The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY
_EVENING, MARCH_ 4, 1,47

expenditure over income has been about the same sum ; and
r•pt, tinuoa until
no more money could be raieed at any interest on cur se-
em iiies. The quarter of a million provided by the Lahore
contribution, added to the saving already nailed, will int-
r ,ved our balancc-sheet by more than half a million ; which,
added to the free return of the Jullundur Doab, will afford
nearly a million a year to meet so much of our deficits. The
noble provision thus produced by the much-reprobated
p,,licy of Lord Hardinge enables him to begin in earnest the
peace improvements heretofore only talked of. The con-
struction of the Ganges Canal was sanctioned by the Court
of Directors in 1841, when the warlike dispositions of their
Governors-General left no funds available for domestic uses.
It was computed to cost, when originally estimated, 2:0,000/.
—it subsequently rose to near a million ; and will, when
complete, enable above 8,000,C00 of acres, now nearly
barren, to be brought into cultivation, and relieve above
2,000,000 of human beings .from the visitations of famine
to which they have hitherto been periodically subjected.
On this stupendous work, on which 20,000/. a year has
hitherto been grudgingly expended, it has been de
termined to bestow 250,0001. a year, so that in four years
from the present time it will probably be complete. A
survey of a canal, extending ninety miles from the Sutlej
into the Bhuttee country, is now in progress;, and active
operations will in all likelihood follow the survey, should
the peace policy of Lord Hardinge be left uninterrupted.
Then may we look for monumeete of our rule comparable in
splendour to those of the Mahomedan Emperors, should the
sword be permitted to sleep in its scabbard; foreign con-
quests reduce us to beggary, with boundless regions of un-
imaginable fertility within our borders to subdue. The
formal annexation of the Punjaub to our dominions would
have compelled as to add thirty regiments to our army, and
a million to an expenditure already by this much exceeding
our income. The other tidings from beyond the Sutlej re-
late merely to the movements of troops. On the 4th of
January, her Majesty's 80th Foot and the 60th Native In-
fantry quitted Lahore, and were followed on the sth by the
12th and 45th Native Infantry. Her Majesty's 10th, with
the 7th, 32d, 38th, 51st, and 54th Native Infantry, have
taken up their quarters in the city. Major-General gir John
Littler has been complimented in the highest terms by the
Governor-General, and been, in evidence of the estimation
in which he is held, appointed to the command of all the
troops beyond the Sutlej. Yet this is the man who has been
deprived of the rewards he is allowed to have deserved, and
on whose fair fame an imputation has been permitted to rest
—its recal in public having been refused publication by the
Commander-in-Chief. These, of a truth, are no hero's deeds!
The Governor-General gave a grand entertainment on the
7th, to the officers of the garrison, on which occasion he
spoke as follows :
" I will now propose the health of Sirdars Tej Singh,
Dewan Deena Nath, Share Singh, and other Sirdars whose
names I do not know; in that I propose the Council of Re-
gency, more particularly Tej Singh, the commander-in-
chief, who displayed such energy and vigour in his late
movement towards Cashmere.' After due honour had been
done to the council, the Governor-General again rose and
spoke as follows I beg leave, gentlemen, to propose the
health of a distinguished officer, Major-General Sir John
Littler, K.C.8., and 1 am convinced that you will unite most
cordially with me in drinking the health of so gallant a sol-
dier. f cannot forbear, on the present occasion, enumerating
the eminent services of Sir John Littler during our late
campaign on the banks of the Sutlej, against a formidable
and gallant enemy. I beg more particularly to notice the
high opinion I entertain of Sir John Littler's abilities a 3 a
commander, as shown in
~his admirable defence of Feroze-
pore. By the most judicious and bold manoeuvres, when
threatened by a numerous army and powerful artillery, and
thrown entirely upon his own resources, he succeeded in
holding Ferozepore, and by showing such a bold front with
his handful of men against the whole Seikh army, be effec-
tually deterred the enemy from his threatened attack. After
this, he most skilfully, with 5,000 men and twenty guns,
effected a junction with the main army under Lord Gough.
On the departure of the British army from Lahore, finding
it necessary to leave a garrison of our troops in that city, I
selected Sir John Littler for this most important and re-
sponsible command. The appointment was at once accepted
by the Major General, and I have only to point out the
high state of discipline which has been maintained
in Lahore, as well as the quiet and peaceable
behaviour of the inhabitants, to prove that my se-
lection of Sir John Littler was a most fit one. No one
is more aware than myself of the great difficulty attending
the occupation by our troops in a foreign capital—a fortified
city ; but I am proud to say that under the able and judicious
management of Sir John Littler all these difficulties were met
and overcome. I attribute this not a little to the good un-
derstanding and great cordiality that existed between the
chief civil and military authorities, and I have no doubt that
the same cordiality will continue to exist. I now beg to
propose The health of Major-General Sir John Littler,
K.(3.13., and the Garrison of Lahore, with three times three.'"
The Governor-General left Lahore on the morning of the
11th, the 4'd Native Infantry accompanying him as an
escort. Precautions of every sort were being adopted for
preventing collisions between the troops and the towns-
people ; a race-course, a racket-court, and a theatre were
about to be constructed, and there was some talk of getting
the services of a chaplain and erecting a temporary church.
The station will for the next six years contain 10,000 troops
at least, of which from one to two thousand will be English-
men. Permission has been given for wives to join their
husbands.

