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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1841.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CHRONICLE.--We insert to-day Lord John Russell's
straight-forward and manly address to the electors of the CU%
of Londcn. It evinces a frank confidence in the seundress of
the Ministerial policy, asd in the intelligence and principle o'
the electoral body by which that policy will now be tried. The
City of London will pass judgment on " that kind of taxation
which, while it yelds nothing to the Exchequer, presses hcavil)
upon the people," and decide whether its pressure, already
crippling the energies of commercial enterprise and straitening
the poor in their means of subsistence, shallhe continued. There
can be no doubt that the result of the metropolitan contest wi:l
exercise a decisive influence on this great practical question.
No question of equal magnitide and simplicity has ever before
been presented to this great constituency. It is unembar-
rassed by rersonal considerations or minor tor les. Lord John
Russell appears before the electors as the representative of a
system of policy ; that policy which has for its "main object to
increase the comfort, to promote the trade, and to unchain the
industry of the great and pervading interests of the com-
munity., ' On that policy, the City will be polled, ay or no
Every man who does not vote for Lord John Russell answers
it in the negative. No mystifications or evasions can give an)
other meaning to his vote. Be is either for Lord John Rus-
sell; or he is for " monopolies injurious to the welfare of the
United Kingdom," and for new-taxes in addition to those mo-
nopolies. On this point, and on this alone, issue will be joined.
We' rejoice in the coming trial.
POST.—Lord John Russell has acceded to the requisition
of the sycophants of aristocracy who invited him to come for-
ward as a candidate for the representation of the City of Lon-
don. This can excite no surprise, for, in truth, Lord John;
had not the servile portion of the citizens of London offered
him the base homage of their votes, would have been at a loss
where to look for a seat in the next House of Commons, ant
must at once have had recourse to one of the family boroughs
of the House of Bedford. Lord John is spared this humiliation
for a moment, and for a moment only, by the requisition of
the toad-eating democrats of the City of London, who have
thus shown themselves to bear the same resemblance to
genuine and manly democrats that apes bear to men.
What sympathy or respect towards Lord John Rus-
sell can be felt by the honest and straightfor-
ward citizens of London of any party? Do they not
recollect him as the Minister who treated their corpo-
ration with studied contempt in the business transaction
relating to the building of the Royal Exchange ? Do they not
know him for the tyrant, upon whose motion their Sheriffs,
no longer than a year ago, were unjustly sent to gaol? Will
the citizens of London accept for one of their Members a man
who has thus acted, and whose only further recommendation
is that of having been spurned by every one of the numerous
constituencies he has successively represented ? Lord John
Russell deserves no commisseration from us; but we sincorel)
pity him nevertheless. He has been fraudulently 1w ed to a
step which must end in his bitter mortification, by a Cody of
persons of small weight or authority in the City, the object of
some of them being merely the mean one of flattering a Lord,
and that of others to create an excitement, by the novelty of
a real Lord as a candidate at Guildhall, under favour of which
the insignificance into which they know their party to have
fallen, may for some time longer be concealed.
HERALD.—Let the Livery of London only return Lord
John Russell to Parliament as their representative and the)
will soon find out the true extent and nature of their obligations
to him. He is backed, ridden, surrounded by a clique, who
are the sworn and avowed champions of " free trade." These
men, in pursuit of the abstract principle of such a system of
things, would sacrifice to-morrow the " mere " individual
" local " interests of the port of London, or of the corporation of
London—of its trade in coals, of its trade in sugars, in shipping
—or in any commodity or merchandise, in short, that can be
named, with no more compunction than Lord John Russell
bowled down the boroughs in schedule A, or Mr. Poulett
Thompson knocked such protective statutes as the " trade and
navigation " laws upon the head. Shall we be asked to when
or to what would Lord John Russell be prepared to surrender
such extensive communities, with all the capital, investments,
and engagements connected with them ? Why—to the "pre-
vailing interests," to be sure, of that very free trade!
TIMES.—Of the general result of the pending election no
well-informed person, be he Ministerialist or Conservative,
seems to entertain the smallest doubt. Men naturally differ,
as their wishes or fears predominate, as to the extent of the
loss which the Whigs and Radicals may expect to sustain, but
none whose judgment is of any value seem to feel the least he-
sitation as to the certainty of a Conservative gain. In a
northern journal, in the interest of the Government, which a
day or two since fell into our hands, a London correspondent,
professing to be intimately acquainted with the views of the
Ministry, says, that " out of 144 English county Members,
Ministers do not feel themselves safe of more than twelve."
In the present House they have forty. So that here alone
would be a working majority for Sir R. Peel, where no other
change to take place. But in the boroughs also a considerable
accession of strength to the Conservatives may be looked for.
In the metropolis the Whigs and Radicals have, at present, all
the seats but two. In the ensuing elections, the Conservatives
will start at least eight or ten candidates, and are not likely to
realise fewer than six seats. And so of the larger towns.
They are now contesting Manchester. Leeds, Bradford, Sal-
ford, -and Rochdale, and probably will start candidates in
Sheffield and Birmingham also. In none of these have they
at present a single Member. Even to gain three or four seats
out of the whole will be a great advance, especially as the
smaller towns are rapidly becoming Conservative. In such
places as Wycombe, Buckingham, Newark, Bury St. Ed-
mund's, Reading, &c., it is tolerably certain that there will be
a very decided change. The prospect, then, is encouraging.
The chief hope of the Whigs seems to be placed, not in their
ability to keep Sir Robert Peel out of power, but in the diffi-
culties which they predict will surround him on his entering
upon office.
ADVERTISER.—MonopoIy or no monopoly? This is the
question. Classes enriched and aggrandised at the public ex-
pense will, no doubt, array themselves against measures de-
signed to aamit all parties to free and unaided competition.
But the electors of London must bear in mind that all duties
operating for the protection of classes, and not for the public
revenue, are sheer loss to the State—an exaction of money
without an equivalent. Such are the Corn and Sugar Duties.
The landlords magnify their rent-roll by one, the favoured
sugar-growers their profits by the other; but we defy the most
ingenious casuist to point out a single advantage which the com-
munity derives from the system. It is, in fact, nothing less than
the desecration of legal authority to the perpetration of fraud.
It is not a party struggle in which the nation is about to en-
gage, it is a struggle for its very existence. Our commerce,
our capital, our skill are daily migrating to ether lands ; and
instead of being engaged in the promotion of our trade, actually
depress it, by the increased facilities of competition to whicn
a foreign soil affords them access. Nor is the wound thus in-
flicted the loss fatal in consequence of the feather of the shaft
which inflicts it having been drawn from our own bosom. This
indeed serves rather to give a keener pang to our suffering.
There is no need of politico-economical disqui-ition to exhibit
the bearings of the present question, which, expressed in its
undisguised and appalling enormity, is simply " Shall we or
shall we not have laws to secure the perpetuity of scarcity and
starvation ?"

