The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDvtIN,
_MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, NW

PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.- -BA.-SHEET.

An Account of the Net Public Income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ended the sth day of January, J:F47 (after abating the Expenditure thereout defpaved by the several
Re
RevenumentDe esparfortments), a
Wn d of the actual Issues or Payments within the same Period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the Redemption I3c Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and
pay Local orks, S.

•._
INCOME OR REVENUE. Total, EXPENDI TUBE. ,
f-----
ORDINARY REVENUE AND RECEIPTS. I .£ s• d,
s. d. £ s. d.
Customs
.... 23,439,5/3 7 6
Excise '20,568,908 18 5 Funded Debt.—lnterest and Management of the Permanent Debt ........... .- 4 .
113,988,310 4 5 Terminable Annuities
3,916,981 18 6
Stamps
Taxes (Land and Assessed).....
Total Charge of the Funded Debt, eft lusive of 9,7001. 7s. Id., the Interest
Property -tax 5,395,390 17 5 on Donations and Bequests. ...
Crown Lands 845,000 0 0
27,656,555 6 0
Post Office
ls. and 6d. and 4s. in the JC on Pensions and Salaries - 120,000 1 0
1. 03
421,431 11 6
Unfunded Debt.—lnterest on Exchequer-bi as
------
Small Branches of the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown
-
Surplus Fees of Regulated Public Offices 226,518 6 8 Annuities and Pensions for Civil, N:tival, Military, and Judicial Services, 393,051 4 8
&c., charged by various Acts of P hirliament on the Consolidated Fund....
52,950,202 5 0 Salaries and Allowances
Diplomatic Salaries and Pensions . 265,977 10 8
OTHER RECEIPTS. Courts of Justice
M
89790,,64502 9 1
4 1
1 111
1849
Miscellaneous Charges on the Conso4 fated Fund ................................. 4
Money from China under the Treaty of August, 667,644 9 7
_
Imprest and other Monies . 102,462 13 7 Army
Money received from the East India Company 60,000 0 0 Navy 6,699,699 0 0
Unclaimed Dividends (more than paid)
MO rids
cneal
n iliaceeous, chargeable on the Anitual Grants of Parliament .............. 327,,,238606431:,34533634
39 56
4 0 0
t 53,790,131 7 5
420,129,036 12 11
------
Excess of Income over E::penditure ............. , .................. 50,943,830 8 32,846,307 19 2
53,790,138 7 5
1 ... ... 53,790,138 7 5
_____

An Aceount of the Balances of the Public Money remaining in the Exl
ended the sth day of January, 1847 ; the Money applied towards
Works, &c., with the Difference accruing thereon ; and the Balances

:hequer on the sth day of January, 1846; the Amount of Money rase d by the Additions to the Funded
the Redemption of the Funded or paying off unfunded Debt; the 1!(otal Amount of Advances
and Repayments on Account or Unfunded Debt in the Year
of Local
in the Exchequer, on the sth day of January, 1847.

X a. d. £ s. d. ISSIJUD.
X s. d. .£ F. d.
BALANCES in the EXCHEQUER on the sth day of January, 1846
..• ••• 8,452,090 0 Oil To the Commissioners for the red, uttion of the National Debt, to be
applied to the redemption, of the Public Debt :
By issues, per Act 10 George IV-, c. 27
MONEY RAISED ix THE YEAR ENDING THE STH DAY OF JANUARY, 1847, BY
By interests on donations and beTts ests
THR CREATION OF FUNDED OR UNFUNDED DEBT.
3,578,453 14 9
Deduct sum applied not in redem pt ion of Funded Debt, but of Con-
Exchequer-bills 9,379,6001, per Act 8 Victoria, c. 23, charged on solidated Fund Deficiency Bills
1,178,453 14 9
Supplies ... .............................................................................. 110,000 0 0
To the Paymasters of Exchequer-bilbs for payment of Unfunded Debt : --------
-
Exchequer-bills, 9,024,900/, per Act 8 and 9 Victoria, c. 129, charged Money out of Consolidated Fund for :payment of Public Works
and West India Relief Bi at:
on Supplies ............................. : ................................................ 8,921,900 0 0
10,500 0 0
Money out of Ways and Means, tGrants applied to payment of Sup-
ply Exchequer Bills ...
18,300,100 0 0
69,500 0 0
Exchequer-bills, 18,380,2001., per Act 9 Victoria, c. 15, charged on
. 9 268,400 0 0
Supplies
---------- 18,380,300 0 0
Exchequer-bills for payment of Si ipply Bills
Total amount of Advances for Local Works, &c., under various
18,300,300 0 0
~- _
Acts of Parliament
Exchequer-bills, West India Relief Bills, per Act 6 and 7 Victoria, C. 87... B,OOO --4)2* 0
' 2,339,715 13 1
-,-..- 18,308,300 0 0
4 4 Total amount of Repayments *l' Local Works, &c., ander various
~.?..,
~ Acts of Parliament ,
/' 1,423,053 16 6
---------. 916,661 16 7
Excess of Income over Expenditure
•.• ••• ••• 9,131,282 7 10i
... 4'.. 2,846,307 19 2 Balances in the Exchequer on the stlt day ofJanuary, 1817 .......... ..
29,606.697 19 24
...