to present maiden colours to the 2d Irregular Horse It
is said that one of the many steamers that have taken the
17th Native Infantry to Kurrachee will bring his Excei-
lency to Hyderabad. At present there is not one steamer
in harbour. No one can say how long the Governor's stay
be, or whether he goes onwards. C:Aptain Scutt, su-
perintendent of canals, is now at Hy(leralm,i bieily engaged
in laying out work for his numerousassistants and surveyors,
the whole of whom are to be distributed throughout the
country. Captain Scott will also go into their several dis-
tricts, inspecting what each has done. What with assistants,
surveyors, woodrangers, Lee., and their respective attaches,
he has certainly a very strong subordinate corps, and for
the immense deal of money expended upon them Govern-
ment ought reasonably to expect ample topographical and
statisical information, as well as full particulars regarding
the resources of the country and the capabilities of its soil,
and suggestions as to the most profitable way of disposing of
the timber (each as it is), firewood, gum, and bark, &c. The
superintending engineer, Major Peat, C. 13., will be at Hy.
derabad in a day or two, on his tour of inspection of the
public works. Lieut. Burke, of the engineers, is the present
executive engineer Middle Shade Division."—Bombay Tele-
graph and Courier, Jan. 27.

DIFFICULTY OF DOING JUSTICE.
THE DIST!LLERS.
(From the Sp, dater.)
It is not easy to apply the most plain and obvious rule of
abstract justice in a society so complicated as ones. Not the
least evil of the partial system of ch,rishing and promotiag
"linterests" by financial arrangerne,:ts. So long; as protec-
tive duties or exemptions to promote this or that branch of
industry are upheld, wrong is done t all who are not en-
gaged in it; and any attempt to pl.fce others on a footing of
equality with the favoured intere-t is almost certain to result
in an act of injustice to some luckless individual whose case
has been overlooked, and wtio, not expecting such a visita-
tion, has been tardy in claiming attention.
This general observation has immediate reference to the
case of the British and Irish distillers. Three Bills are
making progress through Parliament, under the auspices of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer—the Sugar in Breweries
Bill, the Sugar in Distilleries Bill, and the Customs Duties
Bill • which, having one object in view (and a very proper
one), must be taken as one measure. They are intended to
open a wider field fir the consumption of sugar, by per-
mitting an extended use of it in breweries and distilleries,
and to admit colonial its into the home market on equal
terms (in so far as duties are concerned) with home-made
spirits. The principle of the measure is sound: it is the
principle of free trade adopted when it tells in favour of the
colonies, since it has already been put in practice in a man-
ner that tells against them.
Still the details of the measure are open to criticism; and
here the home distillers take up their ground. They main-
tain that the rates of duty proposed to be levied on colonial
spirits, instead of being equal, are in reality lower than what
is to be paid by the home distiller. The duty paid on home-
made spirits is—in England, 7s. 10d. per gallon ;in Ire-
land, 2s. Bd.; in Scotland, 3s. Bd. The duty proposed to be
levied on colonial spirits is—in England, Bs. 4d. per
gallon; in Ireland, 3s. 2d.; in Scotland, 4s. 2d. Appa-
rently there is in each case a difference of 6d. in
favour of the Home distiller. But the spirit-duty is not the
only tax levied on home-made spirits. Of nearly sixteen
millions and a half gallons on which duty was paid in 1846,
upwards of six and a half millions were distilled from malt.
In the distillation of all the spirits not made from malt a
portion more or less of that ingredient is used. The duty on
malt is 2s. B%d. the bushel; in Scotland, half of this duty is
returned to the distiller. If more than two gallons of spirits
are produced from a bushel of malt, the Excise charge
malt-duty on the excess. To the nominal duty on home-
made spirits, therefore, we must add ls. 40. per gallon in
England and Ireland, and Bd. per gallon in Scotland, for all