A RARE SPECIMEN of MORALITY.
Some days since the Earl of Moantcashel, while presiding at
the annual meeting of the London Society for the Protection
of Young Females, related the following extraordinary cir-
cumstances, which his Lordship stated had reached him
through a source which could leave no doubt whatever of its
authenticity :—A young, handsome, and accomplished young
lady, of most respectable family connections, residing in the
country, had received a pressing invitation from a lady at
the west- end of the metropolis, to come to town and spend
a few weeks with her. The young lady accepted ;he
invitation and came to town, where she was received with
great kindness, and treated with great attention. In a short
time after her arrival, the lady who had given her the invita-
tion, took her to a fashionable shop at the west end, and
after looking at various articles, and making some pur-
chases, her friend requested the young lady to remain in the
shop for a few minutes while she merely went to the other
side of the street, saying she would return almost imme-
diately. The young lady of course consented, and her friend
lett the shop, to return, as she supposed, in a few minutes,
but in this supposition she was disappointed. After some
considerable time had elapsed, a female, of apparently ac-
complished manners, addressed her ; and after stating that
she had observed her anxiety at the absence of her friend,
and the awkwardness of her, as a stranger, being left so,
offered her a seat in her carriage, to take her to the house
of her friend. The young lady expressed her gratitude for
what she considered to be extreme kindness, and accepted
the offer. She was then ushered into an elegant car-
riage, with a coachman mid footman in costly liveries,
and driven away, as she believed, towyrds the residence of
her friend. Going along, however, she observed she did not
think that the coachman was going in the proper direction,
but the lady, her conductress, assured her they were ; but at
length the carriage drew up, and her companion assured her
that the coachman must have mistaken her directions, and had
driven to her own house instead of that of the young lady's
friend. She then requested her to walk in for a few mo-
ments, while she cave some directions tp her servants,
and was shown an apartment, and as soon as she entered the
door was locked, and there she was kept for some consider-
able time. At length, however, the door opened, and a gen-
tleman who, he , Lord Mountcashel) was ashamed and sorry
to say, was a clergyman belonging to the Church of England,
was admitted to her. The object for which he was intro-
duced there could be no doubt about, but acme idea might
be formed of his shame and mortification on beholding, not a
stranger, but a young and virtuous lady, with whose person
and friends he was very intimately acquainted, and lie being
actually the clergyman who had prepared the lady for con-
firmation. The lady, it was needless to add, escaped the
dreadful outrage intended to be committed on her i and though
she bad mentioned the facts as he had related them to a lady, a
friend of his (Lord Mnuntcashel's), who repeated them to him,
she had never disclosed the mune of the clergyman. In con-
clusion, his Lordship said, he had mentioned this circumstance
in order to show the extraordinary lengths that were gone to to
entrap persons, even in the higher ranks of life, into infamy,
and the necessity on the part of the members of the Society to
use the utmost efforts to check them.