Whitehall Treasury Chambers, January 20, 1847.

:9,606,697 19 24

J. PARKER.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

currence which had been given to it, what course her
Majesty's Government would feel it their duty t.,
propose with reference to the progress of that
measure, and whether they would deem it
necessary to appoint a Committee of their Lordships on
the subject, and he would be sorry upon the present
occasion to make any announcement to their Lordships
on the subject.

relative to Railways and Private Bills, be taken into con-
sideration, in order to their being made standing orders.
The resolutions were then agreed to, anti their Lord-
ships adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Jan. 23.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool-
seek at ten minutes to Five o'clock. There were about
siX Peers present.
CURS AND NAVIGATION LAWS SUSPENSION
BILLS.
Messengers from the Commons brought up these Bills.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said,—My Lords, I
move that you give a first reading to an Act to sus-
Pend till the Ist of September all duties on the importa-
tion of corn.
Ile Bill was read a first time in order to be printed.
to The Marquis of LANSDOWNE again said,—l have
e„l4°Ye that you give the first reading to the Navigation
"BPension Act till the Ist of September.
This Bill being also read a first time,
The NOBLE MARQUIS gave notice that at the sitting
of the House on Monday next, he should move the sus-
view of the st dinz orders of the House, with the
13" f Of
dader al - of these Bills through
all th 1 hating the progress
ges.
over th eiss,AhilleLEY, who spoke in a conversational tone
:newtons
of
the N
theft if he rthigehetlLrusnedheersptoroodpostehde
° Mont the Noble Marquis
the n 'lad reference only to two me.aestutreresgsoulsepteenddtihnge
avtation laws and the laws whr
7Pertation of corn. He understood also that the objectso
Of
these measures were merely temporary, and intended t
eet the exigencies of the time, and that therefore they
°lllll not extend beyond the Ist of September next.
ik—at*the same time he could not help availing himself of
F oPportunity to express his regret at the determine-
.,loll of her Majesty's Government—if really such was
reseit determination—not to make the measure with
-Peet t sugar used in breweries and
o
dlsrli • h.. exits a temporary, but one of a
rrinenent nature. He confessed he should have been
ierY glad if this measure had been introduced, as
pS believed it was roartoduced into her Majesty's
namely, as temporary measure, and
that it should have met with the entire una-
Mtnity of their Lordships, who could not have been
ttrvilling to have adopted such a step in order to meet
the exigencies of the present moment. It appeared
that there was a large quantity of sugar in hand, and
hoatre was no reason to apprehend that there was
a sufficient quantity to meet the demand ,
Which h
t e suspension of the penalties could not fail to
e_reeate, Therefore, when, instead of introducing the
meat*, as a temporary one, it partook of a per-
sh,: a. nature, the Government could not. expect
it would pass with as little discussion an
lettalrhlittle delay as the other measures—namely, the
teeasang navigation laws. If it was to be a permanent
tiet, _uietiti 1851 foreign sugars, owing to the equalise-
honi°! the duties, would come into competition with
net Zagr, ciwil sugars, and therefore home sugars would
the
tie& advantage of that protection to which they
At any rate the details of the measure
iouutuituthrequire
some consideration. He did not know
he wo "aer 'louse of Parliament intended to do, but
Gov__u d throw out this suggestion to her Majesty's
otof
titheinilteitsnotrbee,foe finally determining the permanency
whether there would be any objection
leresine Select Comnaittee, not for the purpose of delaying the
tog b g °f the measure, but for the purpose of inquir-
probaY
,viva voce evidence and by documents, as to the
aueh ,:31e effect of the adoption of the measure. If
this Course as he had mentioned were not adopted,