spirits distilled from malt, and for other spirits a proportional
sum, according to the quantity of malt used in distillation.
The duty really paid by the home distillers from malt will
therefore be—in England, 95. 2d. ;in Ireland, 45.; in Scot -
land, 4s. 4d. This baing the case, the proposed rates on Colo-
nial spirits will amount to a differential duty of 10d. per gallon
against the English and Irish malt-distiller, and 2d. against
the Scotch.
The case of the grain distillers is not so clear : the amount
of malt-duty paid on their spirits varies according to the
quantity of malt used by each individual. Some distillers
estimate it as low as 1 d, per gallon, others as high as 4id.
But there is a peculiarity in the case of the grain distillers
that makes the duty they pay heavier than it appears. Their
spirits must undergo a rectifying process before they are fit
for use. The Excise regulations do not allow the distilling
and rectifying processes to be carried on in the same pre-
mises, and tke Excise-duty is levied on the spirits as carried
from the distillery. Rectifying occasions a considerable
distillers
that
tugthhits intovlastag the
s
diminution in quantity; and, consequently, duty is paid on
ma laarkrgeet. It i s
r quantity
alleged of spiritsb y
thtehan grain s actuallydis
has not been taken into account by the parties who fixed
upon 6d. as the fair difference between the duties on home-
made and colonial spirits.
Were the additional duty imposed on home-made spirits in
the shape of a malt-duty the only subject for considerationthe case of the malt-distillers might be easily disposed of:
The proportion borne by the malt spirits to the whole spirits
on which duty was paid in the Three Kingdoms in 1846 will
appear from the following figures.
In England. In Scotland. In Ireland.
Grain Spirits
Malt Spirits........ 717,483

Total 9,076,381 ...... 6,441,011
Of the comparatively small quantities of malt spirits on
' which duty was paid in England and Ireland, none, we are
informed, was manufactured in England, and only a small
part in Ireland; the rest was prepared in Scotland for the
English and Irish markets. On the strength of these propor-
tions it might be assumed, that distillation from malt was
' exceptional and accident,' England and Ireland, and dis-
tillation from grain ec,,-; tional in Scotland; and the com-
parative rates of duty (41 colonial and home-made spirits
might be regulated on this aseumption. But such an arrange-
ment would
leave the allegations of the grain-distillers
respecting the rectifying process undisposed of, and
also the representatiors loth of malt and grain distillers as
to the enhancement of their cost price by the Excise regu-
lations under which they must work, and from which the
colonial distillers are free.
Everything considered, the proposal of the distillers, to
refer the investigation of the matter to a select committee,
seems the fairest and most eligible. The case is one of
technical details; it is not fit for the rough handling and
bush-fighting of a " Committee of the whole House," but
betteris
suited to the scrutiny of three or four intelligent
Members, sitting on it as they would on a waterworks or
railway Bill. No perceptible loss of time would be in-
curred: the points to which inquiry ought to be confined
are few and palpable. A couple of intelligent witnesses on
the part of the distillers, as many on the part of the colonial
interests, and one on behalf of the Excise, would be suffi-
cient. The investigation might be concluded satisfactorily
in three days. That Parliament is not in possession of data
whereon to font] a correct judgment, will be obvious from one
circumstance. In the Excise reports on distillation from
grain and sugar, presented to both Houses, the quantity of
spirits yielded by a quarter of malt is estimated at 18
or 19 gallons. In the schedule placed in the hands of
every distil er to be filled up, is a column headed " Pro-
portionate d,ticiency of malt, after the rate of one bushel for
every two gallons (i. e. one quarter for every 16 gallons) ex-
cess of proof spirits." Either the Excise have given a false
and exaggerated estimate of the quantity of spirits that can
be produced from malt, or they systematically overcharge the
distillers.