MR. WILKINS AND THE BUCKINGHAM
CHEQUE.—We have looked, but looked in vain, for some
denial or explanation on the part of 1\ r. Wilkins or his
friends, in reference to the remittance which he is al-
leged to have received frotn.the Duke of Buckingham.
Afterwards, however, other facts have came to our know-
ledge : we found that Mr. Wilkins had been boebtiog that
" all his men" would be present at the meeting ; and not
knowing of any men ordinarily employed by the learned
gentleman, we presumed that the phrase had reference to
parties employed by him to attend that meeting for some
special purpose ; and knowing that a body of men,
armed with bludgeons and iron bars, had made an irrup-
tion upon the meeting, we could not help putting the
facts together, and asking what was the particular mis-
sion of the " men" whom the learned gentleman
was sending to the meeting, and whether they were
to be paid out of the Duke of Buckingham's remittance.

These questions remain, as yet, unanswered ; but we
think, and, if we are not mistaken, the public generally
will think, that they are far from being improper or im-
pertinent questions, and that some notice ought to be
taken of them by the party most interested.—Manchester
Guardian.
•
Godwin was of opinion that politics and fiction
might be combined with advantage, and made a source of re-
creation. Never was this more happily effected than in the
forthcoming Novel of " The Tory Baronet; or, Tories, Whigs,
and Radicals." In this most amusing and heart- stirring book,
the various factions which divide this country may see them-
selves exhibited with truth, spirit, and wit. The opinions of
popular leaders, and the tendencies of their systems' are de-
picted in striking colours, At the same time the character of
a Novel is faithfully preserved. There are enough he „,, and
Irishea rs
t,
x ficwhe holding
the sinecure office of "late auditor ,
heroines in these volumes to supply materials for ten times the
number of pages. The whole book is full Of wit, fun,, elec-
tion scenery, and Parliamentary contests—but yet, above all,
of that staple article of all true novels—the lore of real life.
The Earl of Roden has been in receipt of
2,7001. per annum, for the the
He has thus pocketed 111,700/. of public money, for doing
—nothing—but mischief ! Lord Joaelyn holds by the politics
of his father. He profe3ses to act upon the same principles ?
last
t forty-oneothe
years,
Will the electors of Leeds return him ;

ELECTION MOVEMENTS.
FROM Art ELECTOR.)
BANBURY; JUNE 13.--This little town has during the past
week been the scene of unusual excitement in consequence of
the approaching elections. Mr. Tenet ed, our present Mem-
ber, has been canvassing on the Whig interest. It was
generally -anticipated that there would be no contest, as the
Tories are few in number; however, Mr. Tancred has rot
been as successful as usual, as Mr. Henry Vincent, the well-
known Radical, has been invited by a large section of the elec-
toral body to pffer himself as .a candidate. Mr. Vincent
accepted the invitation, and on triday entered Banbury with
a public procession,. the numbers of which surprihed all parties.
The procession perambulated the principal streets cf the town
amid the ringing of the Church bells -and the cheering of the
populace. ' On reaching the Marketplace Mr. Vincent ad-
dressed the Assemblage, explaining the principles on which he
iolieited their votes, and was well received. Mr. Tancred, our
?resent Member, is to lecture on Monday night in the Thea-
tre; Mr. Vincent will also lecture on Tuesday night.:. .The
whole town is in a ferment. We have no Tory candidate,—
many opinions are entertained as to the result of the election.

