The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-28 00:00:00

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make any recompense, or to pay any fine, the magis-
trate might imp ose upon him.
Mr. HAanwrocKE said he had a great mind to send
him to prison at once, but as the officer had stated
that he thought the kick was not intentionally given,
he (Mr. Hardwicke) should fine him 51., or in default
to be imprisoned for one month in the House of
Correction.
Henry Holmes was brought before Mr. Hardwicke,
charged with stealing 261bs. weight of lead piping,
he property of John White, 33, Warren-street, Fitz-
-1a)31-square.
The prosecutor said, about seven o'clock this morn-
ing he was standing at his street door, when he saw
the prisoner come out of a side door in Warren-
inews with the lead produced in his possession.
Suspecting something wrong, he went into his
°lielc yard, and on looking into the washhouse he
discovered that all the lead piping had been
Cut off. He then went in pursuit of the
Prisoner, and caught him in Fitzroy-square. He taxed
him with stealing the piping from his yard. The
prisoner admitted doing so, and begged him to let
hull go, as he was a plumber, and would join the lead
On again. A. constable then came up, and took the
prisoner to the station.
The prisoner, who admitted stealing the lead, was
Committed for trial.
Thomas Johnson was charged with assaulting Mr.
Robert Wood Dawson, of 109, Great Titchfield-
, street.
Complainant was coming out of the County Court
is Berners-street when he met the defendant by the
door. They had some words about a debt, and corn-
Plainant called defendant a liar. The defendant then
struck the complainant in the eye and knocked him
down, and attempted to strike him with his umbrella.
Complainant then gave him in charge.
dward Tweedy corroborated the evidence of com-
plainant.
' The defendant said complainant was the first ag-
gressor, and called
James Moss, who proved hearing complainant
abuse defendant in gross terms, and provoked him to
strike him.
Mr. H A nnwicaE said he should discharge defendant,
as complainant had given great provocation before be
Was struck.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.--The Queen and Prince
Albert took their accustomed early walk.
His Excellency Mons. Van de Weyer is expected
to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to the
Queen. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lans-
downe, and the Rev. James Prince Lee, Bishop (elect)
of Manchester, are also expected this evening, on a
visit to her Majesty.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, enjoyed walking and pony exercise this morn-
ing, on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. Her
Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an
airing.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
is expected to include his Excellency Mons. Van de
Weyer, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne,
and the Rev. James Prince Lee.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attend during
dinner. The Queen's private band afterwards attend
in the Castle.

ilk Cabinet Council was held at half-past two
clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office.
The Ministers present were—Lord John Russell,
,the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Palmerston, Earl
Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of
Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clan-
-I,lcarde, Viscount Morpeth, and the Right Hon. T.
B. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours.
te The deputation from Glasgow, which had an in-
rilew with Lord John Russell on Tuesday, pre-
sented a petition, praying for the discontinuance of
the Bank Bill of 1844-5. The deputation consisted
of the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Mr. Hastie, M.P.,
.
Lurnsden, ex-Lord Provost, Mr. Henry Dunlop,
4thid Mr. Kinnear, and were introduced by Mr.
41 Gregor, M.P. for Glasgow.
kr. G. B. Mathew had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial Office.
The Marquis of Anglesey had an interview with
-1-40...r.d John Russell yesterday, at his official residence
in
Theto:n Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson has arrived in
zJ3, ispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo-
lat Office W
, from the Governors of New South ales
s ,
°llth Australia, Hong Kong, Ceylon, the .Mauri
ti -
ulls, Malta and Gibraltar, and also from the Lord
--ugh Commissioner of the lonian Islands.