With a view to immediate practical application, we have
confined our remarks to the representations of the distillers.
But the complicated system of levying duties, brought to
light in the attempt to iilustrate their case, has a much wider
range of interest. Let us compare the position of the manu-
facturer of spirits from malt with that of the manufacturer of
piece goods from cotton. Finished cotton goods are liable to
no duty; spirits fit for the market are. The duty on malt
spirits is levied at two stages of the process: so much is
charged on the malt, and so much on the spirits. The malt
and the spirits must be made on separate premises, and both
under lock and key of the Excise. Fancy for a moment that
one duty were imposed upon cotton yarns and another on
piece goods; that the spinner were forbid to
weave on the
same premises; and that both spinning and weaving were
ordered to be carried on under lock and key of the Excise!
The manufacture of malt spirits is subjected to duties and re-
strictions which would not be tolerated in the case of the
eotton manufacturer. And the distiller is not the only
sufferer. The grower of barley is thereby pl=ed at a disad-
vantage as compared with the grower of cotton; and the
consumer of spirits is placed at a disadvantage as compared
with the consumer of cotton goods. There is here a glaring
case of oppressively unequal incidence of taxation.

COURT CIRCTJLAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert left town, yesterday morning,
for Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and his
Royal
Highness accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and
the Princess Royal, lett Buckingham Palace in a carriage
and four at ten minutes before ten o'clock, for the terminus of
the South-Western Railway, at Nine Elms.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince Alfred, the Princess
Alice, and the Princess Helena, and also the Countess of
Charlemont, Lady Caroline Cocks, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon.
C. B. Phipps, Major-General , Colonel the Hon
Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouveri:fwoleslowed in four carriages
and four.
The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted to their
carriage by the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Listowel.
the Vice Chamberlain, and Admiral Sir Edward Codrington.
Her .ILajesty will hold a Privy Council on Tuesday next,
the 9th inst., at Osborne House, Isle of Wight.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Fanny Howard, left her residence, Clarence House, St.
James's, in a rriage and four, soon after eleven o'clock yes-
terday morning, for Frogmore House, Windsor.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse,
honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury wit.h
their company at dinner yesterday evening, at their resi-
dence in Grosvenor-square.
Mr. E. D. Baynes, President of Monserrat, had an inter-'
view with Earl Grey yesterday at the Col?nial• office.
Sir Edward Codrington had an interview with the Earl
of Clarendon vest, rday at the office of the Board of Trade.
Sir William Heat bcote had an interview with the _Hight
Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday at the office of Commissioners
of Railways in Great George-street.

SOYER'S CHEAP SOUP.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—For those who have the chance of procuring a
few potatoes once a week, they may be used with advan-
tage in the following man nert
No. 3. POTATO Sour.
Having prepared the soup according to recipe No. 2
(already published), when nearly done, wash halt a pound
of potatoes, pick out the black spots, if any, and cut them
in small dice, put them int., the soup to boil for twenty
minutes, or a little longer, until done; then put a quarter
of a pound of common flour into a stewpanmoispteaneed
with a gill of cold water, soaisthtonfosrpma oon;
liquid paste,
stir it boil
stir it in the soup quickly w
another five minutes, and the soup is ready, and will
strongly taste of
potato, the short time of ebullition pre-
serving
i
all the aroma of that inconstant root.
Having promised to make my receipts public, for the
benefit of the laborious class of society, I think that if a
man could treat his family once a week with a food
called potato soup, each member of it, who had previously
fed on that root, and who are now nearly deprived of that
food, would worship the day of the week when such a
luxury should be dNo, tsplayed'
EA on their
Sour. humble table.
4, P
Have a quarter of a pound of fat bacon, if none, take
leg of beef, veal, or pork, cut it into dice, peel and slice
two good sized onions, or three small ones, fry them
with the meat until lightly brown, then add half a pound
of vegetables,_ either carrots or turnips, well washed, but
not peeled, also leeks, or any
oiler vegetoaw peas, birps, which
you fry gently; then add one pound of yell
pre-
viously soaked some hours, and eight quarts of water,
three ounces of salt, half an ounce of
,brown sugar; let
the whole boil gently for two hours, stirring it now and
then. Put into a stevvpan half a pound of common flour,
mixed into a liquid paste, quite smooth, with cold water,
and pour it into your soup, stirring the contents with st,
wooden spoon, so as to mix it well; boil again a
quarter
of an hour, and serve.
Since I gave publication to my two first receipts, I
found that all those soups, if made the day before, and
warmed up the day following, they not only are much
uch
improved in quality, but also in quantity,- merely re-
quiring to be warmed slowly, and stirred now and then
before using.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Reform Club, Feb: 27. A. SOYER.