( FROM .A CORRESPONDENT.)
CITY OF HEREFORD,AD active canvass was commenced
xi Saturday last by E. B. CliVe, Esq., and 11. W. Hobhouae,
Esq., the decided enemies of monopoly. Victory is certain.
The electors of Hereford will respond to the call of a Liberal
and patriotic Government, by the return of two anti-mono-
polists, to aid the triumph of the people's cause in the next
Sess'on of Parliament. An attempt will be made to return the
present monopolist, Mr. Burr, but his chance is hopeless.
HER EFORDSHIRE. ll.'Price, Bart., and K. Hoskini,
E.q., are the candidates for this county on the Liberal interest,
,nd Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., and D 7. Baskerville, Esq., on
he Tory side. T. Foby, Esq., the present Tory Member,
has expressed his intention of retiring. Price and Hoskins
are safe, the farmers and agriculturists of the county being too
enlightened and honest to be deluded by hypocritical piofea,
dons from 'the Tories. FreehOldera and electors of Hereforrl7
,hire, England's prosperity is at stake. Duty to your young.
and lovely Queen, your country, and your families, call' aloud
for your support—hesitate not to give it. " England expects
that every man will do his duty." •
( FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
ILFRACOMBE, JUNE I2.—The Hon. J. Fortescue his this
day been canvassing the Borough of Barnstaple with great
success. He was received by the electors with much en-
thusiasm,
having promptly responded to a must numerously,
signed requisition. No doubt is entertained but he will be re-
turned, together with the present Liberal Member, Sir Bruce
Chichester, Bart.

Mr. Hodgson, one of the present Members,
De Horsey, the discarded of Newcastle-under-Lyne, are can-
didates in the Tory and Monopolist interest. it is rumoured
that Mr. Hodgson wilt not stand the poll. and Mr. Spencer

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STANLEY FOR BERWICK.—It gives us the highest pleasure
:o be enabled to announce. as a matter definitively arranged
and determined on, that William Massey Stanley, Esq., eldest
son of Sir Thomas and Lady Stanley, of Haggerston and Hoo-
on, will, at the ensuing election, offer himself to the consti-
tuency of this borough, as the advocate of Liberal and lieform
principles. A candidate better fitted and better entitled to
represent the borough of Berwick, it would be difficult or im-
oossible to find.—Berwick Advertiser.

COUNTY OF LONGFORD.—The Reformers of this county,
led by the Whites—who have triumphed for the people in so
many battles—are ready to maintain their independence if the
,nemy should appear. Mr. Luke White arrived in town on
Thusday, and at once proceeded to his seat in Longford. At
such a crisis as the present, the Honourab!e Gentleman, true
to his t ame and the character of his family, will take his post,
and render victory certain.—Dublin Evening Post.
CITY OF DUNDEE.—In, the report that Sir Henry Parnell
will not again represent this town, there is no truth. Sir
Henry will again represent Dundee. He never stood in a bet-
ter position than at present. Many of thi se who on former
occasions opposed him have now seen their mistake, and will
most certainly, under existing circumstances, be his supporters.
—Dundee Advertiser.

THE NEXT PARLIAMENT.—The calculation generally made
is, that the Queen will have a majority of fifty in the new Par-
liament. We shall be very much disappointed if it he not
nearer seventy. Indeed, we should not be surprised at all if it
were upwards of a hundred.—Dublin Evening Post.
At a general meeting of the Liberals of all classes this day,
embracing every shade of political opinion, from High Whig-
gism to llepealers, it was unanimoasly decided to forward a
requisition forthwith to the Marquis of Kildare, calling upon
his Lordship to stand for the City of Dublin. There cannot be
any reasonable doubt that the representative of the House 'of
litzgerald will immediately comply with the reTtest of his
fellow citizens. Hurrah for Kildare and O'Connell !"—Dublin
Evening Post.

THE SUGAR DUTIES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sit,—As 1 think that the agitation of the sugar question
should not be suffered to slumber, I trouble you with a fact,
which may impress some of your readers more deeply than an
argument.

A friend of mine here has shown, me a sample of refined
sugar, which he has just bought after the rate of fourpence
English for an English pound. I suppose that the same article
would cost in England a shilling per pound, the quality being
excellent.

It is my intention to send a loaf of this sugar to my anti-
monopoly friends at'H—, that they may be able to exhibit
a tangible protest against monopoly.
I wonder the Teetotallers do not as a body take up the sugar
question. If they would have tea and coffee supersede ale and
spirits (and in this I go along with them), is it not their duty
to make tlic*e beverages palatable and nutritious at as cheap a
rate as possible ?
You are of course aware that the import duty upon refined
sugar is eighteenpence per lb.—more than four times the coat
of the article here.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
Hamburgh, June 9. W. W.

LANCASTER ELECTION.—We congratulate
the Reformers and Bread-tax Repealers on their having
at length obtained a candidate whose principles are
sound and liberal. Mr. Dashwood, the gentleman whom
our Election Committee has selected, arrived on Satur-
day last, and the intelligence of his arrival was greeted
with acclamation. In his address, which was published
on Saturday evening, he announced himself a candidate
for the representation of Lancaster, on the Liberal into-
rest, and explicitly stated his sentiments on the vital
questions now before thecountry. He openly avowed
himself the decided enemy of those great monopolies
which are crushing the energies of the country, a pro-
gressive Reformer, and an advocate of an extended sys-
tem of national education. He has since 'declaredthat
he will seek to abolish those obnoxious imposts, Chureh-
rates. With such sentiments and'principlescan,we doubt
that Mr. Dashwood will succeed ? The electors of Lan-
caster are now on their trial. -Let them not be found
wanting.—Lancaster Guardian.