ke,'"uld be a measure thrust forward by the Govern-
that on the one hand, and opposed by the Members of
to7,l4ouse on the other hand, as a measure calculated
Agri
theyarties interested, and seriously to affect the
that "10 elt!ltural interest of the country. If it could be proved
)~itiees operation of this Bill was not to increase the
e or better the country, they ought to let the.
1111._ rs ae opportunity of seeing the facts in
shegi,:re detailed form than it was possible for
deb t° see them in a mere reference to casual
°
_,ie3ates in Parliament. Such a course would be a very
throreble one to pursue. He had taken the liberty of
tiedwing out these suggestions to the Noble Marquis
her Majesty's Government, with the view of induc-
eu-g. theta to take this question into their consideration,
rtnot with a view of creating a vexatious opposition.
5 hoped that the Noble Marquis would explain the
_°Urse intended to be pursued with reference to this and.
°tiler measures —whether it was intended to give a perma-
Lj%est effect to this and the other measures passed with a
ew to the well-being of society in Ireland. The Noble
rquis had also said that he should move for some ne-
tltrus. He hoped that these returns would enable her
t ajesty's Government to come to a satisfactory deci-
?ton with regard to the state of Ireland. He had heard
4._.t rumoured, and it was chiefly for the purpose of aster •
"aping if that rumour was correct that he ventured to
the Noble Marquis, after the statement he had jolt
ZION if it were intended to postpone any further dis-
t73sioll on his former motion until an oppor-
-41-itY 0 :cut red at a later period, or of taking
dinussion on the bringing up of sup
illfrom the House of Commons. If the bringing up
,1! the Bill were to be considered an opportunity for its
Isetission, he thought ho should be able to throw out
/I,,,°ltie suggestions which her Majesty's Government
°Qlcl be, Perhaps, desirous to adopt. Perhaps there
Would
be no objection to the Noble Marquis on Monday
11,e,04t,giviug this information, so as to enable many Noble
ei Jus who were deeply interested in it to come to a de-
rhie n on the question.
"le Marquis of LANSDOWNE was about to reply,
liot°lll BROUGHAM said the question before the
Tae had not been disposed of.
belie e MARQUIS of LANDSDOWNE said that he
tit:h.-led it had. The Bill had certainly been read a first
Lee-,i With regard to the questions put by the Noble
ge -7 ( Stanley) he would endeavour to answer the sug-
presn:letioris thrown out by him in the order in which he had
lital''ed them. Nothing could be more correct than the
iVi em` litwhichjhad already been advanced on this subject.
she"Q 'reference to what was proposed with respect to
%el two Bills, it was proposed to carry them through
*lice °llse with all possible dispatch. Then, with refer-
ferr to, the other Bill to which the Noble Lord had re-
-1,1.,7(1, allowing the use of sugar in distilleries, the Go-
e,,,B4'tent intended that to be a p •rmare lit measure. It
Uoq a question which had occupie l c usiderable ntten-
eve; 14. the part of the Government ; they had, how-
make2 ,I'lly considered that it would be much better to
tell
measure permanent at once than, by passing a
tincirtarY measure, to have the subject brought again
14r the consideration of their Lordships at a future time.
.1 therefore been thought necessary to make the Bill
Jet iient rather than cause a roc )nsideraliun of the sub-
the 2ours* of ti,e i'hat 13 11, however, in
eho'cliience of the varied nature of its details, would be
Bop which, in the opinion of her Majesty's Government,
fore not be easily disposed of, and he would not there-
tlfs' Ulll.ler any circumstances, adopt a course similar to
xiie}:hich he intended to pursue upon the other Bills to
stages be bad alluded, viz., to pass them through all their
164 St once. When that Bill came up from the other
iee
Lozdsl:ipi vv,ailit 11117.8 in.uple opp
W°llortunity
“11',iitiz to that iees,tire their Tullest c.,:nsrati6L.
its.ld de-pen anti el fromd however, uon the state of the Bill on
Ile other Hop
use, and the degree of con