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS FOR ULASGOW.—A n at-
tempt is about to be made to establish industrial schools in
Glasgow, for which we would bespeak the hearty co-opera-
tion of all sections of the benevolent public. Thousands of
youth, of bot!i sexes, are daily roaming the streets, receiving
no education, living by begging, oftentimes the companions
of thieves, and eventually filling the prisons and peniten-
tiaries.—Scotch Reformer's Gazette.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
I (From the Votes an'/ PrmwifiKg, of '4e 1:1,,e of Comwoq,)
WEDNESDAY, mAncat 3.
The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 3—Extension from
Bury St. Edmund's to Thetford).
Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmin;liam, and Leicester.
London and North-Western (Kenilworth to Berkswell,
Branches and Extensions, tic.)
London and North:Western (Coventry and Nuneaton
Branches).
London and North-Western (Atherstoun and Whitacre
Branch).
Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Deviation of Line).
Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Warwick and Stratford
Line).
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley (Stourbridge and
West Bromwich).
Eastern Counties (Somersham to Ramsey).
Eastern Counties (Lynn and Ely, and Ely and Huntingdon,
and Lynn and Dereham Railway Lease).
Eastern Counties(Purchase of the North Woolwich Railway)
Eastern Counties (Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway
Purchase).
Midland (Extension of the Nottingham and Lincoln Branch
at Lincoln).
Newmarket and Chesterford (Repeal of Provision authorising
the Company to use the Line of the Eastern Counties
Railway).
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith and Granton Junction).
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin.
London and North-Western -(Birmingham and Lichfield
Line, &c.)

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
The following Railway Bill is appointed to be read a
second time :

MONDAY, MARCH 8.

Blandford and Bruton.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10.
Great Northern (Deviations between Peterborough, Boston,
and Gainsborough).
Great Northern (Deviations between Gainsborough and
Doncaster).

• MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED).
BENTLEY.
Another pleasant theft from Percy, by Albert
Smith, opens the present number of Bentley. Sir Al-
diogar is the hero operated on this month, sad pka-
,antly and merrily does Albert :;inith proceed to relate,
after his own fashion of burlesque, the adventures of
the knight. It is a tale to scream over; but, in the
midst of all the fun, we ever and anon come unexpect-
edly I,lPon a little bit of genuine poetry. Take the fol-
lowing description of " Thames Sconery" as an ex-
ample

"Do you know the river above Maidenhead Bridge? If
you do you will be able to call to mind one of the fairest
scenes that our sylvan England can boast of. Hanging
woods, so thick with leaves that the sunlight can scarcely
quiver on the short and glossy turf below, come down to
the very water's edge until their lowest branches are kissed
by tha ripple, and the petals of their blossoms spangle the
blue river in the springtide. There are long climbing
avenues of scented firs and cedars, dark even in blazing
noon, and tortuous walks amidst gnarled and mis-shapen
bolls of trees, that need every fibre of their writhed roots to
hold them to the slopes they start from. Here and there a
cold spring of crystal waters forms a clear basin, and
gurgles over blue, and white, and mottled pebbles, into
the Thames. It is a pleasant thing in summer to gaze from
the heights on the fair expanse of river and pasture far
below, glittering in the afternoon sun, and hear light laugh-
ter and stray chords of music, flitting through the woods.
You might travel a long way further, and after all your
trouble, see nothing that would excite so much admiration
as the leafy Clifden. "

