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London, England, 1846-04-06 00:00:00

GEirtM AN PAPERS.

BERNE, MARCH I 9.—The Council of the Constitution com-
pleted the order of the proceedings on the 18th of March. A
Special committee of seven of its members will draw up the
scheme of the new constitution, the Council in the mean
while suspending its sittings.
WESTERN PRUSSIA, MARCH 17.—Several of the Roman
Catholics in this quarter having, either of their individual
motion, or as active participators in the late conspiracy,
been guilty of offending against the laws, although their
flocks resisted their attempts to seduce them, the Bishops
of their dioceses have intimated their indignation at
this their unjustifiable conduct, and have earnestly
admonished the clergy of their diocese to observe
inviolably their duties as faithful subjects, and to call upon
their flocks to adhere with fidelity to their allegiance. The
Pope has also addressed the Bishop Kulon, expressing his
grief at the disloyalty of the priests in question, •and direct-
ing the Bishop to admonish his clergy severely to abstain
from prostituting their office to so disgraceful a purpose.;
BADEN, MARCH 211.—The Grand Duke has directed. that
a sum of 80,000 greddens, or about 1,4001., should be laid out
in the purchase of seed potatoes, either within the Grand
Duchy or in foreign parts, in order that they may be sold at
a moderate price to the growers in that district where there
is a dearth of them. The Agricultural Association has been
charged with carrying this order into effect.

Sr. PETERSBURGH, MARCrI 17.—1 t appears from a report
of the Field Marshal the Prince of Warsaw, that the only
Russian troops remaining in quarters at Cracow, are two
battalions of light infantry, and 150 Cossacks of the line. A.
long return is made of the time consumed by the several de-
tachments (ordered to Cracow, on news being received of the
outbreak of the late insurrection) in moving from their
respecti% ie states to the scene of the revolt,
The artillery accomplished 146 miles in seven days, the
distance from Warsaw to Cracow, 190 miles, in six days.
LEMBURG, MARCH 13.—At seven o'clock this morning
Wesezuivoki and E. Dembosski, the leaders of the late
insurrection, were brought into this town in chains.
The former is said to have headed the attack
on the troops at Narioff on the night of the
21st of February, when two cadets were killled and two
wounded. The Government had set a price of a thousand
florins on each of these leaders heads. The reward in the
case of Weseznivoki falls to the lot of two country-
men, who discovered him lying upon a haystack,
and delivered him on suspicion to the district au-
thorities. He was disguised in a priest's garment,
had cut off his whiskers and mustachios, and
shaved his head behind. He said his name was Lepz,casski,
and that he had fled out of Poland for the purpose of escaping
persecution on account ofhis religion. It is expected that the
capture of these chiefs will lead to important revelations with
regard to whole conspiracy.
AUGSBURGN, MARCH 24.—The parties who light the
city of Stuttgart with gas have contracted to light this
city also. It will he the first town.
i3ADEN, MARCH 21.—As the Roman Catholic party, who
form a majority of the population, decline to support the
ministerial candidates at the present elections, and equally
decline to coalece with the Radical party, it is almost certain
that the Ministry will be baffled in the object which they had
in view, when they advised the Grand Duke to dissolve
the Chambers, and consequently a triumphbe
is likely
Liberal and Radical party begins ta.
5 likelv
antici-
pated. In this case the Ministerial opposition
ht bas beeeasla alllately powdeirfssuolhi,not.h e new
.Leg.islature as githlat which
insurrection having been
PESTH, MARCH 18.—The Polishhi
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country
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family
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connectedte
with the suppressed
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Prince
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The short-lived Dictator is de.
revolutionary movement.
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Las. wellb as capacity.
Lim erg, and after-
anager of an estate; chance only threw the
swHcareivbtloesdokwtoatisiheam.,Ni
ephemeral dictatorship into. his hands. He harangued the
populace once d.uring. his short sway, but was very
active in wielding his pen and writing for the public
journals. The populace took no notice of him when he rode
abroad. His right hand man was Dewbasski, his secretary,
an individual of considerable oratorical talents.

BATTLE OF SOBRAON.— Mr. 011ivior, of Pall-mall
has just published a lithographed plan of this battle, which
clearly shows the respective positions of the British and
Seikh forces during every portion of the glorious battle of
the 10th of February, from the commencement of the attack
to the final overthrow of the enemy.
EXPLOSION OF A STEAM-BOILER AND DESTRUCTION
OF A MANUFACTORY.—Two Lives LOST.—On Tuesday afternoon.
at about half-past five o'clock, an awful explosion of a steam-boiler
occurred at the machine-manufactory belonging to Mr. Samuel
Rodgett,in Starkic-street, Salford, Blackburn, by which two persons
were killed; one man had both legs broken, and several others
seriously injured, the whole of the premises destroyed, and
great part of a row of houses running by the side of the
factory much damaged. The explosion was terrible in its force
and effects. The boiler itself was driven front its place into
the foundry, a distance of several yards. The reservoir or
water tank, which hell about eighteen or twenty sq,atre feet
of water, and was full at the time, was blown from over
the boiler, to a distance of eight or ten yards, and one side
knocked out. The whole premises, which were four stories high,
were reduced to a heap of ruins. The bricks, &c., projected from the
building by the force of the explosion, struck against the opposite
houses in Starkie-street, and four or five of them presented the ap-
pearance of having been battered with cannon shots. There were
about forty men at work on and off in the manufactory, and it was a
providential circumstance that very few were on the premises at the
time of the accident. The regular number of hands employed is from
sixty to seventy. —Liverpool Mercury.
LORD DUDLEY STUART. —We learn that a Thst
Friends of Poland" have determined to give an entertainment to
Lord Dudley Stuart. as a mark of their appreciation of his Lodship's
unremitting zeal and advocacy of the rights of that dismembers
nation, and that the banquet is to take place the second or third week
in the twining month, at Willis's Rooms, at. JalllOS'9, "Viscount
ziwpstla, m,r, has crariatgrtl tt wits% •

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(SATURDAY.)
GROUP IL

The Committee met to-day at twelve oclock, Lord Wors-
ley in the chair.
WEST OF SCOTLANZ JUNCTION.
After some conversation, itiwas arranged that, in abandon-
ing the junction with the Greenock and Polloc and Govan
lines south of the Bridg -street station, the promoters
of the West of Scotland Junction did not give up the small
branch proposed to connect it with the Barrhead and ,Neil-
stun, and that opposition should he heard on that head.
Mr. Gray, the deputy-chairman of the Clyde River Trust,
was called, and was undergoing examination against the via-
duct proposed over the river, when
Mr. HorE wished the promoters of the Bill to put in the
exact plan of the bridge they intended constructing. They
had spoken about two or three plans, and he wished to know
which of them they selected, in order to regulate his exami-
nation of witnesses accordingly.
It was announced that the promoters were prepared to take
any of the plans that the Committee proposed; either that
with seven piers detached from the present bridge, or one to
abut on it; or else to cross above it, as explained by Mr.
Miller.
Atter some discussion on the point, the room was cleared.
On our admission the CHAIRMAN intimated that the parties
should confine themselves to one plan for crossing the river.
Mr. ANDREWS then said the plan selected was viaduct.
with the same number of arc Les and with continu ers.
1 Mr. Gray's examination was then resumed, w deposed
generally that he opposed the present scheme, because it
would interfere with traffic of the streets„ while the crossing
of the Clyde at the point proposed would drive the shipping
down the river forty or fifty feet. The crossing would also
damage Glasgow-bridge. _

The cross-examination of the witness did tli t elicit any
particular point, and the Committee adjourned, at three
o'clock, till Monday at twelve o'clock.