' SMALL DEBTS COURTS ACT.
APPOINTMENTS OF JUDGES.
(From the Birmingham Journal of Saturday.)
Our readers throughout the Midland Counties, and to
I the limits of our circulation in the northern towns of
Lancashire and Yorkshire, are anxiously expecting the
long promised official announcement of the Lord Chan-
cellor s selection of the District Judges.
We believe that we are correctly informed, when we
state that Mr. Leigh Trafford, of Cheshire, and Judge
of the Warrington Court of Requests, has been offered
and accepted the District Court of Birmingham. The
Learned Gentleman is a barrister of standing and judi-
cial experience.
The clerkship of our local district cannot have been
yet determined, and does not rest exclusively on the
new Judge. The circular letter of the Lord Chancellor
to the judges already appointed, in offering the judge-
ship, states as follows:
"The Lord Chancellor, in making this offer, wishes you to
understand, that in case of your acceptance of office, you
must consider yourself liable to undertake any further duties
that Parliament may think it expedient to impose upon you.
llis Lordship would also suggest to you the propriety of con-
sidering whether there are any professional gentlemen who
have claims to the appointment of clerk, arising from their
holding any office connected with any court in your circuit, and
would be obliged to you to submit their names for his approba-
tion, with any remarks you may think it advisable to make. I
should, at the same time, state that his Lordship is at pre.
sent inclined to think, that, as far as is consistent with the
1 claims of those whcso interests are recognised by the Act,
1 there should be one principal Clerk to superintend the busi-
ness of the whole Circuit, with an office in each town where
a Court is appointed to be held."
We hear that in Westminster Hall, on Friday, the
following appointments have been already made—more
or less of interest to our readers, and to the adjoining
counties where our paper circulates :
North Lancashire
South West Lancashire
Liverpool
Manchester
Bradford
Sheffield W. Walker. I
_

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From tho Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

THURSDAY, JAN. 21.

South-Eastern Railway (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge)
Bill, " to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to
make a Railway from the North Kent Lina of the South-
Eastern Railway at Lewisham, to Tunbridge. with Branches
to Dartford, Sevenoaks, Maidstone, and Paddock Wood,".
presented, read a first, and ordered to be react a second time.
FRIDAY, JAN. 22.

The following petitions for Railways were presented, and
the Bills ordered to be brought in :
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Station Approach
in Manchester).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. and Manchester and
Lincoln Union, and Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal
Amalgamation.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Branch from Ash-
ton-under-Lyne to Oldham).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Branch to Chapel-
town and Thurgoland Coal Branch).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (junction with the
Midland Railway vid Barnsley, and Branches therefrom).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Ashton Canal Pur-
chase).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire :(Branch at Bugs-
worth to join the Peak Forest Canal Tramway, and
Amendment of Acts).
Norfolk (Branch from Thetford to Join the Ipswich and
Bury St. Edmund's Railway near Bury St. Edmund's).
Norfolk (Branch from Wymondharn to the Norwich Exten-
sion of the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway, and
the proposed Thetford and Reedham Railway, near Dim).
Leeds Central Railway Station.
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Lease to the London
and North-Western Railway Company).
London and North-Western (Newport Pagnell, Olney, and
Wellingborough Branch).
London and North-Western (St. Alban s, Luton, and Dun-
stable Branch).
Wilts. Somerset, and Weymouth (No. 2).
Hartlepool and Stockton Junction.
Rochdale Canal (Sale to the Manchester and Leeds Railway
Company).

Leeds
York

PRIVATE BILLS.
Resolved. That after Tuesday next this House will not re-
ceive any Petition for a Private Bill, unless it be presented
within three clear days after it shall have been endorsed by
one of the Examiners.
Resolved, That on and after Tuesday next, all memorials
complaining of non-compliance with the standing orders be
deposited in the Private Bill-office before six of the clock in
the evening of any day on which the House shall sit, and
before two of the clock on any day on which the House shall
not sit, and that two copies of every such memorial be de-
posited, for the use of the Examiners, before twelve o'clock
on the following day.
Resolved, That all memorials complaining of non-com-
pliance with the standing orders, in reference to petitions
which stand in the " General List of Petitions" after number
250, be deposited on or before Saturday, the Gth day of
February next.