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Mr, Robert Gordon, who was Secretary to the
Treasury, has published a farewell address to his consti,
tuents, in which he says—" Differing from her Majesty's.
Ministers on the question of the Corn-laws, I .have re-
tired from office, and it is my intention, for the present,
to retire also from Parliament. I will not suffer myself
to be brought into conflict with my old political asso-
ciates ; I will not requite the-kindness I have experienced
from Lord Melbourne by even partially opposing an ad-
ministration over which he presides..'—Mr. Gordon is
succeeded in the office of Secretary to the Treasury by
Mr. R. More O'Ferrall, late Secretary of the Admiralty,
Mr. John Parker, M.P. for Sheffield, one of the Lords of
the Treasury, has been appointed Secretary to the Ad-
miralty, in the room of Mr. O'Ferrall.

The Ascot Cup, given by her Majesty, and run
for and won on Tuesday last at Ascot by the Marquis of
Westminster's Satirist, is nominally of the value of 2CO
guineas, but cost the manufacturers, Messrs. Storr and
Hunt, no less than 400/. It is of solid silver, weighing
337 ounces, and standing 26 inches in height. The sub-
ject represents Alexander and his celebrated horse
Bucephalus, whom he is about to mount, and IN hose fiery
spirit he alone could control,

THE Wll EATHE.--uuring the whole or.t!the
present week we have had northerly winds with cold and raw
weather, con,idering that we are now so nearly approaching Mid-
summer. Great quantities cf very fine mackerel have been
brought ashore during the week, and vended in the town at the
rate of six and eight for a shilling. In consequence of the pre-
valence of northerly winds our Bay has been crowded with
homeward-bound vessels during the present week. Yesterday
they amounted to above 130 sail, and embraced some very fine
ships. It is to be hoped the wind will 'soon shift round and
waft them to their respective destinations, On Wednesday last
a lady and gentleman resident on the Marine Parade, who were
exploring the rocks whitth shelve out into the sea, at the base of
Shakspeare'P Cliff, to gather thence such fossil treasures as
they might find, got surrounded by the unobserved marches of
Davy Jones ; and, but for the timely approach of a boat en.
gaged at the works of the South-Eastern Railway, which was
passing at the time and rescued them from their perilous situa-
ion, the consequences might have been rather serious to the
adventurous pair.—Dover_

COMMINNION OF LUNACY ON A VISITOR TO
THE BANN: OF LoNnosz.—On Saturday a Commission of
Lunacy was opened at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, to inquire
into the state of mind of Mr. John Bridge, formerly a tide-
waiter, and possessed of I,tloo/. property. He appeared to
labour under absurd ideas of large I roperties having been left
him, and wasplaced in the Lunatic As3lum, Hoxton. Several
medical witnesses spoke as to his delusions. The investigation
is adjourned for further evidence.

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT THE BISHOP
OF CHESTER'S CONFIRIOATION.— On Saturday evening last
during the confirmation held at St. Thomas's Church, Ash-
ton, near Wigan, a crack was heard in the western gallery,
as if occasioned by great pressure. Alarm was immediately
taken, and in the rush made towards the gallery stairs the
females were literally piled one upon another on those who
had fallen at the bottom of the stairs. Ladders were imme-
diately obtained by the police, %nettle undermost at last extri-
cated. One young lady sprang from the gallery, and an aged
female, named Mary Peridlebury, died from injury the same
evening; numbers of females, were likewise seriously hurt.
The gallery has since been examined, and it is undamaged in
every respect.-- If Gazette.
RAILROADS V. THE METROPOLIS ROADS.—.
A circular, of which the following is a copy, has just
been received by the parochial authorities of Kensington
anti other parishes near Loudon :—" Metropolis Roads
Office, 22, W hitehall-place, May 27, 1841. Sir,—The
traffic by the various railroads from the metropolis, has
so importantly reduced the toll revenue of the metropolis
roads, that the Commissioners have been obliged to take
into their serious consideration in what manlier they can
best contract their expenditure, so as not to deteriorate
the efficiency of the roads under their charge. They
have come, to the conclusion that the lighting of the
roads being, in truth, more immediately for the accom-
modation of parties living by the sides of the roads, than
for the traveller, presents the most apposite source of
reduction. I, have been, therefore, directed by ti,,,
Commissioners to communicate the intention of the
Board to cease lighting the turnpike road within your
parish so soon as you shall have had time to make any
arrangements for lighting which may be deemed neces-
sary by the parish.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. L. Manton, Secretary."
VIENNA, JUNE 4.—An English courier, who
left Constantinople on the 23d of May passed through this city
yesterday. We learn that the Porte has now really issued, and
;Pt t to Alexandria, its firman containing its last concessions to
Mehemet Ali. The tribute to be paid by Mehemet Ali is said
to be fixed on a vei y moderate scale.
BRUSSELS, JUNE 12.—The Ostend Journal
says—" The Royal Family will come to reside at Ostend about
the end of this month, and will not leave us till September.
The presence of the Royal Family will attract, as usual, a great
many strangers of distinction, and we are assured her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent will honour our town with a
visit of some weeks before her return to ngland,"