GROUP XXI.
LONDON AND OXFORD.

The Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual
hour; present, Mr. Finch (chairman), Mr. Lawson, Lord A.
Hervey. and Mr. Wodehouse.
The CHAIRMAN then gave the decision of the Committee
with respect to the objection raised against the validity of
the contract deed. He said the Committee were unani-
mously of opinion that the objection raised was invalid, and
that they should, therefore, proceed with the investigation.
Without mentioning the names of those they had consulted'
on the subject, he might say that they had obtained the opi'
nions of persons whose authority on such questions was very
great, and who were all of the same opinion.
Mr. Humphrey Brown, general traffic manager of the Bit'
mingham and Gloucester Railway, was then called to give
eviiience with respect to the traffic which might be expected
by the line. He taid he had had much experience in the
management of traffic by railway and water conveyance, and
was t'rmerly manag-r of a large carrying trade. Since the
first formation of railways he had been actively engaged is
making estimates of trtAc for lines now in operation. Thee°,
estimates had been generally realised. Was well acquainted
with the district which the line would traverse. Had re'
ported on the traffic of the Great Western Railway for 11
body of shareholders at Liverpool at the time it was dis;
cussed whether the Great Western should be constructed
on the broad gauge from Maident etd to Bristol. The re'
venue which he anticipated would le derived from passengers
travelling various distances, estimated from those now ter
yelling by public and private conveyances at 44,403/.145. 10(10
100 per cent. increase by the construction of a railwai,
44,403/. 14s. 10d.; passengers who now travel by the Gres*
Western 11,2511. 6s. Bd. Total revenue for passenger.trafP.
102,058/. 16s. 4d.; merchandise and agricultural produce by
road, 9,2411. 2s. 2d. ; minerals by road, 5781. 15s. 4d.; met'
chandise which now came by Hereford, 12,5121. 10s.; total'
22,232/. 7s. 6d. Horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs'
7,607!. 10s. 7d.; parcels, mails, dogs, horses. told carriages'
4,6091. 17e. Bd.; total for traffic, 136,6081. 12s. id.'
out of which would have to be deducted 25,929/. 16s. 7"'
for tollage to the London and Birmingham Railway'
44,2711. 10s. 2d. for maintenance of roads, stations, locomotive'
power, and the general expenses of the line (40 per cent.it
making a total of 70,201/. 6s. 9d., mid leaving a disposelsl
balance of 55,407/. ss. 4d., or 7/. per cent. on the capital ('`,
990,000'., and leaving a surplus for contingencies
,_°:
3,407/. ss. 4d. By this line coals in the district would
‘7,
reduced from 325. 6d. to 175., thus saving 15s. per ton. l'„%
saving to the district in coals would be 155,000/. (The
assents and dissents were handed in.) He then detailed tl,,
saving of time and expense which would be effected, 1',7
having the use of the terminus of the London and Birmiog.
ham Railway, over that of the Great Western.
This evidence concluded the case on the part of the
promoters
Mr. TALBOT then proceeded to address the Committee to
opposition to the project, in behalf of the Great .Westerl
Railway Company, and the landowners who had petitioof;
against it, namely, Mr. Cox, Mr. Granville Prim, LS&
Grenville, Lord Carrington, Sir John Dashwood King, Ile
Wenman, Lord Abingdon, and the Colleges of Oxford. 0
said thejine was open to innumerable objections: it was 0
competing line with the Great Western, and ran, for sixteen
miles of its route between three and four miles of it. "P'"
promoters, in the event of the line not passing, would be is.;
volved in ruin, and in ruin no less deplorable, if
~it
received their sanction, because it was obvious the
it would not be constructed. but handed over to its compol,
t
tors, the Great Western Railway, in which case it would I!_°,
be made at all. Then it was akurl to say that the hilt,
would he of advantage to the district, because it was Fe.b
evident that the Great Western offered every facility w 131,0
the whole district required. Then let the Committee bear ia
mind the difficulties with which the Great Western had di,
contend in making their branch from Didcot to 000'
which was indisputably the best line of railway in the course
try, and that it bad only been opened tore,lV,
months; that the directors had had scarcely 0116
to make all the arrangements necessary for affording 'is
inhabitants of Oxford all the advantages of their line. il
what had the Great Western gained ? A person migre
travel from Oxford to London for 95., and the fares 0,,'4
being gradually reduced, but in the event of any. of 0;,
passengers being withdrawn by a competing lire this se es:
tary insertion would be frustrated, and they would be olske.
to increase their fares to keep up the revenue which the) ',I
rived from a larger number of passengers. It vid
true the collegians of Oxford were originally opWeed
to the Great Western, but the line was alterte
and re-altered to meet their wishes, and at leng
1.
they gave their assent to it. He should call Dr. Wince;e
the late Vice-Chancellor of Oxford before them, in order 0
show the feeling of the colleges with respect to the Grteat
Western and the proposed line. They had no security t`s,
the proposed line wouldgive greater facility for the trans"' 0,
sion of parcels at a cheaper rate than the Great West'. 0
for they might, and would, no doubt, charge the highest' ',.s.ir
allowed by Act of Parliament. Would it then he either Pio
or equitable to pass a competing line to one so lately opent:l,9,o
whose resources had not as yet. been fully developed and other
instance of a few disappointed and envious persons ?- were t` 00
to adopt sindictive legislation because a few persons, of t
,J
kind wanted a railway to their doors. If the Great Western 11,61
been guilty of all the misconduct which had been attribut;
to it by the promoters of the London and Oxford, was it hid
likely that. more than two persons, living at Oxford 310
have invested their capital in it ? Either abuses did or
,01
not exist ; bat it was most evident from this that they
~00
not exist, and that the proposed line was
ti'd
required by the inhabitants of Oxford. Then t ell
admitted that their line was a bad one in
engineering 'point of view. Then, again, this line eras of
effect a snlntion of the gauge question. The absurdit?',oo
this was evident when it was considered that the construct'
.4
of a narrow gauge line 'into a broad gauge district 10"„;
make " confusion worse confounded," and that the Gr:a
Western was constructed on the broad gauge to Exeter, '0
proposed to be extended to Fishguard and Porthdynallelto
South Wales. He was at a loss to know how the line "io
to save 155.000/. per annum. in the article of coals, wheoo;
the estimate furnished by Mr. Brown the an° 16
of revenue for coals was set down at 578/. only sf
was equally ridiculous to conceive that the whole j,
the stations could be made for the sum proed
namely, 22,000/. Then the whole district, instead of a ric
agricultural one, as stated, was a poor one, and thinly Po
pulated, which he should prove by witnesses. Uxbridge: 0
instance, to which the Great Western proposed to ms foot
branch 2% miles in length, would be a mile nearer Len To
than by the line proposed. Then let them look at the too,,
they proposed to accommodate. In the list of places
o'o e
eluded in their list, he found places south of maidani,tere
where the Great Western had a station, and Hanwell, no
they also had a station ; Hempstead and Harrow, to whicil. ceo
London andßirmingt am gave a :Tom se °dation ; andotherP ':01
the population of which they bad included in their list,:y
which they proposed to accommodate, were intersected;e,
the Great 'Western.- They proposed to carry coals to Th._s'7o
but the line of the London and Birmingham to Aylesuitiilo
and the proposed extension to Thame, would fully give _d
accommodation. The assents were only 137, and from peP„,la
residing on sixteen miles of the line, whilst the dissents'ileo
been received from persons residing within twenty-two "'visa
of the line. Was it likely that the large landowners
~ 00.