Lincolnshire
Leicester and Rutland .
Nottingham .. R. Wildman.
Derbyshire ...........
Bath and Wells — Smith.
Bristol
We have heard of no certain appointments for the
Warwickshire district (excluding Birmingham), nor
who will be the fortunate Judge of the Dudley, Wolver-
hampton' and Iron districts, and we do not think that
they are definitely settled.
We hear that great paise is given to the Lord
Chancellor for those selections hitherto made, and
that he has not allowed mere political considerations
to fix the country with unnecessary compensations.
to retired or displaced Judges of the old Cuurts. Mr.
Starkie, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Amos, are the
Judges at present appointed in the London metropolitan
districts.
No treasurers are yet appointed, and their districts
will be larger considerably, than those of the Judges,
probably not exceding twenty in number.
O nr rea dme rrs.
C. be b
J. e
Gale l a, di s t
soole
ge atrend that
Judgeour fellow-
townsman,
of h
district comprising Hants and the Isle of Wight.

EXTREME
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hsourtsndmo3o.n el
ads t
,b effoorr en
ot the- e.
plaN3',iion do
nsotr
of
bench of iSag
DISTRESS.—Amongst the persons who
istwr:gseas
poor woman, who was unable to appear before the Bench
in consequence of beingher clothes from
sheer distress. compelled to pawn
LOVE AND SUICIDE —A most melancholy occur-
rence took place yesterday morning at the Cock and Mag-
pie, Worship-street Finsbury. One of the barmaids at the
above house, named Eliza Fearon, age about twenty years,
and who has been for some years in the employ of the pro-
prietor, was it appears on the point of being married to one
of the police force, but who she had reason to believe, from
some communication she had received, was likely to prove
false-hearted, and although she heti endeavoured within these
last few days to bear up, and present a more than usually
gay appearance, yet she yesterday appeared to have sunk
under her affliction. She rose at the usual hour, and at-
tended to business, complaining, however, of being
ber unwell
and, after having breakfasted, retired to her cham to rest.
Shortly after ten o'clock another barmaid (Mary Jones),
who slept with deceased, went up stairs to learn if she was
better ; she, finding the door fastened, called a man-servant,
who forced the door, when deceased was found suspended by
a the bed-posts and pert
a very small cord to one . , 3'
to dead.
tures •
She was remarkably pretty in fea , and her figure
though petite, was elegant ; but she was chiefly admired fo;
her excellent te:nper and amiable manners.
RAIL WA Y RETURNS.
RAILWAY TsArrie.—The following are the Total Reed
RAILWAY
of Eau_
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date tP
respective returns are ma ,de together with the recei which the
pts of the same
Telt in the previous Year:-__

****
ea028661815.14:1i.650288772
_2320
1515,81474752121
16
Newcastle
to
aEnrin,
sdaaTny.Etdea nlter:lld.Vfinrlrs
week In the previous y
Week
NAuE or RAILWAY.
ending
12:70706
Jan. 16 Arbroath and r
15 Chester and Blrke 481
* • ••.• ••
d sanderland .• ••• • • . ..... 286 229
Durham an
d
16 Edinburgh and Glasgow . •
11479 DublinlD)uunbnd
Dundee
e andana nd DAr Kingro
8,065 2
17 Eastern Counties and Nor astern.. ,623
16 East Lancasihre ••••• • • • • • ........
10 Eastern 'Union • ..... ••••••• • • • • • • •
ock and Ayr 456
16 Glasgow,• 16 Glasgow and • 906
5,884 5,046
726
Gravesenllll
16 Great Southern and Western
1,046
17 Great Western, Ice ••••••• • • • • • • • •
... ... ... ......
10 Ipswich a ndßdaanru:r3:•nicil:ll•" ••
••
• *I:. •
•-••• London and North Western, &c„...„ 406
17 London and Blackwall.• •••• . • •
16 London and Brighton. •••• • • • • find 727
London and Croydon .•.•• • • •• ~533 4,131
17 London and South Western ..„
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sr,Bheoeelfiltd
Leeds,
d, anandnddHLl
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Assoc
17 Maryport and Carlisle •• • • iire 1,730 1,566
16 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 44b 377
16 Newcastle and Carlisle .• • •
Newcastle and North 2,039 1,661
17 Norfolk ...... ••..••••• • • • • • • • ...... 472 387
16 North British .. •• •••••• • • • .• 1,270 1,005
Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • • •• .• 1,338
4,451
15 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... . • 417
298
15 South Devon..
16 Taff Yale •••••• • • •• "• • 769
17 Ulster ..... ................. • • 1,2 6 1,136
729 639
16 York and North Midland •• " 7,252 ......
15 South
1M1NV.,,..001.=••••••••••••.••••..........:...........Z 4,896 4,30,
So
the electric telegraph from the Nine 1E: he extension of
to ,tv, t,,i,orrnh ~pion, • ~ ,al.lB ternlinUs,
)n .rN ,
~‘., \- • if: now
. . .
clet
irew.c BranchesE:

