection of Sir Richard Steele's tales
in the " Spectator," " Guardian," and " Tatler,"
some passages from the life of Sir Roger de Coverley,
Gray's letters to Walpole, Sir W. Temple's Thoughts
on Retirement, Mrs. Barbauld's Advice " against in-
consistency in our expectations," Parnell's " Hermit,"
a portion of Thomson's " Castle of Indolence ;" but
the treasures of these volumes are too numerous for
us to chronicle them all. The names of those already
enumerated constitute, however, the best comment
and commendation on this most attractive work.
There is one feature in it, moreover, that we must
not omit to notice—all the extracts are prefaced by
some of the editor's explanatory and critical remarks,
written in that agreeable and interesting manner
which invariably characterises the writings of Leigh
Hunt, vide this beautiful paragraph from the intro.
duction :—" There are Robinson Crusoes in the
moral as well as physical world ; men cast on desert
islands of thought and speculation ; without com-
panionship, without worldly resources; forced to arm
and clothe themselves out of the remains of shipwrecked
hopes, and to make a home for their solitary hearts in
the nooks and corners of imagination and reading. It
is not the worst lot in the world. Turned to ac-
count for others,
.and embraced with patient cheer-
fulness, it may, with few exceptions, even be one of

the best." These volumes are bountifully adorned
with pictorial embellishments. The " Book for a
Gorner" should find a corner in every house.

CALIFORNIA.
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM PANAMA.

New Granada,l;;m;,—Dec.24,l34B.
Some persons appear to doubt the truth of the Cali-
fornian discoveries ; we were also very sceptical three
months ago, but the arrival of her Britannic Majesty's
frigate Constance at Valparaiso last month (November),
confirmed all the startling prior reports, with many
additions. For example, a gentleman (to whom Captain
Courtenay, of the frigate, had given a passage), a
botanist, went from the bay of San Francisco in search
of plants or bulbs ; in the course of his journey he came
on the diggings, trowel in hand. Ile at once set to, and
with his own hand and so small an instrument took out
1,500 dolls, worth of gold in three days. One of his
largest pieces, weighing 1 ounce, he presented to Capt.
Courtenay. That you may not think I have made a
mistake in figures, I will give it you in words—fifteen
hundred dollars in three days.
The Governor of California reports 40.000 dolls.
worth the average daily arrival at San Francisc).
The fanatic Mormons, about 1,200 in number, first
discovered the precious metal during their march, and
are said to have extracted an immense quantity before it
became known. Governor Mason, in his report of
August last, says, from all he has learned he believes
13,000,000 dolls. or 14,000,000 dolls, worth had been ex-
tracted to that date.

The vessel that brought the messengers was supplied,
through the good offices of the Governor, with a new
mainmast. The carpenters who made the spar, upon
some complaint of the captain, during the operation,
threw down their tools, exclaiming indignantly," We are
losing money by you." They were then receiving three
dollars per hour. They have already grog shops ; the
price of a glass is a pinch, so you may imagine the state
of things here. The pinch must be at least worth two
dollars.

The sensation and commotion along the coast, from
the north to the south, even to the most insignificant
inferior town and villages, is without precedent. Num-
bers of vessels started:—From Valparaiso, 9 ; Pisco, 1,
with aguadiente ; Callao, 4 ; Payta, 3 ; Guyaquil, 3 ;
Buenaventura, 1, of 50 tons ; Panama, and many others
going from all the aforesaid ports. It is supposed by
some that they are supplied with goods for the present,
consequently many are now going there with small coin,
from 20,000 to 200,000 dollars, to purchase the gold.
The last account sales was from seven to eight dollars
the ounce, which has sold in all cases at 18 dolls. to
18 dolls. lc., and 18 dolls. 2c. at Valparaiso. This fact
is proof of the purity of the metal.
Several commercial houses are writing to England for
clerks, their old ones having cleared out for the diggings
at California.