The`(eneral Steam Navigation ompany's ves-
sel the Giraffe, R. Stranach, from Rotterdam, arrived off' then
Custm-house, yesterday, with the Dutch mail,

LITERATURE.

SKETCHES IN ERRIS AND TYRA T, LY.

Curry, Dublin, 1841.
These sketches are by the author of a
" Tour in Connaught," of which work, indeed,
they may be considered to be the continuation.
They are replete With amusing information
respecting *one of the wildest and least-kn Own
districts of Ireland,-and; in additiOn to their other
recommendations; they- will serve as an excel-
lent guide-book to those whose inclination may
lead them to explore the rude tracts of the " far
west," which, according to our author, should
never be visited in autumn, for then the rains
and fogs are in high season, and comfort is out of
the question. June, it seems, is the tourist's
time.,for Connaught, when he has every e4nee
of clear skies, dry ground, and smooth seas. In
its light, sketchy, discursive character, the pre-
sent volume reminds us of Mr. Maxwell's'". mid
Sports in the West," and we pay it a high com-
pliment when we say that it is little inferior to
that entertaining work. Among the diverting
local legends in which it abounds, we select for
extract a whimsical account of an Irish pea-
sant's adventure with the ghost of his own cow :
Phelim Barrett, a man well to do in the world, was
getting on like all his neighbours, that is, just as their
fathers before them did. He was married, of course ; had
his cabin full of children in one end of it, leaving room
for the cow and two pigs at the other, not to say any-
thing of a goat, a dog, and a eat. But Phelim's course
was not all along fated to run smooth; for his cow fell
over a precipice, and her leg was broken, and there was
nothing for him to do but to cut her throat, and though
she was anything but fat, yet, making the best of a bad
bargain, and as half a loaf is better than no bread,
Phelim salted the carcass, and if he was short of milk,
at any rate he and his had plenty of beef while it laSted,
barring that it was the least taste in life tough... •
Well, Christmas time was over, and Lent coming on,
and Phelim was very lavish of his meat, seeing that it
would be of no use after Shrovetide ; when one evening,
long after the sun was set, he hears a noise at the door ;
just like the lowing of a cow, so thinking it was one of
the neighbours' cattle that had got into his potato gar-
den, he went out, and sure enough he saw by the light of
the moon a beast standing at his door, for all the world
like his own brindled cow ; he felt her left horn, and
found his own brand, he saw the same round white spot
on her right hip, and her tail was short as was his own
cow. " Och, thin, Nanny Yoe, my jewel, I'd swear that
you were your own self, barring that I've been eating
you these five weeks ;" with this expression of hope and
doubt, he called on his wife to come out, and help to
verify the fact ; and, in the mean time, Phelim began to
pull underneath, to ascertain whether Nanny Voe had
any milk in her teats, and while doing so, off the cow
bounced. Phelim, not liking to part with her, made a
grasp at her tail, which catching, and still the cow
proving too strong to be stopped, off both man and
beast went as, fast as a cow could canter, and hither to
this very rath she came with Phelim clinging to her
tail. Now there is a round hole in the centre of the rath,
about as wide as would admit a man's body ; to this the
cow made, and down she went, and Phelim would have
gone with her, only that before he was sucked in, he dis-
entangled himself from the tail, and home he went very
thankful to the Virgin, and all the saints, who saved him
from being taken by " the gentry," who, no doubt, de-
sired, as they had the ghost of his cow, to have his own
also, to have and to hold till the day of judgment.

THE LAIRD OF LOGAN.
Robertson, Glasgow, 1841. •
In this little volume we have a choice variety
of anecdotes and tales illustrative of the wit and
humour of Scotland, introduced by biographical
accounts of the late Messrs. Carrick, Motherwill,
and Henderson, many of whose lively produc-
tions may be found in the volume. The work is
better adapted to the tastes of Scottish than of
English readers, the latter of whom will be apt
to lose or misapprehend the point of several of
the jokes, from the puzzling dialect in which
they are penned.