SouTn -WESTERN TE LEGR 11 Ttie exle
the electric telegraph from the Nine E:ms teriuinus,
t 1.1"
•
finished ye3terilay, so that nothing remains to be don
in Wellington-street, and across the Strand, to tl
where the requisite apparatus is already fitted up.

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le except
le office,

LITERATURE,‘
ORATORS OF THE AGE, comprising Portraits
Critical, Bioyritphical, and Descriptive by G. H.
Francis, Editor of " Maxims and Opinions of tbc
Duke of Wellington."
Our readers will doubt!ess recollect certain admirably
written papers entitled "Contemporary Orators," which
have from time to time appeared in Fraser's Magazine
during the last twelvemonth, and from which we have
not unfrequently given extracts. These papers having
attained a high popularity not only in this country, but
on the continent (several of them have been translated
into French), Mr. Francis has done wisely in collect-
ing them together, for publication in a separate form.
This work, however, is not merely a reprint from Fraser:
each sketch has been subjected to careful revision, and
many of them have been re-written or remodelled. In
his position Mr. Francis possesses great advantages for
collecting materials for such a work as the one now
under notice, and he knows well bow to avail himself of
these advantages. He has consequently produced a
book which is decidedly the best of its sort. His criti-
cisms are acute, yet fair and impartial, and his portraits
are perfect Daguerreotypes—we give the portrait of Lord
jail Russell as a specimen.
" Can that little, quiet, fragile, modest, almost insignifi-
cant-looking man, so neat, plain, and formal in his black coat
and snow-white neckcloth, who sits with his legs crossed
'env-Low,' and his hat overshadowing his sharp features
they are scarcely seen,—can that he Lord John Russell?
Is he really leader of that compact and numerous party?
And has he the power or the skill to rule and rein them in ; to
amalgamate all their di,cordant varieties; to tame their poli-
tical violence, of which you have heard and seen so much ; to
pour the oil f his philosophic spirit on the troubled waters
of their excited passions; to beguile them into suspending
or giving up their cherished opinions and settled purposes,
and cordially uniting in working out his views, and respect-
ing, if not obeying, his will? When yov regard the phy-
sique of Sir Robert Peel; bis full, commanding figure, his
intellectual face and head, his handsome expressive counte-
nance, his erect and manly bearing; you are half tempted
to believe, on trust, all you have heard of his magical in-
fluence over the House of Commons: but no persuasion will
induce you to think that the diminutive model of a man who
has been pointed out to you as Lord John Russell—whom
Lord Palmerston, his next neighbour, might almost dandle
in his arms—can possess those qualities which history tells
us are necessary in order to sway popular assemblies.
" In a few moments he takes off his hat and rises from his
seat; advancing to the table to speak. Now, for the first
time, you see something that prepossesses. His head,
though small, is finely shaped ; it is a highly intellectual
head, and the brow is wide and deep. The face, broad and
firm set, sphynx-like in shape, is not of faultless outline, but
it is strongly marked with character. A thoughtful repose,
slightly tinged with melancholy, pervades it. The features
are sharply defined; they look more so in the extreme pale-
ness of the complexion—a paleness not of ill health, but of
refined breeding. The mouth is wide, but finely shaped;
surrounded with a marked line, as though it were often
made the vehicle of expression, while the lips are firmly
compressed, as from habitual thought. The eye is quick and
intelligent, the nose straight and decided, the eyebrows dark