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HULL DOCK COMPANT.—It appears from the
—s there
u
hasreportbeen a less v
at the annual
a lueof manufactured
meeting of t his company,
Hull during 1848, than 1847, by
1
,3
nearly equal to one-fourth of the falling off of the ex-
ports of the United Kingdom. This shows the desira-
bility for universal peace for a commercial country.
The tonnage for the same period is also less by upwards
of 19,000 tons. The dividend declared was 801. per
share, with a surplus of 3,4001. carried to " Construc-
tion Account." This is a pretty paying concern, beating
railway profits considerably. It was stated at the
meeting that the sum of 13471 had been expended in
opposing the Humber Ferries Bill, and a further oppo •
sition to a similar Bill was threatened this session; two
of the shareholders, who are also members of the Town
Council, thought the Corporation ought to oppose the
Bill. Mr. Tall thought that body would do so if the
Dock Company would be quiet. Alderman Thompson
said he should be glad if the Corporation could be made
to pay, and he would advise them if they would spend
money in law to spend it in making the Corporation
show cause why they should not do what it was alleged
they ought fairly and in equity to do. Really this is rich,
and worthy of a patriotic Alderman, to suggest law be-
tween the rich and powerful Dock Company, who have
already spent half a million, and whose property might
be valued at half as much more, at least, and the poor
Corporation of Hull. The Corporation, however, have
sufficient experience to prevent them being made the
cat's-paw of the Dock Company, notwithstanding the
blustering of the Alderman.
The branch Bank of England, at Liverpool, is one
of Mr. Cockerell's most successful works. It stands in
Castle-street, at the corner of Cork-street ; the frontage
next the former is 60 feet, and next the latter 117 feet.
The height to the top of the blocking is about 62 feet,
and to the apex of the pediment 72 feet. The columns
in front are 4 feet 2 inches in diameter, and about 31
feet high. Both fronts are exeeuted in Darley Dale
stone : the plinth is granite. The entrance has
a moulded red granite door-case, polished; each
jamb is in one stone, 12 feet 3 inches high, 2 feet
3 inches deep, and 1 foot 3 inches face for archi-
trave. The central portion of the banking office (the
whole area of which is 47 feet by 50 feet), is 31 feet
high, and occupies two stories in height--namely the
ground and one-pair stories. The ground and base-
ment stories are fire-proof. Messrs. Holmes are the con-
tractors for the bank, at the sum of 23,1351. The flank
elevation, although plain, is exceedingly effective in
execution. Mr. Cockerell has just commenced another
building for the bank of nearly equal dimensions, but
not so lofty, eastward of the now bank, in Cork-street.
This consists of fire-proof chambers for merchants, and
has a stone exterior.—Builder.

THE GREAT WESTERN RATLWAY.—An accident
of a shocking nature occurred on the above line to a
young man named Henry Beasant, about 30 years of
age, on Saturday last. At the inquest on the body, held
at Swindon New-town, before. Mr. Whitmarsh, coroner
for the county, William Herbert, a police-constable,
stated that about eight o'clock, as he was on the Great
Western Railway, near Swindon station, the deceased,
who was in the servica of Mr. Brotherhood, as a sentinel
on the line, passed by him, and was going to his duty
further on. Mr. John Smith, oae of the clerks at the
station, deposed that about half an hour afterwards, as
he was going up the line, within a short distance of the
station, he saw a hat on the railway, which led him to
suspect that something had happened, and going across,
he found the deceased alone, and lying apparently dead
on the north side of the up line. He went immedi-
ately for assistance, and returned soon afterwards with
Mr. Rogers, a medical gentleman. This witness stated
that he found upon examination that the head of de-
ceased was frightfully injured, that his death must have
been instantaneous, and caused by an engine of the rail-
way. Robert Jobson, one of the drivers of the Great
Western Railway Company, stated that he drove the
Mentor engine, to which was attached the passenger
train from Bristol, and arrived at the Swindon station
about ten minutes past eight o'clock, when he left ; in a
short time afterwards he was informed that a man had
been killed by his engine. He then returned, and was
shown what is called the life-guard, on which he saw
some hair clotted with blood; he had no idea that any
accident had taken place until that moment, not having
observed deceased:on the line, although he kept a strict
look out, nor bad anything unusual occurred while the
train was proceeding. After hearing the evidence, and
the summing up of the coroner, the jury, being satisfied
that no blame was attached to the engine-driver, re-
turned a verdict of " accidental death."