TKE QUEEN DO WAGER AT
LISBON.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
m'erla reached Southampton yesterday, after a pas-
el of eight days from Gibraltar, seven days from
Cadiz, five days from Lisbon, four days from Oporto,
nd three days from Vigo.
'll'l Howe, having her Majesty the Queen
°wager on board, was towed into the Tagus early
rib
the forenoon of the 22d by the steam frigate Ter-
ttiul; which the Admiral had dispatched for that
erP°se• The Howe anchored nearly opposite the
astle of Belem, the English squadron being moored
around her.
der
Majesty's arrival was greeted by the loyal
demonstrations usual on such occasions ; the ships
r,..,0f the squadron, as well as a double-banked French
fiver,
and the Portuguese vessels of war in the
-Lver, were all decked out with flags.
About three o'clock in the afternoon his Majesty
,the King-Consort of Portugal embarked in his state
barge at the Arsenal, and proceeded down the river to
oisit her Majesty. Nothing could be more animating
or striking than the appearance of the Tagus as the
teTal barge proceeded towards the Howe • the vessels,
ts she passed in her rapid course down the river, had
their yards manned and fired salutes. After staying
Dowager
time on board the Howe, her Majesty the Queen
la'tager accompanied her royal visitor on shore,
en4ulag a Belem Palace, and proceeding to the Ne-
rvesss.id.ades, where Queen Donna Maria is at present
tooling'i and where it was understood the Queen
the-vai,g7 would remain to dinner. The manning of
ia; s-tr:43 and the royal salutes were repeated as their
"eles left the ship.

ti 1:1)S°R, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The usua,
tend.f the bands of the regiments in garrison here at-
in
pleainthe parterre on Sunday afternoon, having ex-
°ll Sunday se'nnight, the Queen has signified her
s are that both bands shall continue their attendance
ash -TerY Sunday afternoon, from two to four o'clock, so long
wcer
--"Jesty remains at the Castle, and whenever the
Triiher will permit.
The Duke of Devonshire has closed his visit to the
t.arnui,
and Marchioness of Londonderry, at Wynyard
Cleveland gone on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
, at Itaby Castle.
A His Excellency Sir Stratford Canning, the British
nabassador at Constantinople, accompanied by Lady
Ca •
nmng and family, will leave on Monday or Tuesday
net for Turkey to resume his diplomatic duties.
"TR or D. ALEXANDER WATT.—We regret
1,0 announce the death of Dr. Alexander Watt, city
tatist
took and warden of the High Churchyard, which event 1
place on the morning of Saturday last, from par?,
3' is- Dr. Watt was a man amiable and respected in
private life, and able as a public officer. The mortality
tables for Glasgow, prepared annually by the lamented
doctor, were documents of great interest and importance,
and bore satisfactory evidence of his ability and re-
search. Ile also contributed, from time to time, some
valuable papers to the statistical sections of the British
Associatioa.—Glasgew Courier.
rosT AL REFORM.—The great success of our im-
proved postal system is producing its effects upon the
Continent ; and we have little doubt that in the course
of a few years every civilised country will find it expe-
dient to follow the example which has been set them by
Great Britain for the management of their postal opera-
tions. We shall probably see something like our universal
penny postage all over the world, including even the com-
munication with India and America. We observe fro m
the German papers that a scheme of general postal reform
is now being submitted to the authorities for considera-
tion, and the plan included some improvements which
Might advantageously be adopted here. For instance,
the junction of railways is to be taken advantage of for
facilitating the transmission of letters on all occasions,
and the public convenience is to be the paramount
object of the alterations. Our method of optional pre-
payment is to be made a leading feature in the plan, and
it is evident that the English system will be followed as
closely as possible. It must be a matter of sincere
congratulation to those who so warmly advocated the
" penny postage "
schenle, when it was considered
quite chimerical and visionary, to find their expec-
tations so completely verified to the letter,. and to see
foreign Governments, who have
improvement,
their faces
against every kind of commercial amongst
the first to admit the practical usefulness of the plan, and
to extend the sphere of its operations
a .
ago, at
A sad accident occurred, few days
Pagney, in the Jura. A farmer, named Crognet, was
out shooting whith his son, when the fowling-piece of
the former went off suddenly, and killed the young man
en the spot.
GASTRONOMIC DELICACIES.—T-11 the Tyrol, and
Particularly at Voralberg, a regular business ofbreed-
ing snails for sale is carried on. They are placed
large pieces of ground, bare of shrubs and trees, and
covered with grass, where they are fed with cabbage
leaves. In winter they are covered with moss to proteFt
them from the cold. The flesh is most delicate in
autumn. They are sold on the spot at the rate of about
24 to 3 florins the thousand.
PROPOSED PUBLIC MEETING AT LIVERPOOL ON
Tun MONEY Catsts —The public meeting, for which
a requisition to the Mayor has been in course of signa-
ture, on the subject of the commercial distress, has
been relinquished, in consequence of the intelligence
received this morning from London. Manchester
u4rdian.