Cooper continues Captain Spike, and the plot thickens
as the tale proceeds. The Swash is joined by a Mexi-
can schooner, on board which she tranships her cargo of
flour. One of the casks bursts, and Mulford discovers
that each cask of flour has in its centre a keg of gun-
powder, so that Spike is in fact supplying the enemy
with warlike stores. He is likewise in treaty to sell the
Swash to the Mexican Captain, and to the Mexican he
avows his intention of carrying off Rose in the b►ig to a
Mexican port, and then forcing her to marry him.
Mulford and Rose, who overhear these conversations,
take measures to prevent Spike from carrying his inten-
tions into execution ; the Mexican Captain, who is an
honourable man and completely understands the charac-
ter of Spike, seems inclined to befriend poor. Rose; and
even Madame Budd has at length her eyes opened to
the villany of Spike. The ships are lying near each
other—the Mexican Captain being on board the Swath.
Suddenly a furious tornado approaches. The Swash
weathers the storm thanks to the able manceuvres
of Spike but the schooner goes doWn, and
all on board perish. Spike undertakes, for a large
reward, to weigh the schooner, and succeeds in so doing.
The description of weighing the schooner, with which
this chapter concludes, is most graphic. Dr. Cooke
Taylor, in a review of Miss Pardoe's "Louis XIV.,"
gives an account of the Montpensier marriage of about
a century since between the son of Philip of Spain and
the daughter of the Regent Orleans. which, like the
recent Montpensier marriage, entirely destroyed the
entente cordiale which had previously existed
between the Orleans Princes and England.
Brian O'Linn is continued. " A Sentimental Journey
through Normandy," is a bad rechauffe to the guide
Looks ; the dullness of which, however, is amply atoned
for by the article which immediately follows—" A Ren-
contre with some Bachtiari Bandits between Ispahan
and Shiraz," It is a stirring tale of adventure, stirringly
told by the Hon. Charles Stuart Savile. We have then
a beautifully engraved portrait of Webster, the
great American statesman, accompanied by a short
biographical notice. We have also a pleasant gossip-
ing paper on the.' Festivities and Superstitions of
Devonshire," by Mrs. James Whittle; the conclusion of
" Reminiscences of the late Bishop of Norwich," by his
daughter; and several other amusing articles. Leech
furnishes a rich illustration to Sir Aldringar.

HOOD'S MAGAZINE.
This periodical is more of a poetical melange, than of
ordinary magazine articles. " The Avenger" is brought
to a conclubion. by the publication of the fifth act, and
wi:h a miscellaneous assortment of cullings, emendations,
sentiments, sonnets, and curiosities of prose and poetry,
an agreable, though cloying, banquet is provided for the
subscribers.

THE OXFORD AND CA VBRIDGE REVIEW.
We observe that this Ui iversity- organ has a more
substantial appearance now than hur?tofore. Under its
second editor it is apparently, and if so, not undo-
servedly, prospering. Sume of the articles have lattcrly
been remarkable for their elaboration, and, as an exam-
ple of this, we may mention the paper upon " Westmin-
ster Abbey." To those who are most familiar with that
magnificent relic of mieceval architecture, it will be as
interesting as to those leas.t acquainted with its antique
beauties. Whatever may be said in depreciation of the
gothic style of architecture as a mongrel style, a barba-
rous and florid style, the superb minsters and abbeys
scattered so plentifully about England attest sufficiently
well the genius of their fabricators, while they render
sarcasm futile and derision dumb by their magnifold
graces and exquisite proportions. Of these buildings,
Westminster Abbey is among the most splendid ; one
portion of it being of matchless beauty (we mean, of
course, King Henry the Seventh's Chapel). But that
the " Sacrifice of Cracow" can scarcely be spoken of too
frequently, inasmuch as it is associated with the liberties
and safety of all the lesser principalities of continental
Europe, we should regard the article under that heading
as rather stale and profitless. With a silly and insigni
ficant vituperation upon Sir E. L. Bulwer Lytton and
his " Lucretia," the minor criticisms form but a con
temptible group. Otherwise, the Oxford and Cambridge
Review is praiseworthy.