It may not be generally known that some of the
Queens of England have been in the habit of choosing a
fine and thriving oak or beech tree in Windsor Forest,
to which they have given their name,
which; with the
date of the month and year, of the selection, is en-
graved on a brass plate, and screwed securely to the
tree. Thus in one of the most beautiful and retired
parts of the forest, Queen Anne's oak may be seen; the
oak of the consort of George 11., Queen Caroline; the
oak of Queen Charlotte; the oak of Queen Adeleide; as
well as that of her present liajesty. They have all seats
around them.

CHURCH EXTENSION.—SeveraI new churches, to
which grants have been made by the church commis-
sioners, are approaching y repletion, and will be ready
ibs
began
a n architecture,
March
for consecration in the (*arse of the ensuing month.
Amongst them are those of Ashton-under-Lyne, Hurst,
Lancashire,
sittings, 4early
59 E
free,ng
Chester, early English architecture, 610 sittings, all
free, began May 29, 1847; Coventry, St. John, diocese
of Worcester, Gothic architecture, 576 sittings, 456 free,
1848 with turret,
; bell
Astbury,
-
began February 10, 1848; Duffield, Derby, early English
architecture, with bell-turret, 516 sittings, all free, began
June, 1847 ; Earnsden, Northumberland, early English
architecture, 506 sittings, 426 free, began May 24,
1848; Gloucester, St. George ( l'wo Mile Hill district),
Gothic architecture, 516 sittings, 411 free, began June 1,
1847 ; East Greenwich, Kent, Gothic architecture,
with tower, 1,333 sittings, 753 free, began June 28,
1847; St. Pancras, Camden-road Villas, Middlesex, de-
corated architecture of the 14th century, with tower and
spire, 1,189 sittings, 670 free, began August, 1847; Pon-
tefract, York, early English architecture, with bell gable,
757 sittings, 561 free, began September, 1847; Stock-
port, district of Bredbury, gothic architecture, with
tower, 862 sittings, 512 free, began September 6, 1847;
Stockport, district of St. Mark, Dukenfield, gothic
architecture, 915 sittings, 815 free, began May 28,
1847; Stoke-upon-Trent, Stafford, early English archi-
tecture, with bell turret, 718 sittings, 479 free, began
August 17, 1847 ; Stoke-upon-Trent, district of
Hope. Anglo-Norman architecture, with bell tur-
ret, 656 sittings, 456 free, began November 22, 1847;
Stoke-upon-Trent, district of Northwood, early Eng-
lish architecture, with bell turret, 600 sittings all free,
began Nov. 19, 1847; Whalley,
district of Lamb, Lan-
caster, Gothic architecture, 603 sittings, 448 free, began
June 29, 1847; Wolverhampton, district of St. Mark,
Stafford, Gothic architecture, with tower and spire, 1,066
sittings, 538 free, began April 11, 1848. Churches are
also to be erected in the following places, grants for that
purpose having been made by the Commissioners:—
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Tot worth, Somerset; Great
Peter-street, Westminster; Ennismore Gardens, Knights-
bridge; Portland-road, Marylebone; Coxhoe, Durham;
Paddington-in-Pendleton, Lancaster; Minshull Vernon,
Chester; St. Luke's and St. Mathew's, Wolverhampton;
Ocker-hill, Stafford; Charlesworth, Derby; St. Jude's,
Bristol; Eldon, Sheffield; and Aston, juxta Birmingham.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH
WESTERN RAILWAY.—This morning during the period
that the fog was most dense, the train which leaves the
Euston station at five minutes pa t nine o'clock, had
just passed the bridge over the car sl at the Camden Sta-
tion, the pilot engine having be n turned into a siding
the moment before. A cry was suddenly raised of " A
man down!" when it was discovered a policeman, named
Fitzpatrick had for some cause, as yet unexplained, pro-
ceeded to cross the lines between the two engines, and
while, it is supposed, in the act of doing so, was struck
by the engine attached to the train. On reaching the
unfortunate object of the alarm he was found perfectly
insensible and most frightfully mutilated. He lingered
a short time, when death terminated his sufferings.