curious marriage took place last, uevii: at
Voiteur, in the Jura. A blind man, more than sixty
years of age, was united to a blind woman also turned
'bay,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY MORNING,.
LATEST BETTING.
THE NURSERY.
3 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Impertinence colt.
3 to 1 agst Mr. Goddard's Vanessa.
B to 1 agst Colonel Peel's The Architect.
9 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot (Hecuba, Tippet, and
Sword Player).
D to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Paladin.
0 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Cracow.
D to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Duplicity.
2 to 1 agst Mr. Fowles's Ribaldry.
The field agst seven.
DERBY.

12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone.
25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault.
40 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher.
Match, 200, h ft R.M., Bst 71b each.
Lord Glasgow's f out of Miss Whip, received forfeit
from Mr, Payne's Pavilion.
Match, 300, h ft. T.M.M.
Mr. G. 11. Moore's Wolfdog, Bst 121 b (F. Butler),
beat Mr. Payne's Clementina, 6st 51b.
7t04 on Clementina. Won by a neck. Run in 3
min. 35 sees.
Match, 100, h ft. Last half of Ab. M.
Mr. Barnes's Blackeock, 7st 101 b (Nat), beat Duke of
Bedford's Villiers, Bst 71b.
6 to 5 on Blackeock, who cantered in by himself;
Villiers, on the flag being dropped, having pressed upon
Blackeock, and crossing before him, ran towards the
ditch, the starter having no power to raise his flag again,
the start, of course, was valid.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for three yrs old, 6st
101 b ; four yrs, Bst 21b ; five yrs, and upwards, Bst
71b. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 1501., &c.
(8 Subs.)
Mr. Mostyn's Winchester, 5 yrs
Mr. H. T. Worley's Headsman, 4 yrs
Duke of Rutland's Bella Donna, 3 yrs•
The following also rant—Mr. Barton's Hector, 5 yrs
—Mr. Crockford's Terrier, 4 yrs—and Mr. Newton's
Redwing, 3 yrs.
Even on Winchester-3 to 1 agst Redwing—and 4to
1 agst Bella Donna. After they had run about 200
yards Bella Donna took the lead, and, with the favourite,
Hector and Headsman in close waiting, carried the run-
ning till half-way up the cords, where Winchester re-
sumed his lead, and won easily by a length; Headsman
beating Bella Donna by a neck; Hector a bad fourth.
Run in 1 min. 16 secs.
Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.
Lord Glasgow's c by Don John, out of Impertinence,
7st 51b. (Nat), beat Duke of Bedford's Eothen, Bst 71b,
(F. Butler). 6t04 on Impertinence colt. Won by a
head. Run in 1 min. 18 secs.
Sweepstakes of 50,sovs each, h ft, for two yrs old;
colts. Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b.; not engaged in
the July, Chesterfield, Rutland, Clearwell, or Pren-
d-?rgast Stakes. Winners of 200/., &c., 51b. extra.
D.M. (9 Subs.)
Mr. Greig sc by The Earl of Richmond (Nat) 1
Mr. Osbaldestone's Buckstone
Lord Exeter's Hecuba ••!