had petitioned against this line would have doe
tee
if it would bestow upon them all the advantages SI tiort
No; they preferred to depend for railway comm a sobo
to a solvent Company instead of a project admitted toe
bad and inefficient, and proposed by parties of whinv,iresi
knew nothing By the branches proposed from the t.js'
Western to Henley-upon-Thames, to Wycombe and 0,00
bridge, no town of the slightest consequence would be >n k9+
than seven miles distant from a railway. Then, as to Ifs'
the_ Great Western brought them from Bath to P
bridge and other places. It' they granted this 110`:eti'
would be a precedent to which all the commercial r„tieg
tions presented to them were opposed, for P,lti to
to propose the construction of lines immediately paral7oll
those now constructed in the same direction. He shoe'd si
witnesses to prove that the soil at Stoke was not cban::
stated by Mr Addison, who was hitherto unknowl:',,poo
engineer, and whose evidence they must, therefore, I°°lli,iii
with considerable caution; he had made no borings. Y;,00'i
a soil fluctuating in every acre, he felt perfectly 05'fro0
in saying that it was either chalk or London clay, ,d
merely looking at breaks in the earth. How, then, cow
say with any confidence that he could safely foflr
ducts of an immense height in soil of which he meitt.lcoee :,
this, be ignorant ? After some further observations,
eluded by calling on the Committee not to pass the p 1
of the Bill.
WYCOMBE BRANCH. f
rely
Mr. TALBOT then proceeded to state the course oareo
branch, which is proposed to be constructed from the of;
Western Railway, at Maidenhead to Wycombe. at 9_," jlt:
pense of 134,633/. It would be nine miles, five furlongs' Or
seven chains in length, and would pass tbrouguoilea
towns of Woburn and Cookham, would he three ,6eo
from Great Marlow, two-and-a-half miles from Beacon from
six miles from Monks Risborough, eight miles The
Princes Risborough, and seven from Amtrsbera• b re°,
town of High Wycombe was situated on the old coat f
between London and Oxford, and before the opening fic !A
Great Western Railway possessed a considerable tllii'4,
coaches, waggons, and posting the loss of which bad
serious injury to its trade and market, and great depreeer
in the value of property. The manufacture of P3Pe„r tiefo
chairs, and a trade in corn, grain, and flour, 113 V; 1"
carried on in the town to a considerable extent'
stream upon which it is situate turning , `o4li,c.
one mills in the immediate neighbourhood, of
nineteen are paper mills, and the remainder core
cal;
These trades have necessarily suffered from the Bk.°, final'
the manufacturers being unable to compete with th6l` &el;
at other places, who possess the advantages of railw'',.,`,oo,
munication, and are unable to undersell them in ti,e4 coy,
market. For want of the means of transit.otwue6
mills are only worked to half their P Ito 1/"0
though the district affords abundant surP,,
et,
duce. which, if a railway were establishea _01; ~
Tbehisgrloinuendwetiand aeetofloaimira,
oadeadt e aelrli
the vicinity of the line, would offer the same orb triAlia
munication than the London and Oxford, and at v 19.
stthteo l
a the
rg e London
mark
t_teo: 1061?.:
ever
expense compared to it. He therefore trusted that
made out a good case in its support.
The Committee then adjourned until Monday-
His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Sa:•:_
ingen, honoured the Italian Opera-house with bis,r-,;
.ItAirclay vytaing. •

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The Queen and Pri:lee Aihert, the Ladies and Gentlemen LENT INSTITUTION. .
THE -.REVENUE FOR. THE • YEAR. AND QUARTER ENDING AP
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or the Court. and the domestic iion,:,ellold, attended Divim. . em
service yestarda v, in the private c'nepel, Buckingham Palace. l'ht thirty-Fir:lt aLniversary dinncr of this excAent
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RI L 5 1 546.
The Hon. and key. C. Leslie Courtenay, officiated. and 13 .r histitutimi-from Wlaich the artist '
o. 1.-An Abstract of the Nit Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of .::,..i.,..i1, I84;i, and sth of April, 184, showing the Increase
I ter Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her receives succour when prevented from follolving his pro-
Majesty yesterday. , -
1 , i ession by i_c,kness, old ago, or the fatalities which . or Decrease on each head thereof.
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Her-Majesty and her Rnyal C.onsort took their usual early
atbead all human pursuits, and to which his widow and QtiARTERS ENDED
' "4, 1 .: QUARTERS ENDLD 7 . YEAR ,
walk yesteriay. . Year ended April 5. ,!tmrter ended April h
children may confidently look for aid in. the hour of ~ enoeu ,
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wkiles, Prince t_____.________„ ..,..-.-,
tik,ed -was held at tho Freemason's 'raven'', and- was . , July 5, Oe •:. 10, I Jan. 5, Apr:l 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan, 5, i April 5 • April 5' ' .
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and -tho Princes; Alice were , 1844 1.-- :1 1815 - 1845 1845 - 1845 . 1 1815' 1 ,1846 1 1846 1646 I Inere:lse. Decrease. Increase. Deereasr,
attended by a consid,rahle iluinhA- of eaiinent artists - •
taken airings Yesterday in the garden of t.,te Pulac..-.
£. ,f: •C -. X I x -
Her INfajesty the Queen D.mager had a dinner party on and pat, oos ~t the tine arts. Th-g,:li,r, of the Hall
46350,M1002 3t59: C 1 °I
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X X I X 1 x • x 1
t,869,235 , 1,61,?.,•,:, 4,902,135 4.402506 20,178,731 . 4,199,548 4,84.4 363 4 354,789 3,961,918 17,61,4,618 : c -1- - X X X X
Saturday, at it,hirlborougf- I louse. inc Queen and Prince was gractd by several beautiful and elegantly dressed er,,,1ic:,fi,,,,,-7...............
3,115,592 3,960,-,!,1 3,23; o,lqo 0.'17,485 12,224,907 2,512,11: .... 440,5'“,
Albert, attended by the Viicont.te.,s Jocelyn, Lady in Wait= ladies. sliunpS. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,705,033 ' 0/65,688 1,601,658 1,742,461 6,714,840 • 21,8 t 3673,06164, 31,798;0'5,17(1(5i 13,:;:i3,3,6:fi'.."27 11,668256,L58
41 771,,:08:960256:,(57°)05280 _ ic:'tlx.:.,,iiii-,eis:.:: •O
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;138,82', • • • • 291,027
Plyeny Ti; .. .. .. .. .. 75_2,48,5 1,958,711 184.73,,g1ci,. 1,9485:070101 5,6170,4:= .
.3(5,103,h),:60(4101001210,
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rot;, Lord Rivers, Lord in Waiting ; Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, W. R. Collett, E,41 ,M. P., cecupied the chair.
.M,oog.g 1,963,882 5,084,741 Property- Tv ... .. ..
Tax, ......... ...... . 1,959,574 2011;o 1,880490 14,5,945 4,2 i;,7-18 2,000,567' 201,279 I,t;'- •6,051 146,142 4,224,039 Taxes .
Grown in NVaiting; ttr., Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry in and 6,291 ' ' -• • 11'7
TI-e dinner-a very good qiit -- Non neln's Dentine,
n,st-office.• .••••• • • • .. 1,,,,000 200,0•30 •• • • 19,707 58,171 - `Waiting, wid Liewenant-Colond Seymour, hquerry to his 211,000 768,000 , Post-office
Royal Highness, were present. Mr Royal Highness the the usual loyal and national toasts, which were responded
Crown Lands •••... • • • . 30,000 10,000 50,000 35,000 125,000 89,000 .... 37,000 -
422,187 2`'04"615,000 .. • • 10,000 - 9,190 4.'5,016 1,067,354 91,522 939,747 ! Miscellaileous•
Duchess of Kent (attended by Ladv Augusta Bruce), her to w_an,. thy:-usual enthusiasm. being dispose:, of, , Miscellaneous.........
Total Ordinary Revenue 13,639,406 14,220,544 12,307,954 1.0,742,124 50,310,028 .12,411,518 13,312,9. 08 12,332,535 •• • • 127,60; .• .. 323,494
Royal Highness the Duchess. of Gioucester. and his Serene , :Like_ t_arAramAN pro used ',. Prosperity to tile Artists
urtneri.l Benevolent _nstitution.
- I . • " I I .ing so he said he
Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe .Meiaingen. were Total •• •• •• •• 480,972 2,998,2-R, 105,368 1,111,702
also present. A select party had the honour of meeting the fc•lt tram the first the groat responsihndittj- imprest Moneys, &c... 49,018 28,117 146,759 206,007 429,901 29,262 24591 64,084 52,909 170,846
had been Imprest Moneys, &c. 259,055 .... 153,098
august circle. his inability to do prefer justice to it, but 12,RepaymenisoiAdvances 2'..4,557 123 692 2,30,980 413,545 1.067,774 182,354 473,84 . 401,1,79 456,473 1,516 :
'BB7 , RepamntsofAdyncs. 4.4.9.:11
of the task, and
Total Income ... 13,362,981 14,372,353 12,705,693 11,366,676 I 51,,.07,703 12,623,134 13,811,380 .-------12,C00,793 3 •••• 37,928 -
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Prin- buoy(ql up the hope and belief that though he m. ;glit
Deductllre ue n.,.„,,,,,,,
seas Royal were taken an airing in a carriage on Saturday, not diSeharge the duties of the chair to their sansfac- 10,25,1,2 49,480,484 ' . Total .. •• •• • • 930,085 3,257,304 143,296 1,264,800
accompanied by the Dowager Laftv Lyttelton, and visited lion, he should show that he felt no want, of enthusiasm Amount ap9lied to Con-
her Royal Highness the Duchess of.,,Kent, at Clarence House
, for th, institution., another annivetairy of which they
.satined Fund ...... 8,994,078 11,264,625 9,830,758 7,273,077 37,362,538 8,255,562 8,869,973 7,859,997 5,468,355 30,453,887 1.
_ Ditto as Advances-- 177 276 184 225 262 001 380 000 ' 003 -02 101,501 • 550,000
the Year.
1 Decrease
St James's. had met, to celebrate.-(Cheers ) 'The object of the in 1 406 578
615,077 140,000 , ,
, Ditto, as Ways & Mea c ' ' ' , •,-- ,0
i The Queen and Priwe Alger t inspectedtwo newly-fluished ,
stitation was to make some return to artists in general, of ;lie Year........?.' 4.191,627 2,9!3,503 2.512.93,, 3,713,599 13 441 663 4 266 071 4 391 407 25 724 ! 4 636,817 17,620,019
engravings from the State portraits of her Majesty and his when mi,lortune Wel them. for the works which they L.._. - -
Royal Highness, after Winterpaltefs pictures, on Saturday,
had executed under better auspices, and it was for them r
Total - ... 13,362,981 14,372,353 (12,705,693 I 1,366,679 .: 51,807,703 , 1262r.1;4 , 1;.2.1._ -.,C0 12,300,798 10,f45,172 I 49,480,4 M I.
I
at Buckingham Place. which were submitted by Mr. Moos. .
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._
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_____, ....,e
._