THE HOPE OF THE WORLD.
Bentley, London, 1841.
A re-publication, in a neat duodecimo vo-
lume, of Mr. Mackay's amiable and well-inten-
tioned poem, the " Hope of the 'World," of
which we have already spoken in terms of high
praise. In the present edition, there are two or
three additional poems, whose versification is re-
markably smooth and chaste.

KNIGHTS PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE.
Knight, London, 1841.
The entire play of " Troilus and Cressida" is
comprised in this Part, wherein also we find a
supplementary notice from the pen of the editor,
whose principal defect is that it is written in a
spirit of the most exaggerated panegyric, just as
if the play in question were the most marvellous
creation of human intellect that the world had
ever witnessed. " Troilus and Cressida" is by no
means the best of Shakspeare's dramas, nor can
it fitly be ranked—notwithstanding the deep
wisdom and beauty of some of the passages—
among the prodigies of genius. The Part is em-
bellished with the usual number of elegant, illus-
trations.

KNIGHT'S MISCELLANIES.
Knight, London, 1841.
We have here the first volume of Brand's
well-known " Observations on Popular Antiqui-
ties," which have been arranged, revised, and
greatly enlarged for this edition, by Sir Henry
Ellis—a gentleman every way qualified for such
a task. The volume is cheap and neatly printed,
and forms one of the numbers of " Knight's
Miscellanies."

ILLUSTRATED SHAKSPEAREI 13"1"rt XXV.

Tyas, London, 1841.

This Part contains the two first acts of the
Winter's Tale, to which are prefixed some intro-
ductory remarks by the 7.2:ditor, exhibiting much
just, if not very pr found or original criticism.
The Pictorial il'aistrations by Kenny Meadows
are in this clever artist's happiest manner.

TILP GERMAN CONVERSATIONAL STU-

DENT.
Longman and Co., London, 1841.

Towards the acquisition of the German tongue,
an indispensable accomplishment to every politer
person, Professor Bertinchamp's book will
prove both of service and value. The easy gra-
dation of his conversational lessons, and the fami-
liar pleasantness with which they are conveyed,
convert the customary dryness of grammatical
study into a light and gratifying. task.

THE ROYAL WA VAL SERVICE.
Ackerman, London, 1841.

Nautical books, however dry their details, ge-
nerally appear to consider their part well dis-
charged, if the information they attempt to
convey be precise as their chronometers and
needles. The writer of the above book, however,
seems to scout this school, and with the freedom
of Byron's pirate, discourses largely and poeti-
cally on those fabrics whose " march is o'er the
mountain-wave," and of which, suo judicio,
" angels drew the first design." His accuracy is
every where good, but he has not gone far
enough." Thus when, after having passed in re-
view those periods when our ships, no longer con-
fining themselves in a narrow crook of shore or a
peddling commerce, gave rise to " the Sea-
Kings," the Cinque Ports, the Norman navarchy,
and Elizabeth's vanquishers of the Armada, lie
comes at last to that eventful period when the
tough hempen cords started into links of solid
iron, and under the third George, STEAM be-
came a motive power to the purposes of naviga-
tion, a total blank occurs upon his page. Strange
that a book, treating professedly on the naval art,
and at a time when the," Cyclops" and "Gorgon"
are coursing our seas, and our steam-craft plying
so far out as Panama, should have committed so
singular an oVersighL
Nevertheless, the author must be allowed to
be a pleasant discourser on his subject, and
though he has not bethought him of our •‘ iron
bulwarks," yet the early parts of his book treat-
ing on that "ancient mariner" the Nautilus,
whom he supposes to have been the precursor of
the first vessel—the solitary ship of the NOachian
flood—and the shipping of Tyre—he pleases well.
His description from an old chronicler of one of
Canute's ships, addressed to Queen Emma, forms
a quaint picture:—
" On the sterns of the ships" (the royal fleet), says
the writer, "lions of molten gold were to be seen ; and
on the mast-heads were either birds whose turning
showed the changes of. the wind, or dragons of Various
forms, which threatened to breathe out fire : there were
to be seen on the heads and sterns figures looking like.
life: dolphins, also, of precious cast metal, and centaurs
that brought to mind the ancient fables ; but how shall
I describe the sides of the vessels, which were not only
painted in various colours, but swelled out with gold and
si!ver ornaments ?"

„.. .....
Towards the close of the book the information
on the civil department of the navy and those
portions relative to the personnel and materiel
thereof, are, for naval students, amply satisfac-
tory. The plates tbrm a series of fair-coloured
lithographs, of the different stands of vessels
with their flags and signals in use, and are com-
mendably executed. .