...(Nat) 1

Lord Orford's cby The Colonel ... ... 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Buckstone-3 to 1 agst The Earl
of Richmond colt (taken)—and 3 to 1 agst Hecuba.
Lord Orford's colt made the running until half up the
cords, where The Earl of Richmond colt and Buckstone
passed him, and the former, taking up the running,
ran home a clever winner by a length. The others were
close up. Run in 1 min. 57 sees.
Match. 100, h ft. T.Y.C.
Duke of Bedford's Duplicity, Bst 71b (Nat), and
Colonel Anson's Contessa, Bst 101 b (F. Butler), ran a
dead heat. . _

Even batting. Run in 1 min. 17 secs.
Plate of 501. ; for two yrs old, 6st 71b ; three yrs,
Bst 10Ib. The winner to be sold for 350/., if de-
manded, &c. T.Y.C.
Lord Chesterfield's cby Charles XII., 2 yrs (Sharp) 1
Mr. W. S. Stanley's St. Ann, 2 yrs ... ... 2
Mr. Mostyn's Gabbier, 3 yrs ... ... 3
Mr. Waller's Pottinger, 3 yrs... . . ... 4
Lord Exeter's Circassian Maid, 3 yrs '•• ... 5
Betting-4 to 1 apt Charles XII. colt. Gabbler
made the running, waited on by the Charles XII. colt
and Circassian Maid, Pottinger also lying up ; near the
cords the Charles XII. colt took the lead from Gabbier,
kept it, and won by a length, St. Ann, who came half
way up the ropes, beating Gabbier by half a length.
Run in 1 min. 15 secs.
Handicap Plate of 501. for three yrs old and upwards.
A.F.

Sir J. Hawley's Millwood:33ls, 6st 121 b (J. Prince) 1
Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell, 3 yrs, 7st ... 2
Mr. J. Day's Milliner, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
The following were not placed:—
Duke of Rutland's Paulton, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b; Colonel
Anson's Bingham, 3 yrs, Bst; Mr. Drewett's Pimento,
6 yrs, 7st 121 b; 'AIL Payne's Marquis of Conyngham, 4
yrs, 7st 91b; Mr. St. Aubyn's Julia, 4 yrs, 7st 71b.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Millwood; 3to 1 agst Marquis
of Conyngham; 4 to 1 agst Lady Lurewell; 5 to 1 agst
Paulton. Lady Lurewell and Millwood made the run-
ning alternately to the cords, where the latter took a
decided lead, and won cleverly by a length; half a
length between the second and third; and only a
neck between Milliner and Pimento. Run in 2 min.

15 secs.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 30 SOTS. each, 10 ft, if de-
clared, for three yrs old. Last mile and a dis. of B.C.

(3 Subs.)
Mr. Sandford's Kimblesworth, 3 yrs, Bst 21b., and Sir
J. llawley's Millwood, 3 yrs, 7st 81b., divided the
forfeit.
LATEST BETTING ON THE NURSERY STAKES.
4 to 1 agst The Architect (t)
4 to 1 agst Vanessa
7 to 1 agst Impertinence colt (t)
_ .

NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TEN O'CLOCK.
BETTING ON THE NURSERY STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Architect (t), 4 to 1 agst Vanessa (Pa-
pilio filly), 7 to 1 agst the Impertinence colt.
ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY.
Handicap Plate, D. I.
Sheraton, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Hydrangea, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—
Clermont, 3 yrs, 7st 121b—Administrator, 3 yrs, 7st
101b—Rosin the Beau. 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Cosachia, 3 yrs,
ist 61b—Columbus, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Bingham, 3 yrs, 7st
31b—Vanity, 3 yrs, 7st 11b.
Two yr olds Sweepstakes ; last half of Ab. M. ;
winner to be sold for 401. _

Motacilla f, by Erymus, out of Peeress—Awkward—
gr fby Don John, out of Prizeflower's dam—and Miss
Margrave.
Handicap for Three yrs old, &c. T. Y. C.
African, aged, 9st ilb—ldas, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Bow-
string, 3 yrs, Bst 21b—Christopher, 3 yrs, Bst 21b—Cir-
cassian Maid, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Dromedary, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
-Vert-Vert, 3 yrs, 7st llb—Moodkee, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b.
Handicap for two years old ; D.M.