The Queen and Prinsw; Albeit inspeetedtwo newly-fluished
engravings from the State portraits of her Majesty and his
Royal Highness, after Whiterpaltefs pictures, on Saturday,
at Buckingham Palace, which were submitted by Mr. Moon.
Her Roral Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marlborough House.
liar Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Dicine
service, yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The
sermon was preached by the Bishop of London, who took his
text from the First of Peter, chap. ii and verse 21. The
prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Dakins, and the lessons
by the Rey. Dr. Wesley.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert's " Te Dente—Jubilate
—"Sanctus," and " Responses," were performed by the fol-
lowing gentlemen of the Chapel :—Messrs. Bennett, Brad-
bury, Barnby (for Roberts), Chapma", Clarke, Franci.,
Hawkins, Hobbs, Horncastle, Sale, Shonbridge (for Sal-
mon), Wylde, and ten boys. Sir George Smart presided at
the organ.
The anthem was, " Who is this?" (Arnold.) _

W. R. Collett, Ral , recopied the chair.
The dinner—a very good not nelds Dwaine, and
the usual loyal and national toasts, which were responded
to with the -used enthusiasm, being disposes of,
The CHAIRMAN pro,osed " Prosperity to the Artists
Generid Benevolent Institution." In doing so he said he
felt From the first the great responsibdity of the task, and
his inability to do proferjustice to it, but he had been
buoyed up the hope and belief' that though he m ,ght
not discharge the duties of the chair to their satisfac-
tion, he should show that he felt no want of enthusiasm
for the institution, another annive:sary of which they
had met to celebrate.—(Cheers) The object. of the in-
stitution was to make some return to artists in general,
when misfortune betel them. for the works which they
had executed under better auspices, and it was for them
to say to what extent they_ would respond to the carry-
' ing ont of such a noble and philanthropic object. Nine
hundred and fifty-three cases bird relieved—and
not simply relieved, for the assistance thus given pre
vented the periling, and, in all probability, prolonged
thelives
mu i of those who applied for such relief and ob-
ted t.—((heers.) And more, its charity had
been so well bestowed that the sensitiveness
which always characterised genius had never been
wound -d in the sl ghtest degree.—(Hear, hear.) The
British Institution, he was delighted to find, intended to
promote exhibitions of the fine art-, and that there was
a growing taste in the public mind to visit them, and to
purchase woks of art, thus opening up a wider field fir
the execution of the artist, and stimulating them to
emulate each other in producing works of the highest
and must refined character.—(Cheers.) Whatever might
he said of the backwardness of the great body of the
public in supporting the fine arts, he was satisfied, from
experience, that they had never turned a deaf ear to the
appeal of men of talent. This was evident from their
paving conttiliwed to relieve the neceasities of 953
Fersons. Every member of the institution knew that
his contribution would be devoted to the assistance of a
brother artist in the hour of adversity, but he was satiss
tied that they required no inducement. from him to step
for-vard t. give them all the aid they required. After
,!xpressing Nis intention to do all in his power to pro-
mote the interests of the' institution, tie concluded
by prop isitg the toss which was drunk with great
enthusiasm.

No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth April, 1845, and the sth April, 1846.

Quarters ended April 5.

3,90 ,846
1,934,171
1,742,461
145,945
1,905,711
178,000
35,n.
22,9: 1
392,065
206,007
418,515

1846

3,961,918
1,641,800
1,685,668

146.142
1,963,8,42
215,000
45,000
91,5,2

. _
...... .._...
Lady Au4usta 'Bruce was in waiting on the Royal
Duchess. The Rev. John Vane was the Deputy Clerk of the
Clo4et in Waiting.
__.