TO FRANCE IN HER CRISIS

Still tossed upon a wild tempestuous ocean,
Still struggling 'neath the world's unwavering glance,
Will ye be ever raging in commotion,
What would ye now ye sons of troubled France?
Would ye enthrone some despot lord, and dumbly
Suffer him then with iron hand to reign?
Would ye bow down your heads like slaves, and humbly
Place on your necks some tyrant's foot again?
Would ye tear down the flag your brothers planted?
Did they not give their hearts' blood for the boon?
Oh for their memory's sake this prayer be granted,
Mar not their work of Liberty so soon.
Still on your ear their death•cry must be ringing,
Still in your sight their life's red current laves,
Scarcely the first green blade of grass is springing
Over the confines of their new-made graves.
Scarcely the orphan child hath hushed its wailing,
O'er her loan hearth the widow's tears fall fast,
Would ye recal the scene these woes entailing?
Calmly look round ye, ere the die be cast.
Let us not tell it in your future story,
" France, who began the fight in Freedom's name,
Bore her bright banner on through fields of glory,
Then turned aside, deserting it in shame."

Be ye united—let no vain dissension
Stir up the bitter blood throughout your land;
'Tis when the strong grow feeble with contention,
O'er their fall'n heads the crafty take their stand.
Foes are around with friendly looks dissembling,
They are but watching for the coming fray;
Thee, when 'tis o'er, and ye lie low and trembling,
Down they will stoop like vultures to the prey.

There are the memories of Moscow burning,
Jena, Marengo, Linden's blood-red plain,
Thousands of bosoms now for vengeance yearning,
'Bide but the hour to meet their foe again.
Stand, then, together—war not with each other,
In the horizon tempest clouds are rife,
And ye will need the aid of every brother
Slain on the altar of unholy strife.
Southwark.

J. B.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, SUNDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in
the pleasure grounds of the Castle.
The Royal Family took their usual airings.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, her Majesty's visi-
tors, the ladies and gentlemen of the, Court, and the
domestic household, attended Divine service this fore-
noon, in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and
Rev. C. L. Courtenay officiated.
Yesterday forenoon her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
the Right Hon. Wm. Sebright and Lady Caroline Las-
celles, and Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N., arrived at
the Castle yesterday, on a visit.
Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
bad an audience of the Queen yesterday morning.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the Home
Park yesterday, both in the morning and afternoon.
The Royal children took their accustomed pony and
walking exercise yesterday.
The Royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the
Princess Amelia of Hobenlohe Schillingsf'urst, his Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Lady Fanny
Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Dowager Lady Lyttel-
ton, the Right Hon. William Sebright and Lady Caroline
Lascelles, Mr. G. E. Anson, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon.
C. B. Phipps, Lord James Murray, Captain W. A. B.
Hamilton, R.N., and Mr. Glover.
The band of the Coldstream Guards were in attend-
ance during dinner, and played the following pieces:—
Hochzeit's Marsch Aus dem Sommer-
nacht straum Mendelssohn.
Selection from " Alms"
Valse—" The Fuchsia"
Schersok Movement from 9th Symphony
—Allegro Movement from Choral
Symphony Beethoven.
Glee—" The Chough and Crow"
The Drum Polka
Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The
company consisted of Lord and Lady Ruthven, General
and Lady Isabella Wemyss, Mr. Wemyss, the Hon. Mrs.
Phipps, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Sir George and Lady
Couper, Miss Couper, the Dean of Windsor and Lady
Charlotte Neville Grenville, (two) Misses Neville Gren-
ville, Lieutenant-Colonel Paget, commanding the Cold-
stream Guards, and Colonel M'Douall, commanding the
Life Guards.

