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MAGAZINES— -(CONTINUED.)
BENTLEY.
Bentley opens" this month with a memoir of one or
the greatest and the most ill-used of English naval
commanders, to whose merits the present age has ren-
dered a tardy justice—the Earl of Dundonald. Dr.
W. C. Taylor, the author of the memoir, says that,
" unfortunately for his fame, Lord Cochrane wished
to add senatorial dignity to his professional honours,"
and after recording his return to Westminster thus
proceeds:—
" In 1809 he performed his last great achievement in
the service of his country—the destruction of the French
shipping in the Basque Roads. Ten ships of the line,
and some frigates, lay in these roads, protected by for-
midable batteries and a dangerous shoal, which extended
between them and the English blockading squadron,
commanded by Admiral Gambian Lord Cochrane
formed a bold plan for the destruction of this squadron,
and communicated it to the admiral. He was, in con-
sequence, sent to join Lord Gambier, and under him to
take command of the attack which he had projected.
Fire-ships and explosion-vessels having been prepared,
Lord Cochrane, with his gallant crew, led the way, and
the boom by which the enemy was protected was broken
by the Mediator. The fire-ships immediately rushed
through the opening, and wore piloted into the midst of
the French anchorage, in spite of a furious cannonade
and discharge of shells from the batteries. Though some
of the ships mistook their course, and others exploded
too soon, the greatest alarm was produced in the French
fleet. Three ships of the line and a frigate of fifty-six
guns were burned ; another ship of the line was so
injured that she sunk a few days after; and seven others
were driven on shore. The whole loss occasioned to the
conquerors was only ten men killed and thirty five
wounded. For this exploit Lord Cochrane justly re-
ceived the dignity of Knight of the Bath, an honour
more rarely accorded then than it is now.
" Lord Gambier had from the very first opposed this
enterprise, and he was much annoyed that the conduct
of it was entrusted to Lord Cochrane, a stranger to his
squadron. He did not, therefore, second the attack as
heartily as he should have done, and he lost the oppor-
tunity of capturing or destroying the seven ships that
had run ashore. Lord Cochrane, therefore, expressed
his determination to oppose the vote of thanks to Lord
Gambier when it should be proposed in Parliament. As
Cochrane was in opposition, and Gambier a great favou-
rite with the Administration, party spirit was mixed
with the question, and Gambier demanded a court-
martial. After a long investigation he was acquitted ;
but the verdict of the court was not ratified by the
country. Lord Cochrane was regarded with manifest
dislike by the Ministry, and he reciprocated the un-
friendly feeling with interest. Instead of entering into
this controversy, we shall content ourselves with quoting
the opinion of Napolen Buonaparte, whom no one can
suspect of partiality. Cochrane,' he said, might and
would have taken the whole fleet, and carried it out with
him, had his admiral supported him as he ought to have
done. For, in consequence of the signal made by
L'Allemand to the ships to do the best in their power to
save themselves, sauve qui pent, in fact they became
panic-struck, and cut their cables. The terror of the
brzilots (fire-ships) was snob, that they actually threw
their powder overboard, so that they could have offered
very little resistance. The French admiral was an im-
becilic, but yours was just as bad. I assure you that if
Cochrane had been supported he would have taken
every one of the ships.'"
He then says, that in the affair of Cochrane
Johnstone, and others, " Ministerial vengeance found
an opportunity to vent itself upon Lord Cochrane ;"
but Ministerial vengeance would have been impotent
had Ministerial vengeance stood alone against him;
but Ministerial vengeance was edged on and backed
up by saintly hate. The imbecilic Gambier, more wise
in his generation than poor Byng (who was mur-
dered by the court-martial that acquitted Gambier, if
the logic of George 111. in the case of Dr. Dodd be
correct), Gambier had the cunning early in life to
attach himself to the saintly clique, which, during
the latter years of the reign of George
111. sold its aid to the Ministry at the
highest possible price, and it was by its bitter and
malignant hatred that the brave Cochrane was sacri-
ficed as a peace offering to the wounded vanity of the
pious imbecile who envied, but dared not imitate his
achievements. " Captain Spike" is continued, and in
the present chapter Spike captures Mulford and his
companions, who are endeavouring to escape from
the wreck, and removing Jack Tier and Rose, with
her female companions, on board the Swash, lands
Mulford on a coral rock in the midst of the gulf, and
leaves him there, without food or water, to perish.
Horace Twiss furnishes a pleasant memoir of Mrs.
Mathews, which is illustrated by a portrait—and
Maxwell continues his story of " Brian O'Linn."
The best article in the number is the last. " How Mr.
Straggles went cheap to Ascot." It is from the pen
of Albert Smith, who in this sketch has beat Dickens
at his own weapons. We omitted to mention in our
notice of the opening paper, the " Memoir of the
Earl of Dundonald," that it is illustrated by a life-
like portrait, engraved from a painting by James
Ramsa

No. H.—lncome and Charge of the Consoli

Quarters endwd July 5.

ty.