10,862,002

Among the nobility present were, the Earl and Countess
St. Germans Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lords Pomfret
and Canterbury.
The Bi.hop of London administered the Sacrament.
The Doke of Wellington, Lord G. Poulet, and Sir Fred.
Treach, attended the early service, yesterday, in the Chapel
Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev.
Mr. Strong, and the prayers were read by the Rev. Dr.
Wesley.

100,000

CHARGE.

Permanent Debt.......
Terminable Annuities . .. ... ... , . , „ ..... ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ,
Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund .............
Sinking Fund ...... ........ ........ ...... ..... ••••••••••••••••• • • • • ' • • • • ' • • • • • • • ..... • •
The Civil List ..............
••
••••
•
Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund • • ... • . '
To pay off Exchequer Bills, raised per Act 6 and 7 Yiet. c. 87, for Opium Compensation ...... • • •
For Advances ........ ..... . „ . .•• • • ...... •• '

52,909
456,473

10,260,514

10,982,002

Total Charge .......

..... y. .....

10,260,514

The Surplus .. • • • • • • • • .

The Amount of Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended
Jan. 5, 1846, and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended April 5, 1846,
after deducting 280,000/., paid off out of the Sinking Fund
• . . ..
The Amount issued in the Quarter ended April 5, 1846, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of
the Consolidated Fund for Supply Services. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• " •
Ihe Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended April 5, 1846 •
The probable amount of Exchequer-bills required to meet
Quarter ended Apri! 5, 1846

the charge on the ConsolT:ated Fund,

Quarters ended April 5

5,704,180
1,307,059

480
839,026
97,785
381,473

380,000

8,710,003
2,171,999

10,982,002

MAG ZIN (C N TIN EI ED.)
NE W MONTHr.Y .41,4 G AZINE.
Strong in his own powers as a poetical translator, John
Osetiferd dares a comparison with John Gibson Lock-
hart, by a new version of the renowned " Spanish Bel-
lads relatitg to the Infants of Lara." And although it
is deficient in that bsrbaresque beauty and lambent en-
thusiasm which gained Mr. Lockhart's book of Spanish
ballads such a deserved popularity, the present transla-
tion is eminently good, because it is so eminently cha-
racteristic. It is no paraphrase, but, on the contrary,
adheres as closely to the original as symmetry of metre
would permit. The more we dip into ancient ballad
literature the more are we impressed with the sagacity
of the philosopher in selecting it in preference to all
other means of governing the populace. How the" Ranz
ales Va,chee " fires the patriotism of the Switzer ; how
the " Marselloise" kindled the democracy of Frenchmen;
and how that superb outburst of our brave Robin's love
for fatherland, and reverence for the heroes of Scotland,
Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled," thrills to the bosom's
core of every Caledonian ; are only individual instances
of a principle which pervades all nations and animates all
generations. Ballad literature is thus potent in its influ-
ence, because it circulates through the whole mind of the
people, and appeals to the tenderest and noblest feelings
of the million: Precisely what the ditties relative to
Robin Hood and his merry men in Lincoln green where,
in relation to our English forefathers, responding to their
affection for freedom, and their partiality for valour, are
these olden songs of Spain in reference to the inhabitants
of the Peninsula. Their every sentiment breathes of
that sunny clime—they are most apposite as addressed to_
the land of the Cid—they are tinctured with that exalted
spirit
of chivalry, the annihilation of which Cervantes
seemed to regard as his peculiar mission. And excel-
lently well does this version of Mr. Oxenford typify
these emotions in English verse. The five ballads
are suffused with a delicious combination of intrepidity
and pathos ; and, if we might permit ourselves to seleCt
one among them as the more preferable, we should
almost be tempted to choose the most melancholy-toned
of the collection—that d-scriptive of the destruction of
the infants " Salienda de Canicosa." It is exquisitely
conceived and caermoigly transcribe& A better paper
could hardly have commenced this number of the New
Monthly. Those readers who have literary appetites,
somewhat in accordance with the taste of many would-be
connoiseurs in painting, who will not eulogise a landscape
until they have traced it to a Cuyp or Claude, nor a
pieta until it is proved to be a Caracci, nor a battle-
piece until it is shown to have proceeded from the easel of
Wouvermans, will find a rich banquet of additional chapters
in this magazine, graced with the names of G. P. R.-
James, Captain Marryat, and W. H. Maxwell. " Echoes
prom the Backwoods' 'are repeated by Captain Levinge
vs pleasantiy as the hill sides do those on the margin or
Killarney. A nameless old man (we de not allude,
mind, to the venerable gentleman in black 1.) becomes
very garruleus in his " arraignment and defence of
Tune." It is a quaint conceit, however, and not un-
worthy of perusal. We pray Mr. Jolly Green to desist
from boreieg the public any further, either with his tra
eels or his opinions. he is rather a superficial pilgrim
with a very enticing pseulonym. " The last Ball at the
Tuileries" is smart and agreeable enough ; the tracing of
the temperaments and futurity of the Duc de Neeneurs,
the Duo d'Aumale, the Duo de Montpensier, the Prin.
eesee Clementine, and the Princesse de Joinville, from
their stile of dancing! is a very happy eccentricity.
l'h..re i< much wi'oJ in, we conj.cture, in its very flip-
-piney. 'treble tide, however,-which the authoressehae ems,
lesdiedist this article. she h forgotten to express her
ehigations to that right-clever navel " Cyril Thornton."
The story is absolutely identical—it is a most egregious
and intolerable, specimen of plagiarismel " A sketch of
the Lives of Lords Stowell and Eldon" introduces us :to
the latter venerable personage in a-more pleasant cha-
racter than usual, namely,' as the Partaker of the frolics
of children.' It reminds as of a picture everdear te•us
—Charles James For -lying upon the carpet among a
pile of toys. Charles Hotiton gives us'a very rbmmo.a-
plane narrative in ryhme about a Captain Blackeume ;
there is only one redeeming point in the contribution=
the suicide of Melieate. The April number is 'con-
cluded with noteheleast interesting paper, " The Lens
of the Great Liverpool," described by one of the passen-
gers in that luckless vessel, over whose destruction such
a.mournful interest has been cast by the recent felo de
se of her unfortunate Captain. The New Monthly for
this month is altogether an improvement ueon many of
its predecessors.

The Bishop of London will hold a confirmation of the
juvenile nobility, on Thur.-day next, in the Chapel Royal,
St. James's. The Dean of Westminster will preach on Good
Friday ; and the Sub Almoner, the Rev Dr. Jelf, will
preach in the Chapel Royal on Sunday next
Mr. Drouet, Belgian Charge d' Afftires, transacted business
on Friday at the Foreign—,ffice.
The Lord Advocate of Sc‘aland had :trt interview with the
Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday at the Office of the Board of
Trade.

J. 11. Minn, E-q.. one of the Vice-Presidents of the
institution, briefly returned thanks. He was delight,d
14, see Sir W. C. Moss. R.A., arn“ngst them, because he
was one of the founders of the institution, and one or
its Vice- Presidents, deservedly at the head of the Royal
Academy, and because he hse. had the honour of painting
the first portrait of our lAoved Queen before she as-
cended the throne.—(Cheers.) He also passed a high
culogium on the talents of Thomas Phillips. R.A., and
Andrew Robertson, who had died since their last anni-

rs ary.