The Queen's private band attended and performed in
:he Castle during the evening.

To-morrow (Monday) the Queen and Prince Albers
will, it is expected, leave the Castle for town.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yester-
day at Gloucester House.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon,
at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—
Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl
of Minto, Sir George Grey, Earl Grey, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hob-
house, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Marquis
of Clauricarde attended.
The Council sat two hours and a half.

The churchwardens of St. Margaret and St. John,
Mr. C. W. Short, Mr. George Wilson, and Mr. Rogers
(vestry clerk), a deputation from the vestries upon the
county rate, had an interview with Sir George Grey on
Saturday. The Earl of Arundel and Surrey had also an
interview on Saturday with the Right Bon. Baronet, at
the Home-office.

The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Salisbury attended the early service yester-
day, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers
were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was
preached by the Rev. P. Dodd. At the daily service
the prayers were road by the Rev. J. C. Iladen, the
lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore, and the Communion
Service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. P. S. Dodd. The anthem was
" Awake up my glory," (Wise), Sir George Smart pre-
sided at the organ.

The Duke of Wellington gave a grand entertain-
sent on Saturday evening, at Apsley House, to his Royal
Highness the Prince of Orange. Their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Parma and a distin-
guished circle were invited to meet the Royal Prince,
who arrived shortly before eight o'clock, attended by
Admiral Arnens and Captain Gudicher. The Prince
and Princess of Parma were attended by the Countess
Lopez. His Excellency the Dutch Minister and Msdlle.
Schimmelpenninck, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon,
Lord Downes, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lord
and Lady Charles Wellesley, Sir Colin Halkett, &c., were
among the company. The circle broke up by eleven
o'clock.