4,523,291
3,117,181
1,730,495
2,006,427
1,009,162
181,000

18,001
440,000
73,939
111,607

13,211,203

13,211,203

4,519,119
3,305,528
1,869,464
2,075,001
1,036,517
215,000

7,461

88,02
137,944

13,254,666

5,510,632

18,765,298

THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER. ENDING JULY o, 1847.

No. I.—An Abstract of the Na Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of July, 1846, and sth of July, F 47, showing the
Increase or Decrease on each head thereof.

QUARTERS ENDED YEAR. QUARTERS ENDED Year ended July 5. Quarter ended JMy 5.
f- ,______-___-_, ended , --..-A-------..---. ,--------A-.. ..-A-..
----, ,------- ,
Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5 July 5, July 5, Oct. 10, ; Jan. 5, April 5, July 5,--' /11.11E31,AeR(15,
ill
1845 1846 1846 1846 1846 1846 I ,
1847 1847 1847 1847 Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease.
-----•
££££££ i £ £ £ I
£ , £
X X £
Customs .
Excite --••••• • • • • • • • 3,955,106 3,338,837 1,626,458 3,104,711 12,025,112 4,181,926 3,608,155 1,652,865 3,291,052 12,733,998 ' Excise ...... ...... 708,886 •• " 186,341
Stamps...
- 138,969 --
.... 201,279 1,876,051 146,142 2,006,427 4,929,899 209,940 1,909,899 130,892 2,075,001 4,325,732 Taxes
95,833 .... 68,574
Property Tax 1,823,883 386,985 1,963,882 1,009,162 5,183,912 1,972,128 I 450,219 2,033,072 1,036,517 5,491,930 . Property Tax.. -• • 308,024 ~ , , 27,355 -
Post-office ••.•••• • • • • • • 209,000 189,000 215,000 151,000 794,000 217,000 , 203,000 219,000 215,000 854,000 Post-otlicc .... ..... 60,000 I .• .. 34,000 --
Crown Lands ••••• • • • • • 30,000 25,000 45,000 - 100,000 I 45,000 ' 30,000 37,000 .. 112,000 Crown Lands .. .. • . 12,000 y .. ..
Miscellaneous •••• • • - l 15,102 68,612 91,522 18,001 193,237 177,910 29,657 92,593 7,461 307,621 . Miscellaneous •• •• •• •• •• •• 114,384 .... •• • - -
• • .. 10,540
. - - - - - - -- -- ---
Total Ordinary Revenue 12,862,908 12,031,676 9,735,790 12,573,187 i 47,203,561 .13,889,103 12,486,338 10,430,377 13,013,614 49,819,432 Total ,•. • • . ..2,615.871 .... 455,239 14,812
China Money.... ... - 450,000 300,859 .. 440,000 1 1,190,859 1 227,644 .. . 227,641 , China Money .•• • • • •• • • 963,215 .... 410,000
Imprest Moneys, &c. . • I
24,591 64,084 52.909 73,939 215,523 33,815 31,884 53,859 88,632 208,190 1 Irnprest Moneys,&c. 7,333 14,693 --
Repayments ofAdvances 473,881 404,179 456,473 I 111,607 1,446,140 I 199,882 1 302,449 , 164,568 137,944 804,843 . RepamntkwfAdvncs. .. • • 611,297 26, 337
Total Income* • • 13,811,380 12,800,798 10,245,172 i 13,198,733 I 50,056,083 114,350,444 12,820,671 :10,648,804 13,240,190 f 51,060,109 Total .... • ... '2,615,871 1,611,845 496,269 454,812
- -- - - !
Amount applied to Con. I 1 , Deduct 454 81.2
solidated Fund ••• • • • 8,869,973 7,859,997 5,468,355 8,476,134. 30,674,459 7,617,435 8,615,898 3,207,608 9,912,813 29,353,751 ,611 , 84., Decrease , Deduct
Decrease.
Ditto, as Advances ..... ' 550,000 615,077 140,000 91,501 I 1,396,576 472,500 837,500 i 2,940,000 11,724,311 5,574,311 _
Ditto, as Ways & Means I Increase Increase
of the Year.. ...... .. 4,391,407 4,325,724 4,636,817 4,631,098 i 17,985,046 6,260,509 3,361,273 , 5,461,196 7,113,638 22,202,676 1,004,026/ on 41,457 /on the
- - -
Total •- - 13,811,380 12,800,798 10,245,172 [13,198,733 . 50,056,083 1 14,350,444 12,820,671 111,608,804 ,18,750,822' 57,530,741 ' ,
0 Exclusive of 960,000/. received in April Quarter, and 5,510,6321. received in July Quarter, 1847, on Loan of 8,000,0001.

idated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth July, 1846, and the sth July, 1847.

Quarters ended July 5,