J. R. TOLD, Esq., then gave the health of the Chair-
man, wh-ch was warmly responded to.
The CHAIRMAN in returning thanks, regretted that
business and politics had prevented him from giving that
attention to the fine arts which he desired, as in their
pursuit, he had passed some of his happiest moments, as
he haul studit d nature in her fain st and loveliest forms.
--(Laughter.) He could assure them that he was sin-
cere is the sentimemt. He then go. re—•* Sir Arthur
Martin Shee, and the Riyal Acalemy."
The toast was received with all the honours.
Thos. EWINS, Esq.. R.A., briefly I..turned thanks.
C. R. COCKRELL. R.A., the Treasurer; then read a
list of the subscriptions which had been received during
the evening. Tney amounted to a considerable sum, and
among them wore the thllowing:R. Esq., 221.25..
the Lord Chancellor, 101. 10s , the Duke of Sutherland,
101. 103., T. Ba, ink, Ezich 101., R. Impsey, Esq., 10/.,
G. Jones, Esq . 201., Lord F. Egerton. 101, W. J.
Dennison, 10/. 105. ; 76/. the proceeds of a theatrical
performance got up by several young artists, the an-
nounce.uent of which, and in fact all, was received with
loud cheers.

The CHAIR:gar/ remarked that the Royal Commis--
sioners of Fine Arts, who had not been able to accom-
plish all thy wished, were doing everything in their
power to encourage artists. He had seen frescos in all
parts of the world, but he was agreeably surprised to
find that those recently exhibited in Westminster-halt
were equal to thosey produe,d in any other country. Ile
felt that the time h:ul gone by when they had to I.ok
for the initiative in that department to Germany,
or any of the countries of the continent.
Niw English artists took the lead, and would
set an example to other countries for their colouring
whether in figure or landseapr, was superior ; but he
would not say that they had equallfd the ancient
painters. Instead of saying that the art had reached
maturity, he would rather say it had not, in order that
the genius of the English artist might be stiAtulated.
The Cotnaii,sioners had taken a step in the righ t direction;
and, as th-y had evinced the utmost desire to promote
the higher branches of the art, he confidently antici-
pated that no public building, in this or any other coun-
try, would be decorated like the new Houses of Parlia
ment. He therefore besought young artists especially
to avail themselves ut the opportunity thus afforde 1 to
them.

A number of other toasts were drunk, and the com-
pany did not break Iv, until a late hour.
Several songs and glees were sung during the evening
by die. Misses William!.. Mr. Hatton, and others.
Mr. Higgins ~.fficinted as t.ast-master, and acquitted
himself very effectively.

IREI,AND.
THE MURDER OF MR. PATRICK CLARKE.

DUBLIN, APRIL 2.—The trial of two men, Patrick_ltice
and Patrick Hayes, charged with conspiracy to murder Mr.
Patrick Clarke, in the month of October last, commenced at
Nenagh assizes so far back as Tuesday week, and was not
brought to a conclusion until yehterday. A host !of witnesses
were examined for the Crown, the principal being an ap •
prover named Burns, two of his suns, very young men, and a
daughter, a little girl between twelve and thirteen years of
age. Trie prisoners were ably defended. Mr. Jnetice Ball
commenced his charge.at half-past twelve o'clock'onTuesday,
and adjourned the Court without going,through the whole of
the, evidence. On. Wednesday (yesterday) morning his
Lordship resumed his charge, and at eleven o'clock. the jury
retired. At ten minutes past two o'clock they returned into
Conrt with a verdict of Guilty against Rice and Hayes.
The moat awful sensation prevailed in Court. The pri-
soners appeared unmoved.
Mr. DWYER immediately demanded an arrest of judgment.
His Loarisme inquired his grounds ?
Mr. AnNisra,ara (Slr. Dwyer's colleague) requested time
from his Lordship- to have the grounds on which•he and his
Learned Friend relied engrossed.
He was allowed till the adjournment of the Court for the
purposs.
THE GREAT WILL CASE.

The remarkable case of Kelly v. Kelly, which has excited
great interest in consequence ot the enormous amount of pro-
perty in dispute, was brought yesterday to an abrupt and
unexpected conclusion, at the adjourned assizes for Ros-
common. It was an ejectment brought to recever from the
defendant the property denominated Rockwood, which had
been left to the defendant by the will of her late husband,
but which plaintiff claimed for his heir-at-law. 'The issue
involved a que4tion of property to the amount of 600,0031.,
one of the largest properties in Ireland. The case of eject-
ment affected freehold property of about 4,0001. - .
Mr. R. Moortu, Q.C.. opened the case for the defendant.
It will be recollected that the defendant is 'Mrs. Sarah
atwh his
Kelly, of the county of Galway, who was married to the late
Ectin,,nd Kelly, a gentleman, who made an immense fortune,
profession of attorney, and who by his will left his
abo,,-h. fortune to his wife, am"unting to the enormous sums
pear.? mentioned.t The plaintiff and his brother were, it ap-
t..e,
im %ant rehiti,,ns of deceased, and next of kin, and
der bins capable of
•trvas not in such a sat
used undue influence their latle)
raeehlite.d the will id* deceased, on the grounds that
were grdecacalveidil, bya and that
getting tl fatm thei
bn idmdesteofte'orim'riaealintie
Kelly'stliree days.
part,
aTmhilwievtei lti,litriiibianTishh::.ag.rdwfacaivift:ernenojsavikresiefl.:
the
eien
produced to sustain the defendant's case.
witnessestowardsexthae-
close of the case
tli sides left the Court, and
after half an hour returned, whe
n Nlessrs. Moore and Mona-
hen said they would save th' '
as in all human probability the Court and jury some trouble,
minutes. e case would be settled in ten
Tills announcement caused quite a sensation
Shortly after Mr. !MORE, who had retired,agai,;inCourt.
the Court, and s tid—My Lord, we have entered
agreed that you
should direct a verdict for the defendant, and that this con-
sent be made a rule of nisi prius.
The verdict was then entered by consent, and Mr. Cam-
pion
handed the jury 38 gui eas for three days' attendance.
A compromise, it is .aid, was effected by the defendant
I prying 7,500/. to the plaintiff.

Two pr•rtritits are the- en4ravings for one of
them a " Counterfeit Pre,entiment" of the. Duke of
Beaufort's huntsman, houest W!llism Long. We re-
commend the number to all frequenters of our field
sports as readable.

At a moment when famine, and its terriblo attendant
pestilence, are threatening the poor of Ireland, and when the
First Minister of the Crown, as wall as every individual. ac-
quainted with that country, is fully sensible of the fact that
no relief which Parliament can extend to its people can be
effective or permanent without .the co-operation of the large
landed proprietors, and when such just complaints are made
of the apathy of these lords of the soil, who fail not to en •
force their rights, while they lamentably neglect thov duties
which thy owe to the p ople whom providence has com-
mitted to their care, it is to us a mist gratifying task to
record the exertions of one nobleman to give employment,
and spread comfort among the humbler classes around him.
That nobleman is Lord Dr Freyne, who, to alleviate the
distress of tenants and dependents, gives, and has given for
the last year, constant employinsut to no lesS than 530 men
daily in the further improvement of his beautiful and ex-
tensive demesne of French lark; in the county of Roscom-
mon. should other landlord= follow the example of this
most estimable nobleman we should hear little of local suf-
fering or agrarian outrages. Ile will reap his reward in the
blessings of a grateful population, and in the comfort and
happiness which pervade his estates. May his noble ex-
ample stimulate others to like acts of judicious benevolence.
—o6server.