THE EARL AND COUNTESS GREY'S RE•UNION.-
The Earl and Countess Grey received a distinguished
circle to dinner on Saturday last, at their mansion in
Be'grave- square, the guests including his Excellency the
French Ambassador (Admiral Cecille), his Excellency
the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the
Countess of Tankerville, Viscountess Palmerston, Vis-
count and Viscountess Melgund, Lord Edward Fitzalan
Howard, the Hon. H. Grey, Mr. Augustus Stafford, Mr.
R. M. Milne*, &c. The Countess afterwards had a
soirée, when the company included his Excellency
Baron de Cetto, his Excellency the Dutch Minister and
Madlle. Schimmelpenninck, his Excellency Mr. Bancroft,
the Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Mary and Adeliza Fitz-
elan Howard, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the
Marchioness of Clanricardo and Lady Emily De Burgh,
the Countess of Minto and the Ladies Elliott, the
Countess of St. Germans and Lady Louisa Elliot, the
Countess Dowager of Essex, the Countess Waldegrave,
Mr. G. V. Harcourt, M.P., the Earl of Shelburne, Vis-
count and Viscountess Mahon, Viscount Palmerston,
Lord Foley and Hon. Miss Foley, Lord Elphinstone,
Lord Campbell, Lord Ossulston, Lord Moreton, Lord
Seymour, Lord 11. Vane, Lord and Lady Monteagle,
Lord and Lady Eddisbury and Hon. Misses Stanley, the
Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon.
Henry and Mrs. Labouchere, Sir John Cam Hobhouse
and Miss Hobhouse, the Attorney-Qeneral and Lady
Jervis and Miss Jervis, Lady Elizabeth Buheel, Lady
Georgiana Grey, Baron and Lady Parka and Miss
Parke, Lady Hislop and Miss Elliot, the Speaker
and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre, Lady De Dunstanville,
Lady Davy, Lady Francis Hope and Miss Lascelles,
Sir David Dundas, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, Mr.
Tuffnell, M.P., and Lady Anne Tuffnell, Hon. Mr.
and Lady Maria Ponsonby, Mr. Lewis, M.P., and Lady
Theresa Lewis, Hon. W. F. Campbell, M.P., Hon. Wm.
Cowper, Hon. Wm. Bouverie and Lady Mary Bouverie,
Mr. Bouverie, Sir Denis le Marchant, the Right Hon.
Richard and Mrs. Vernon Smith and Miss Vernon, Hon.
Algernon Egerton, Sir Henry de la Beche. the Account-
ant General, and Mrs. and Miss Russell, Colonel and
Mrs. Malcolm, Lieutenant-Colonel Reid, Mr. T. Brand,
M.P., and Mrs. Brand, Mr. and Mrs. H. Seymour, Mr.
J. Parker, M.P., Mr. H. Greville, Mr. Edwin Landseer,
Mr. Herbert, M.P., Mr. C. Baring Wall, M.P., Mr. B.
Hawes. M.P., and Mrs. Hawes, Mr. Ricardo, M.P., and
Mrs. Ricardo, Mrs. J. Abel Smith, Mr. Gibson Craig,
M.P., and Mrs. Craig, Mr. R. W. Grey, M.P., Mr. F
Calvert, Mr. Panizzi, Miss Burdett Coutts, the Dean o
Westminster and Mrs. Buckland, &c.

The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of
Commons gave his first Parliamentary entertainment this
session on Saturday last, at his official residence in Eaton-
square. As customary at the commencement dinner, the
guests of the Right Hon. Gentleman comprised the lead-
ing Members of the Government in the House of Com-
mons, among whom were Lord John Russell, Viscount
Palmerston, the Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse,
the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir
George Grey, the Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring,
Lord John Hay, Lord Marcus Hill, the Right Hon. Fox
Maule, the Hon. Captain M. F. Berkeley, the Hon. Wil-
liam F. Cowper, the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, the
Right Hon. Sir W. Somerville, the Atterney-General,
the Solicitor-General, the Judge Advocate, the Solicitor-
General (for Scotland), Rear-Admiral J. Deans Dundas,
Mr. H. G. Ward, Mr. H. Tufnell, Mr. George Coruewall
Lewis, Mr. Rich, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. R. M. Bellew,
Mr. B. Hawes, Mr. John Parker, and Mr. Ralph Bernal.
The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer was
unavoidably absent from the banquet.
The Princess's Theatre has been visited within the
last few nights by the following nobility and gentry, to
see the grand comic Pantomime, BlubrKing hal :—Her
Royal Highness the Princess of Parma and party; the Nicoli
Duke of Brunswick, Baron de Neiuman, Baron
and parties; Earls Cardigan, Fitzhardin e Cesterfield,
Charlemont and parties; Lords Darnley,gG'urnse Bruce
and parties; the Countess of Essex and party ;3:Ladies
Compton, Rivers and party; Earl. Verulam and party;
the Hon. D. L. Astley and party; Sir G. Wombwell, Sir
C. Shaekerley, the Hon. Mr. Greville Brook, Madle.
Jenny Lind and party; Mr. Ricardo, Lord John Russell,
and toiler distiuguished visitors,