C by Charles IIL, out of Dean Swift's dam, St.
Ann, Bst 51b—St. Antoni di Padua, Bst 51b—c by Don
John, out of Game Lass, Bst 31b—f by Erymus, out of
Peeress, 7st 51b —Practice 7st 41b—c by Scroggins, out,,
of Gill, 7st—Little Red Riding Hood, 7st.
Sweepstakes for three years old, &c.; A.F.; winner to
be sold for 2501.
Crim Con, 4 yrs—Old Port, 3 yrs—Sagebity, 3 yrs—

St. Demetri, 4 yrs.
Sweepstakes for two years old; T.Y.C.; winner to be

sold for 150/.
The Spaniard—Lady Frances—Lady Mary.
Prospect Stakes, D.I.
Blind Hookey, aged (to be sold for 501.—Colleen
Bawn, 5 yrs (500—Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs (501.)—John
Harris, 5 yrs (500
Sweepstakes for two and threo years old; T.Y.C. ; win-

ner to be sold for 801.

Jealousy, 2 yrs—May, 2 yrs—Pet of the Fancy, 2
yrs—Cardinals' Niece, 3 yrs—Moodkee, 3 yrs—f by
Giovanni, out of Silestria, 2 yrs.
NEW MATCHES.

FRIDAY.— WEIMAR agst Kimbleworth, Bst 71b each.
A.F.; 100.
SATITRDAY.—TareIIa, Bst 71b, agst Miss Whip filly,
7st 121 b. DJ.; 100.
Discontent agst Watchdog, Bst each. T.Y.C.; 100, h ft.
Vanessa, Bst 71b, agst f by Hetman Platoff, darn by
Actaeon, 7st 51b. First half of Ab. M.; 100, h ft.
MONDAY AFTER THE HOUGHTON MEETING.—Wa-
nota, Bst 71b, agst Watchdog, Bst 31b. D.M.; 100, h ft.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sits,—Out of forty-four nominations for the Nursery
Stakes, nineteen have accepted, and about a dozen may
be expected to start.
Blaze, who figures at the head of the list, having 9st
21b to carry, of course completely disposes of his chance;
Ribaldry, Bst 51b, Cupid, Bst 51b, Paladin, Bst 31b, and
Cracow, Bst llb, have not the ghost of a chance. Dis-
taffina, Bst, being a very fine mare, in capital condition,
will be certain to run forward. The filly by Don John,
dam by Colwick, Bst, Whipper Snapper, 7st 121 b, and
Sir Oliver, 7st 111 b, will, in all probability, not start ;
should they do so, cannot win.
Reflection, ist 111 b, must not be lost sight of ; her
winning is not a forlorn hope.
Hecuba, 7st 91b, Duplicity, 7st 51b, Egremont, ist 41b,
Vanessa, 7st 41b, Impertinence colt, 7st 31b, and Second
Placer, Gat 91b, will help to form the ruck. ;
Now, after hastily running through the list, I am of
opinion that the front rank will be composed of Dis-
taffina, Reflection, Tippet, The Architect, and Contessa;
and to one of the last three I look for the winner.
Probably they may find their way home thus :
Architect

•••
Contessa... ••• ••• . 2
Tippet ... ••• 3
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Newmarket, Wednesday morning.

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perceive that the pro AVERN.—From an advertise-
ment,,,lrtai.nly
r. another part Of our paper, we
far-famed, house—and ietor of this long-established, and
wherein to
one of the most agreable
reurions in London
two of an evening—has Opened pass away an hour or
for the winter season. Th his spacious singing-room
music have always been a
source
erevocal and instrumental
the lovers of melody ; and scoof great attraction to
having been made by the spirited proprietor, new-
engagements
the recent arrangement of the roopmr,ortrsieeltfo r, as. well a s
a rich treat
may be looked forward to every evening , during the en-
suing season.
DEATH OF ANOTHER CATCHPENNY.—Another
threepenny newspaper, the Tenby Chronicle, has become
defunct, after an existence of a few months only at that
price, although it was in being some time previously.
This is the second low-priced or gratuitous paper that
has expired within no very long time,--SherhorDe
JOiltital.
it is intended, we learn, to supersede all the sail-
ing tenders by the appointment of stearners.—Portsea
Advertiser.

PAULINE SEWARD.