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY
REVIEW. No. XXXVIII.
Very miscellaneous, very well-timed, and very judi-
cious, viewing them collectively, are the contents of
t his Quarterly. " Newman's Devalopement," with
" Dr. Pusey and the Confessional," are very laborious
commentaries upon the so-called Tractarian movement ;
and although these commentaries are occasionally. well-
spirited, they are also very frequently too bitter in their
language, too expletive In their manner, and too self-
sati-fied in their tone for sober theological discussion.
Nicknames are still unhappily in vogue among contro-
versialists. We are sanguine, nevertheless, that the
time is not so distant when such adjuncts will be
spurned on all hands as derogatory to the holy theme of
religion. The "no popery I" cry should have expired
with the confinement of that fanatical madman, Lord
George Gordon, in Newgate. And the words of John
Grueby, as reported to us by " Boz," in his charming
tale of " Barnaby Rudge," should be inscribed in letters
of staring gold over the Corinthian portal of Exeter
Hall—" Lord bless you, leave that unfort' nate bloody
Mary alone ' Words tinctured in any manner with
bitterness are scarcely compatible with those divine

doctrines which were inculcated first in Palestine in
gentle accents, and in parables of tender significance.
" Scriptual Geology" is generally regarded as a theme
rather difficult for the peu of a Christian reviewer. Not
so : the prodigious and startling discoveries of science
are only fresh proofs of the veracity of the Book of
Books ! The gradation and duration of geological strata
can be rendered—are rendered—consonant with the first
chapter of Genesis. Revealed religion is far from being
subverted by the leverage of natural philosophy; it is
enforced, and illustrated, and authenticated (if we
might so speak) by the new revelations of astronomy
and cosmogony. The earth in this way becomes a glorious
index to the Heaven: the reality of the Hereafter verified
by the /Vow. What sublime thoughts flood upon us at
the reflection l . . . . In surveying the relative

position of the " Anti-Corn-law Leagu-e and the labour-
ing classes," the reviewer looks through a clear medium
and expre*ses himself with much solid judgment and
much laudable candour. Where, however, be attempts
to cast a stigma of discredit upon Sir Robert Peel, we
perceive a flaw in the prism, his sight is bleared with
that flood of vituperation which has latterly been
lavished so ungenerously upon that most illustrious
statesman. How absurd—yes, we repeat it, how utterly
absurd, to scorn a political convert because—of "his time
of life !" An old adage saith, " Never too late to begin!"
That is a good saying, and a sensible one. And regard-
ing the Premier in this light alone, his change (call it
what you pleased, " tergiversation," " ratting,' or what
not) is admirable. When, however, in a retrospective
survey of his career, we see to clear tendency towards
that pinnacle of legislative magnanimity, the summit of
which Sir Rohert Peel has now reached, namely, the
good of the people ; when we observe throughout his
whole political life a manifebt effort to seduce the aris-
tocracy of landlords into just concessions to the multi-
tude ; when we perceive his gradual progression from
fixed duties to a lenient tariff, and from a sliding scale
to a free trade, we cannot bat acknowledge in him a
consistency more massive and more splendid than in that
dogged, adherence to'
principles long
exploded, which, , with ;a very singular adaucity, claibis
the same epithet, .Consistency indeed I surely it is the
consistency, of, dancehood 1. The_remainieg moiety of
the Church of Engbrnd Quarterly, is of ~ordinary. ability.

AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE.
" Old St. Paul's" is incorrigible in the pertinacity of

its continuation, but we have already spolien so plainly
upon this subject that we shall desist from further re-
monstrances. The two most prominent features of
Ain. worth for April are, like our minor dramas, " taken

from the French;" alas I for our paucity of originals,
alas for our sneaking reliance upon the fecundity of
the imaginations of la belle France. However we must
swallow our chagreen and he as grateful as possible for
the good things vouchsafed us by our neighbours. And
good things they arc too of a vengeance—absolute dain-
ties in their way. " Piquillo Alliaga," by Eugene
Scribe, and " The Count of Monte Christo," by Alex-
andre Dumas. Both are as interesting as romances
could well be, with the assistance of all those extrava-
gant adjuncts, of all those thrilling improbabilities and
outrageous vagaries which the Parisian novelists know
se well hew to blend with their characters, so as to form
very palpable fictions. As the story by M. Scribe is only
commenced in this Number, we shall defer our opinion
upon its merits to a more favourable opportunity ; though
we must acknowledge it evinces a freshness of description
which proutist:s largely. " The Count of Monte Christo,"
gains somewhat upon our attention in its present portion.
Dudley Costello utters a variety of piquante remarks on
" How they make Love over the Water," a title, which
at first sight sorgested to us a teetotal courtship. Mr.
Cost. lht, we opine, has no small plrteclity for Roche-
foucault; the refl ix of his sarcasm, and his pithiness
glimmers in the lucubrations of the former. A con-
tribution by Thomas Wright, is a third peep into the
rn, steries of " Sorcery and Magic:" and another by
Charles Hooton, is a second chapter of his " Imma
terialit es, or can such things be ?" consequently the
lovers of the marvellous may here obtain a dish precisely
to th.-ir liking. We are rejoiced to find the " Life and
Writings of Nimrod" drawn to a conclusion, as the
st•rie, had already exceeded all allowable limits. Mr.
sltotrdcit:,e, y,atrhrea narrates so o,}nft ev„ 'h‘ Inc ciisd esnotms
einw
htlhae if t
hLuee of
knieaFrench
d .A nd,
.w,rhtnizwnewmor.iiihi
which,
ribsth,
tletgheantd :tbo.u.t tth.en:
Mr. Forrest, we have ermine
ble steel illustration by riasnklin, would be
rated the entir.i!oheacdnosnhtbteytell'as'
miser..
suitable tor the table to env d • rawini!-rorina or boudoir.

MONUMENT TO 'WALLACE ---`` On Thursday evening,
at the end of the first part of Mr. Wil4on's entertainment, the con-
cludirez song of which was ' Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled,' a gen-
tleman came to Mr. Wilson, and said that magnificent song had
powerfully impressed him with the fact, not commendable to Scot-
land, that there was not a monument to Wallace, the hero who had
4lone so much tor his country. He gave his name for 501. to head a
subleription for the erection of a monument to Wallace on the k hhey
Crag, near Aalin;, and requested Mr. Wilson, who has done so
much for the songs of Scotland, by keeping alive these parts of her
history recorded is song, to give publicity to the intended monu-
ment, that all ranks, high and low, rich and poor, might have an
oPoormnity of con.rilatting• to it. No spot in Scotland c‘aild be
111.4 on mere appropriate or more magnificent for a monument to
Wallace than the Abbey Craig. - it w !ul f be an honour to Scotland,
atlbeldsnet;tniii,:oanlibit;:antoti.„:teeheteio:ituisliCict remkred classic to the hero e d Lids
of the Wallace and the Bruce. It may be mentioned that the gen-
gtreyn.eraioulas offer has
returnedlen thirty-four yearsail..
0444.4 Afirowy.-