TO THE SEC3ETARY OF THE
METROPOLITAN AriEFORM. ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Wednesday the 7th the principal debate
was on the proposal of the Government for giving
50,0001. to the relief of certain distressed Poor-Law
Unions in Ireland ; on which an amendment was
moved, to secure a lien on the rateable property of
such Unions for repayment.
The Government did not distinctly, or at all events
impressively, make out that the assistance was to be
limited to Unions which were absolutely without
resources. If a vessel is found at sea, with positively
no provisions of any kind on board, there is clearly
nothing to be done but dispense such assistance as
may be at hand. But before this is determined on,
a look must be had into the captain's lockers. It
must be made quite certain that the proposed assis-
tance is neither wholly nor in part, an aid givegi tO
prop up the profits of the owners or commanders
from the voyage, or increase the residue which they
shall find in their hands for a future venture.
From want of this, and other causes, the feeling in
the House, as to be collected from ominous whispers
and questionings of mutual opinion by Mem-
bers who usually vote together, was to a
considerable extent adverse to the Ministerial
measure. And this was growing into a
prospect that the Government would be in a minority
when the leader of the Opposition came to the rescue,
with a proposal that the debate should be adjourned
to allow of further speaking. The instinct of adjourn-
ment is so strong, as to overpower the temptation to
accept of silent success. The Government, with more
skill than their opponents, immediately closed for the
adjournment of the debate till Friday.
This amendment is an instance, like some that were
noted in last session, of the inconvenience of incomplete
amendments; and as Parliamentary tactics improve,
a time will come when such will be distinguished by
some kind of disapprobative epithet. Without in the
slightest degree attributing the intention in any par-
ticular case, an amendment of this kind is capable of
producing a strong and unfair action on the decision
of a question. Members are called upon to vote,
whether certain words "shall stand part of the ques-
tion." What they want is, that they shall stand, and '
they shall have the opportunity to negative them.
But if Members swell the majority for the words so
standing, it is tantamount to giving virtual victory to I
the side they want to oppose. It is highly impro-
bable that there will be any opportunity afterwards
fok. giving their vote against the original measure,
for everybody considers the measure as carried.
And the perplexity will be just as bad
if they vote for the amendment; for if they swell a
majority for that, they as effectually as before put an
end to any fair chance of voting against the original
measure. I doubt whether any study can come to a
conclusion on this point, except that an incomplete
amendment—an amendment which goes to admit
half the question in debate—is or may be a foripidable •
weapon against those whose object may be to go
against the measure in its totality. And the use of
bringing the facts before the public is, that possibly
at some time there may be remedy devised. A sense
of some of the inconveniences, is probably among
the reasons which have since induced the Mover to
alter the form of his Motion.
On Thursday was some debate on the conven-
tional rank and precedency of Roman Catholic pre-
lates, founded, I surmise, on an apprehended difficulty
whether a Protestant Bishop or a Roman Catholic
Archbishop is to hand the Governor's lady to dinner
at the Antipodes. The argument against the Arch-
bishop is that he has not his commission from our
side. In time of war this might have been a good
argument; but not in time of peace. When France
and England were engaged in hostilities, there might
be strong objections to the recognition of rank de-
rived from the Republic One and Indivisible, or from
the Empire. But when the wars were over, and
French and English fleets were sailing in
concert, as they are doing at this moment,
it would be bad policy as well as unhandsome, to
raise questions on ceremonial, and most of all
on such a ground as that the rank did not
emanate from ourselves. St. Paul was the true
Chesterfield, when he directed the settling of such
punctilios, by " in honour preferring one another."
On Friday was the second reading of the Habeas
Corpus Suspension Bill for Ireland. In the course
of the debate, appearances arose of an intention to give
an opportunity in a future stage for voting for dimi-
nishing the period of further suspension ; which
has since embodied itself in the shape
of a notice by Lord Nugent, to move as an amend-
ment in Committee, the substitution of the words
" first day of June" for " first day of September."
This intimation was very unkindly received by the
Irish Members. On reflection they can hardly fail to
be aware, that there may be English Members whom
it is quite in vain to think of convincing of the pro-
priety of showing a disinclination to support the
Government in measures of what they think neces-
sary precaution, but who at the same time are anxious
to show their jealousy of the continuance of restraint
an hour longer than can be helped. There may be
Members too who would be glad of an opportunity to
give the Government the broad hint which would be
conveyed by any considerable number voting for such
an amendment, that eyes are upon them, and that
there will be no chance for anything like a scheme of
continuous extension of the suspension without resist-
ance. In short, the mere intimation of such an
amendment amounted to the commencement of a
growl from English Members, which another time
might swell into a louder concert. It is difficult to
perceive why this should not have been received by
Irish Members at least with equanimity. When the
perfervidum ingenium has had time to settle, perhans
they will perceive that it is not everybody who at the
risk of their displeasure would have attempted doing
them so good an offioe.
If English Members vote for the amendment, it
does not appear that they are bound thereby to any par•
titular subsequent course. If, on the amendment's being
negatived, they vote for the Government measure,
they have at all events authenticated their jealousy
of continuations. If they vote another way, they
have given proof that they are not opposed to any ne-
cessary precaution, nor even to putting considerable
confidence in the Government's opinion of the ne-
cessity, but that to have their votes, the Government
must consent to the minimum of suspension, as evi-
dence of which it must consent to draw from the oven
hot and hot at short periods, instead of baking for us
a quantity at once, which we must eat though it be
musty.