Tale of Real Life

2 Vols. By John I 1. Bryant.
An American story and a religious novel is
" Pauline Seward." It is of t hat class of fictitious
compositions of which " Fal..t specirthrns—" Father
her Clement " and
Clement"" Ge ra Geraldine" a
" are
rta
suchtes il
as an enunciation of the Re
,man Catholics.- Without
here considering the suitableness of theol dis-
quisitions as adornmentrf of romance, we ma :y 'observe,
1-enders his imagination 'Jae vehicle
o
opinions relieves himself f tom a very
thatfh aia novelist
religious who
serious responsibility by advancing his mrguments
without either ostentation or partiality, and pro-
p4,tiates the favour of all readers by avoidir ig.every ap-
yearance of acerbity. In these respects Mr. Bryant
is in no manner culpable. While he evine .:es a very
large proportion of earnestness, he remai' as passion.-
less before the seductions of fanaticism. His heart
warm; his intellect is apparently convinced ; his
fancy is vivid; his hope is unbounded; his faith is
supreme; and his charity is universal. Those 'who
are sated with the delineations of Engl;Lsb scener7 and.
manners will turn with an indescribal ri.e relish to the ,1
pages of "Pauline Seward," in whit h a n.ew and
almost untrodden field is explored ; or those pages
are replete with portraitures of d kmerican life,
American characters, and American society. The
greatest novelist among the citizens of the United
States, and one who has a higher title 'to our consi-
deration as the historian of the Atrietican navy—.
Fenimore Cooper—has left a considar aßle track to
the future writers of fiction, sot keg that his
attention has been principally confined to
the description of the habits a act disposition
of his countrymen on seaboard. In tl fis department
of Transatlantic literature, a new comp( !t' itor for popu-
larity has recently appeared in the per Non of Herman
Melville. But hitherto the depictors of the social
condition of the inhabitants of the T k,orth American
continent have chiefly restricted the =selves to that
style of caricature and exaggeration which has been
rendered agreeable to Europeans thy the wit and
shrewdness of Judge Haliburton.. Mr. Bryant
has altogether avoided the face tious slang of
Sam Slick and his copyists. The has evidently
ambitioned to write in the grr rceful and facile
manner of Oliver Goldsmith, o e of him whom
Charles Dickens once happily f,ern aed " the half-
brother of the author of the Vicar of Wakefield,"
Washington Irving. For this, as -well as for the
avoidance of anything like sectaria n bigotry, Mr.
Bryant demands our especial commendation. "Pau-
line Seward" may be designated, therefore, with
perfect accuracy, a simple story of real life, by
an intelligent and generous-minded American.
The fortunes of Pauline Seward the heroine,
of Calvin Seward her father, of the orphan
Marie, of Eugene Neville, of Mr. Erelard, of Fe,ther
Casali, of Clara Stephens, and the other persous who
take part in the plot, and the dialogues will afford
much entertainment to all who may- be merely de-
sirous to wile away a wearisome ever ling. To those
who are curious upon ethical themes, the purpose of
,
the book will present a loftier at traction. The
style in which the work is s' rritten is easy
and unaffected, with occasional'iy a display of
forcefulness in language which will appear excel-
lent even under the scrutiny of a f Astidious rhetorician.
Without injuring the narrat=ive by giving a cold
synopsis of its plan and construction, we may premise
that the arrangement and purpose of the work is
somewhat similar to that of Thomas Moore's cele-
brated " Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a
Religion." No prose writer of America has yet, to
our knowledge, penned a more graceful or more
unaffected tale than this of " Pauline Seward."