and well arched, and the whole face, which seems smaller
still than it is, from the absence of whiskers, is surmounted
by dark and scanty hair, which leaves disclosed the whole
depth of an ample and intellectual forehead. A moment
more, and you are struck with the proportions, though
small, of his frame—his attitude erect, his chest expanded.
You begin to perceive that a little man need not of necessity
be insignificant. There is a presence upon him, a firm com-
pactness of outline, a self-possessed manner, a consciousness
of latent strength, that lead you to abandon your unfavour-
able view of his physical attributes, and to hope much from
his moral and intellectual qualities.
" lie speaks, and for a time your disappointment returns.
Yoe have seen him make one step forward to the table, look
all round the house, then make a step back again into his
old place; then with the right arm stretched partly out, and
his face half turned to his own supporters, he begins. His
voice is feeble in quality and monotonous. It is thin, and
there is a twang upon it which smacks of aristocratic affec-
tation ; but it is distinct. He is, perhaps, about to answer
some speech, or to attack some measure, of Sir Robert Peel.
He goes on in level strain, uttering a few of the most ob-
vious commonplaces of apology or of deprecation, till the
idea of mediocrity grows irresistibly upon your mind. Yet
the House seem to listen anxiously—they would not do so if
they did not know the men. Wait a little. A cheer comes
from around him • it bears in it the effeminate laugh of Mr.
Ward, the deep bassoon note of Mr. Warburton, the shrill
scream of Mr. Sheil, the loud hearty shout of Mr. Wakley,
and the delighted chorus of the Radicals and manufacturers.
Nay, even on the opposite side, the ' point' has not been
without its effect, as many a suppressed titter testifies. All
the level commonplace, it scents, was but the stringing of the
bow ; at the moment when least expected, the cool, prepared
marksman has shot his arrow of keen and polished sarcasm
at Sir Robert Peel, whom it bas fleshed, if not transfixed.
You follow the speaker a little longer, now fairly interested
in him, even though opposed to his opinions, and you find
that he has more of those arrows in his quiver. And then
he proceeds, during a speech of perhaps an hour and a half,
developing those characteristics of his mind which we have
described in detail; now earning approval by his enlarged
and statesmanlike views, now lowering himself to the level
of the various prejudices of his party ; alternately compelling
respect and admiration or provoking something like con-
tempt ; now rousing his own side to cheers against their
opponents to laugh at or suspect their own leaders; but al-
ways exhibiting power, self-passession, tact, skill, parlia-
mentary and political knowledge, command of language,
and felicity of diction, surpassed by but a few of the distin-
guished men of the day.
" Meanwhile you have lost sight of the defects of the
speaker—defects of voice, manner, and action, which place
him as far below Sir Robert Peel, in the merely mechanical
part of oratory, as his occasional elevation of thought and
happy choice of laugulge place him in these respects above
him. If you bad not thus been carried away, you would
have been speedily wearied by the drawling monotony of
voice, the hesitation in delivery, the constant catching up
and repetition of words, and even of portions of sentences ;
andyou will have noticed that the only action used was a
constant stepping forwards from the bench to the table and
back again, an occasional thumping cf the latter with the
right band, when not rested permanently on it, a folding of
the arms akimbo, or an action peculiar to this orator when he
recta his left elbow on his right hand, while the left arm,
raised perpendicularly, is held up as if in warning at his op-
ponents."