LIFE AND CONVERSION OF WILLIAM
HONE. .
Ward, London, 1841;

We took up this pamplet under an impression
that it was an autobiographical memoir of Mr.
Hone, the well-known parodist, whose trials for
blasphemy at Guildhall attracted such general
notice about twenty years since ; but on perusing
it, we found that it was an unfinished life of his
father, written by the old gentleman himself; not
long before his death, wherein he details the
particulars of his early life, and Mi.' conversion
lom Infidelity to Methodism. The narrative

is written pretty much in the fashion of the late
IMr. Huntingdon, the celebrated Evangelical
preacher, who, it may be remembered,. on one
occasion prayed for a pair of breeches, and was
immediately rewarded by a celestial present of
a pair of corduroy shorts, which had only
one defect, namely, that they were a very.
indifferent fit. Mr. Hone attributes his con-
version to the agency of an extraordinary
dream, from which he tells us he woke iu
extreme terror, " having seen himself drop into
hell, in the midst of flames." The dream made
a deep impression on hint, and he became in
consequence exceedingly nervous and low-spi-
rited; but at length, after twenty-four hours'
spiritual tribulation, a great change came over
him, and he adds, in a highly figurative sen-
tence, the exact meaning of which we do not
profess to understand, that he had " beauty for
ashcs, the oil of joy for mourning, and the gar-
ment of praise for the spirit of heaviness!" The
rest of Mr. Hone's autobiography is penned in
this fanatical style ; and though we gather from
it that the writer was a good man, we can per-
ceive few or no indications that he was a wise
one. He seems to have been a staunch disciple
of the Lady Huntingdon school—a sect of ami-
able fanatics, whose zeal always outran their dis-
cretion, and who damaged the sacred cause they
professed to uphold, by their extravagant antics
and declamations.

JOURNAL OF - CIVILIZATION. Part I.
Smith, London, 1841.
A cheap weekly journal, to be published
every Saturday, under the superintendence
of the Society fur the Advancement of
Civilization. By the following extract from
its prospectus, the reader will be able to
glean a tolerably correct idea of its character :
—" We have nothing to do with any politi-
cal party. The man of business may, there-
fore, glean from our pages information as to the
state of our colonies and eastern dependencies,
and descry commerce as the invariable com-
panion of Christianity and civilization; the man
of literature may find samples of modern travels,
either to satisfy or stimulate his thirst; and the
man of science may trace, in the fuhest confi-
dence, the progress and the results of geo-
graphical discovery. All will be aided by pic-
torial illustration, where verbal description fails,
or by whica it may be made more pleasing and
effective. Maps of countries, coasts, and towns,
and engravings of localities peculiarly interest-
ing, of the aspect and usages of the various tribes
of men, and of the animal and vegetable products
which must nearly concern the human family,
will be prepared in the highest style of accuracy
and beauty. ' The Part before us contains many
of the varieties alluded to in the above extract;
and among them is a terse, neatly written ac-
count of ew Zealand, accompanied by a map of
that promising colony.

THE PL AY-FE LLO
Knight, London, 1841.
Under the agreeable and social title of the
" Play-Fellow," Miss Martineau proposes to pub-
lish a series of prose tales, which are to come out
quarterly, and of which the volume before us is
the first, and, we may add, a favourable specimen.
It consists of two stories told in that simple, fami-
liar manner so attractive to young readers, and
• each is placed in striking and instructive contrast
to the other. The one is illustrative of peasant
life,, and the other of royal life, in France; and
the moral to be drawn from both maybe summed
up in one sentence—all is not gold that glitters.
The last tale is the best, and describes the career
of royalty in France during the stormy years of
the first RevOlution. For the materials Miss
Martineau is indebted to Thiers, and the enter-
taining memoirs of Madame Catnpan; and she
has turned the anecdotical information derived
from these sources to exce.lent account. We
think she is likely to succeed in this new scheme
of fictitious narrative, for she possesses a clear,
succinct, and lively style, throws out thoughts
and suggestions well calculated to impress them-
selves on the minds of young readers, and fails
only in the delineation of character, which, how-
ever, in slight tales of this sort will not be much
required.

STANDARD NOVELS, No. LXXXIV.
Bentley, London, 1841.
Miss Ferrier's novel of " The Inheritance,"
which at the time of its first appearance attained
a more than average share of popularity, is re-
published in this N umber, and has received the
last finishing touches of the author, who has re-
vised it expressly for this edition. The volume
possesses the additional recommendatiol of two
cleverish engravings, the designs for which have
been furnished by Cawse.