- I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, Feb. 12, 1849.

THE PRICE OF SILK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MACCLESFIELD CHRONICLE.

Sir,—Will you allow me, through the medium of your
paper, to correct a most erroneous statement which ap-
pears in the London Morning Chronicle of Wednesday,
the 7th inst., under the head of "Blanchester News," as
follows:

"In the silk trade, the price of the raw material is
considerably lower, which will be beneficial to the ' Mac-
clesfield manufacturers,' whose operations have been of
late checked by the inability, on their part, to obtain an
advanced price for their goods." _

Now no statement could have been more incorrectly
brought before the public, and the author of it must be
entirely ignorant of the real state of the raw silk market
at the present time.
I beg to state, without fear of contradiction, that, at
the present hour, the price of the raw material of silk is
higher than it was two months ago. From the last
monthly circulars, issued by the London silk brokers, on
the Ist of February, 1849, it appears that the prices of
raw silk were fully maintained, and, in addition to this,
the last advices from the silk districts abroad fully cor-
roborate the general opinion, that the price of the raw
material of silk would still be higher.
I cannot conceive what has led to the insertion of
such an erroneous statement under the head " Manchester
news" in the paper alluded to, unless it is a feeler on the
part of some London silk goods buyer, who wishes to
make the manufacturers in the country believe that
which he wants to reap the advantage of; but I trust,
for the benefit of our manufacturers, that he will be
much disppoiated.--I remain, Sir, yours respectfully,
A CONSTANT READEER.
Macclesfield, Feb. 6, 1849.

EXPENSIVE LITIGATIONS. The prosecutions of
the Maynard and Garratt gangs in 1845, for systematic
depredations on railways, and the carrying out of the in-
vestigations, cost the united railway companies about
8001.; the costs of successfully resisting the six actions
resulting from the leniency and interference of some
railway men (and which were defeated after much la-
bour) cost the Great Western Railway Company above
7001.1 aw expenses for the defence, and Mr. Nash, who
was left to defend himself, paid above 7001. in cash pay-
ments, and above 400/. outstanding expenses. The costs
of the unsuccessful resistance to the claim made upon
the company by persons who had assisted in these de-
fences and claimed part payment,
cost the company
above 4001. and costs, and the claims being admitted,
and the amount referred to barristers for ascertainment,
the reference lasted eleven months, and has cost the
lady, latelyydyeecveassed,
,ire
to bequeathed same company 1,000/. more
instalment adjusted at 4504
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mem-
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" The Royal Society Cents, to that excellent cha-
ritythe support of the decayed members
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