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. CLVII.
From the interesting narrative (written in Latin
by the Jesuit Giulio Cordara in 1751) of the expedi-
tion of Charles Edward Stuart, very recently ren-
dered into Italian by Antonio Gussalli, an historical
article of singular beauty has suggested itself to one
of the Quarterly reviewers. That article is contained
in the present number, and is entitled " The Stuarts
in Italy." Whether it be from the natural sympa•
thies inspired by occurrences of a chivalrous charac-
ter when associated with youth, illustrious lineage,
and extraordinary misfortune, or whether it arise
merely from the circumstance of these romantic inci-
dents dating from so recent a period in the past cen-
tury, it is certain that no events of a purely national
kind have so particularly arrested the attention, and
aroused the imaginations, and elicited the compassion
of Englishman as the vicissitudes encountered by the
last, and, for a while, the noblest of the royal house
of the Stuarts, among the turns and 15lenso f Cale-
donia. Alfred burning the cakes o
athrmeafworietisltethees
wife. Coeur-de-lion vying in deeds
of
valorous Saladin—Henry the Sixthpianiuoi
gintiend atnile-
Tower, in the involuntary guise of an n
chorite—not one single epoch or personage in the
whole annals of Great Britain, so entirelyr fascinates
astheep
Pretender.
6, anned f tahe et
ptheersopno:plguelarstmyliend
The Youngaendi4ers.- T
may even be recognised in the enthusiasm ex-
cited by the latter
among his adherents,
onattanoenoeus
gatheringsmoment promised the
t north-
men,
o restore
the regalia to the possession of the dy-
nasty from which it had wrested,been by the suffer-
ifonrgtsuneensdusareerdi,fiteleied,waronndgathe
borne, the blood spilt, the
hearths desolated in his
behalf. If any testimony were 1
qaulivreendtitlroopursovreisitrhlge
veracity of the historians of thisis
ai in
dS cpoatslsai to)
passionate
a,
ttehpa to testimonyetry of tne
found in the beautiful
Jacobiteballadsa—ndthraen. which there are not in existence more fervent
markable specimens of party-feelings, party-loyalty
and party-violence. What can evidence a more
of
frantic devotion to the cause
an individual than
the famous " Cam' ye by Athol,"
eit preserved to us by
the faithful memory and fluent
Shepperd ?--that gallant battle-song
eow.hioh the
rings to
the last syllable with the gaudium
"Down through the Lowlands, down wi' the Whigamore,
Loyal true Highlanders, down wi' them a lyl
Ronald and Donald, drive on wi' the braidrelroeere'
m
Over the necks of the foes of Prince Charlie !
Follow thee, follow thee, wha wadna follow 'tee !
Lang hast thou loved and trusted
thee?
fairlyo ?
Charlie, Charlie, wha wadna follow h King of the Highland hearts, bonnie Prince Charlie?"
Nor is the dynasty of Brunswick of that juvenileof and
inglorious character, which in the times the
rfirstes_
Georges rendered it dangerous to utter an
expres-
sions of sympathy . in the fortunes of deexepxiled
princes. The truest and staunchest lieges of our sove-
reign lady Victoria may now, without peril to them-
selves, and without the slightest diminution
of. their good name as loyal subjects participate fully
in those sentiments of admiration which the conduct
of Prince Charles, throughout his unfortunate expe-
dition, enkindled among his faithful Highlanders.
With all our ideas as to "legitimacy," it is impos-
sible to deny that the descent of Charles Edward
upon the kingdom of his ancestors, for the purpose of
re-asserting the claims of his father to the crown and
the kingship, possessed so much of the spirit of true
chivalry and antique prowess, that the fancy reverts
to the scenes of his wanderings and wretchedness
with a peculiar and reverent interest. Beyond the attrac-
tive cast of his intellect, Prince Charles was endowed
with all those externals which are most calculated to
ensure the affection and attachment of a generous
race like the Scots. Witness that interesting sketch
of his apparance and disposition given of him by Cor-
daro :—" Features cf remarkable regularity . and
beauty, with a certain princely air ; a noble, gener-
ous, and fervid disposition ; a soaring spirit, capable
of the loftiest flights ; a nimble, yet robust frame, and
an equable temperament were native gifts, to which
he added a studious acquaintance with all courtly
habits and observances, and an admirably gentleman-
like and easy manner, with an unfailingly joyous and
fluent address." That was the bewitching aspect of
the royal adventurer at the commencement of
his wayward existence ; little did it augur
the degenerate manhood ; little did the purity
and dignity of his adolecence prefigure the drun-
kenness and debasement of his degraded age. As a
picture of the closing scenes in the drama of the
dvrl9,,ty of the once puissent Stuarts, this contribu-
. , .
i.it.; too the Q,-..arterly ii:e.,;46.,) v,,,,1 i..ilu 1;ialll e'4,0,:-:.
1
A critical paper upon the ancient Portuguese Drama,
and especially upon the works of Gil Vicente) dis-