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on its completion, for this extraordinary work—one
of the most striking productions of the century—a
work which will attest to posterity that its author was
at once a Great Poet and a Great Historian—
requires more than a merely casual reference ; the
genius of its illustrious writer demands more than
a hurried and superficial criticism. We must here
observe, however, that the English version by Mr.
11. T. Ryde—saving an occasional looseness of dic-
tion, such as the extent of the undertaking renders
excusable—is throughout as faithful as it is condensed
and vigorous. The translation will be completed by
another (the third) volume; the first being embel-
lished by a portrait of the Destroyer of the
Girondists Robespierre, and the second by one of
Madame Roland, the Inspiration of those im-
mortal republicans. For the cheap and popular
reprint of the writings of INiccolo Machia-
volli the public must esteem itself indebted to the enter-
prise of the publisher. The volume, illustrated
by a likeness of this remakable theorist, com-
prises his luminous narrative of the history
of Florence, and his ever-memorable and ever-
to-be-abhorred treatise " The Prince," accompanied
by several passages from his political correspondence
under the form of an appendix. Celebrated as the
treatise Principe has become, through the odium ex-
cited against it by its accursed arguments, there are
very many among the intelligent and educated por-
tions of the population who have hitherto been
prevented from judging of its atrocity them-
selves in consequence of the scarcity of its
copies. Its publication in the present
serial will, therefore, be considered as a boon, and
will enable the million to estimate the correctness of
that judgment which has heretofore designated the
production as a flagrant embodiment of the most
ruthless and fiend-like depravity. Of the philosophi-
cal lectures of the great Schlegel upon the mysteries
of life and the eccentricities of language, it were
superfluous to say more than that they are here
printed with singular neatness, and at a cost which
renders them accessible to the multitude. By per-
sisting in this sagacity of selection,
.Mr. Bohn will
render his new adventure, as a publisher, both pro-
sperous and honourable.

SUMMER EXCURSIONS IN THE COUNTY

OF KENT.

Almost every one knows the value of an agreeable
and intelligent companion in a long journey or a
rambling excursion, and almost every one who has
wandered through a museum or a picture gallery can
appreciate the services of a catalogue. The little
volume now before us comprises some of the advan-
tages both of the companion and the catalogue.
Like the latter, it gives us a full and parti-
cular account of every important object that
we may meet with in our wanderings ; and like the
former, it renders those wanderings agreeable by a
constant accompaniment of entertaining remarks and
appropriate anecdotes.
The county of Kent, " from regal-towered
Thame to Medway smooth," is the scene of the "excur-
sions" in this volume, the beginning of a series
of " Excursions round London," which, judging
from this first number, is likely to be a
useful and interesting work. Among the places here
described are Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend,
Chatham, Rochester, and others, and they are not
merely glanced over or cursorily described, but every
object of note is pointed out, and much useful infor-
mation introduced ; for example, in the account of
Greenwich Hospital, most of the paintings in the hall
are particularised, and the numbers given so as almost
to obviate the necessity of any other catalogue. Again,
in speaking of the dockyard of Chatham, the process
of ship-building is described—and illustrated by a
diagram. Innumerable anecdotes, poetical, historical,
and miscellaneous, are scattered through the volume,
and constitute its not least amusing feature.
These anecdotes and episodes, although many
may be already well known, have a twofold
advantage in being thus, as it were, related on the
spot, or at least introduced in the description of the
localities to which they refer, as they are thus ren-
dered more comprehensible and interesting for the
time and by the force of the association, they
become better impressed upon the memory. Poetical
quotations of various lengths are to be met with on
hlmost every other page. The author, anxious to add
to the attraction of his book, has seized every available
opportunity of introducing all interesting matters
having reference to his theme. For instance, in
speaking of the Temple Garden, he interpolates a scene
from " Henry V 1.," in which Shakspere makes
that garden the spot where the rival emblems of
York and Lancaster—the red and white roses—
were first adopted as such. The iron works
at Woolwich and Chatham also give occasion
for the introduction of Dibdin's song of " The An-
chor- smiths," and Bulwer's translation of Schiller's
" Forging of the Anchor." Among the hundred
and forty wood engravings which illustrate this
volume, and some of which are very beautiful ones,
are a panoramic view of the river from London-
bridge to Greenwich, Rochester-bridge and Castle,
l',Vto )1 N 5 iPh Dockyard, Gravesend Pier, Ingress
1 y, and almost every place of historical im-
portance or picturesque elect that a traveller
might meet with in his excursion. One
of the most interesting is a view from Greenwich