THE
We congratulate the million on THE- PEOPLE'. - JOURNAL. . . ..
possessing an -organ s°
earnestly alive 'tb their interests. They cannot com-
plain that, their. principles 'are' iniadvocated. in aliterary
Way--4heir clianiPiOns -of , the :Pen Wt. to -"speak
'
egotistically) tire,
Powerful and numerous. , William . and
Mary Hewitt are, doing. :,their _utmost to advande.
the cause of, their countrymen, and the former here pays
-
a deserved tribute to Miss Martineau, it whose recovery,
from illneSs we are-no less amazed than delighted: Mr.
Fox, too, labours bravely under the same banners: his
lectures on " living poets," on " the study of history,"
and, on " the -common interests of Great Britain and
America," are animated at once by an eloquent affection
for freedom and integrity. He does well in contemning
belligerent rivalry between the. United States and Eng-
land. Peace is indeed the panacea for all national ills.
Nevertheless, in our reverence for this divine quietude
among nations, we
must never forget that a manifesta-
tion of pertinacious injustice must not be tolerated on
the part of another government. By succumbing to the
insolent demand of any Power, however near or how-
ever remote, however strong or however feeble, we
should merely be extending rewards to additional en-
croachments, and by such a misjudged policy be placing
the peace of mankind in yet inure imminent peril. If
we are really desirous of maintaining tranquillity we
must hold a scourge above legislative insolence and sus-
tain our rights by a plenitude of honesty, and dignity,
and determination. Prom the poems of Miss Barrett
we cannot restrain ourselves from quoting a few frag-
ments;
.they are fired with such ti nuble detestation of
die turpitude of our ministry in 1815.
" Napoleon! years ago, and that great word,
Compact of human breath hi hate and dread
And exultation, skied as over head.—
An atmosphere whose lightninScathing the cedar of the world,—drawn down
g. was the sword,
' The burnings, by the metal of a crown.
Na ),,leon 1 sages with high foreheads drooped,
Did use it for a problem; children small
Leapt up to greet it, as at manhood's call :
Priests blessed it from their altars, overstooped
By meek-eyed Christs—and widows with a moan
Spoke it, when questioned why they site alone.
s . ir. *
France kept her old affection,
Ah, deeply as the sepulchre the corse,
Until dilated by such loves remorse
To a new angel of the resurrection,
She cried, ' Behold, thou England! I would have
The deed, whereof thou wottest, from the grave!'
And England answered in the courtesy
Which ancient foes, turned lovers, may befit—
' Take back thy dead! and when thou burriest it,
Throw in al f former strifes 'twixt thee and me,'
Amen, mine England! 'tis a courteous claim,
Insteadi
viu niTttiiihle:rnh
But ask a little room, too —for thy shame!
Because it was not well, it was not well,
breast—not cheek!
which wailed moored
Nor tuneful, with the ley-chanted past,
Among the Ocianides—that heart
I ,Tvo
,411)
ii
ii
,ml,
lannclobbleaEren,
galnadndr,exnewnitloihutltsuereekfell.
mil!I rl
wouldiin s n
thatstains
hostileup o 7'.
fleetsll had scarred thy bay,
iumr tt
hwears,dobnue:
princely purpose ship'vhi
was assured,
to-night's moon, nor to-morrow's sun!
Yyterawnits'ciersiteied uf'
oreftfPta shadow—not to pass away—
"tor the
spice already ' d
Occup)e . When complet d i , the first
volume of the People's Journal will be a choice one -,
WGerwee
on
uwldatewhiinigiihnigllsi
can predicate it from the three parts already published. e

MAGAZINE.
THE SI-757(75,t,i;.e
til
Harry llie'over furnishes
bieu afl I tyre
s
ttecept..ble and valuable one it must prove to
s of
a most
in the stables, to all those who
are ieuti
g au fait At sportmanship " I Terses, Purehet,s and
asb""n-
Purte,e,suie," is its title. but so fell is rile r" Perf u... tut
hints as to the physiognbinical and physiological charac-
ter of tdis nob!e animal that we consider that
title as not sufficiently comprehensive. The cynic
Athens, pronounces a long
ignrac.Sehtuik;opnerae's 7m
miserable on of
itioni
of very unsavory root :
the direct converse of this is the behaviour of
Harry lile'over. He presents to the reader a bountiful
repast of information with a very meagre introductory
phrase. Altogether the paper b4ore us might he re -
garded as as exposition of the renowned stanza in
Venus and Adonis." descriptive of a perfect steed.
We trust the writer will contribute a series of articles,
somewhat after the same fashion, in the pages of the -
Sporting Magazine. In this manner he might favour us
with a dissertation upon each description of horse,
racer, hunter, draught, and so forth, with a supplement
upon the diseases incident to the entire breed. The
subject, no doubt, would be old in the abstract, but
the manner wonld be novel and agreeable. Let hint
meditate upon our recommendation. " Recollections of
a Gruff," afford us a very preposterous and over-wrought
incident. The situation is so unlikely that, notwith-
standing its absurdity, a laugh is completely out of the
question. A Mr. Chess,hyre writes a sensible bundle
of remarks about the " Operation of the Game-laws ;"
we presume, however, from their nature, that he has
dipped largely into Miss Martineau's recent stories upon
the same theme. " A Vick to Newmarket" is trite and
common-place ; " The White Hare" little better ; and
" A Few Words about Greyhounds," too frivolous and
pet* to be examined- eves by a literary microscope.

THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY RE-
The contributions, though
VIEW.
ty.
tuhsusarbullYnd sense. We can
In this closely-printed periodical them is a remarkable
accumulation of the sayings and doings current among
Selected with dis-
t.° the masonic bro-
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tenc:liri:eirct,radrohjin zati
ititlystrditm.:trrn-
eir:caalitinserndfienxa:ercaneet
del
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4,636,817
1,783,308

5,631,691
1,314,235

954,410
98,085
338,785

140,000

8,477,20 G
1,783,308

10,260,514

2,853,509

2,853,800

pears to us a sheer impossibility. Several pieces of
criticism in the present Number merit a perussl, and
the " Record of Missions" desert, a a similar word of
commendation.

WANDERINGS OF A PEN AND PENCIL.

Our two pilgrim., Alfred Crowquil and F. P. Palmer,
have a rare appreciation of the picturesque. Witness
that " Yarnton 2`.1 anor House," flecked with shreds of
sunlight and its lattices curtained by green
boughs ! Just the spot in which to pore over
Hohnshed of a dark night, or to carol a
madrigal of Christopher Marlow in the summer-time ;
and " Godstone's Nunnery," all crumbled away, and
strewn with ivy, and suffused with an aspect of desola-
tion—a very outhouse to the moated grange of Shakspere's
and Tenneyvon's Marianna, " Fair Rosamond" is, of
itself, far beyond the price of the whole number, with its
fantastic marginal illustrations. We can speak of these
Wanderings with unaffected satisfaction ; they will form
a pleasant addition to the historiography of our merry
England.

HEATH'S NEW GALLERY OF BRITISH
ENGRAVINGS. Parts IV. and V.

The six engravings before us are beautiful specimens
of art ; two portraits ; two domestic scenes ; and two
interiors of churches. In ,the first of the likenesses, the
proverbial loveliness of our fair countrywomen is ex-
quisitely represented ; an effect which is doubtless owing
to the combination of three things—the charms of the
delicate original, the pencil of the artist, and the finished
skill of the engraver. The altar scenes at Leige has a
most entrancing effect, every scrap of the gothic orna-
ments upon the groins, the roof beams, and the mullions
coming out with crispness, and yet with softness, in
the pool of sun-light streaming through the stained
windows. If the future parts of this series are only
equal to the present specimens, the work will not be un-
worthy of the supervision of Mr. Charles Heath ; and
that is no mean encomium.

THE KNIGHT OF G WYNNE. Nos. 111. and I V
By Charles Lever.

Harry Lorrequer -progresses but slowly in the en-
tanglement of his plot—a sad failing in so experienced
a writer of fiction, since but little interest is excited
until the characters are in a tolerable state of confusion.
Darcy, the Knight of Gwynne, is very happily con-
ceived and very aptly delineated, and, considering
that his patrimonial estates are threatened with irre-
parable destruction, there is a promise of incidents such
as will enthral the attention, and arouse the sympathies
of the reader. Captain Forrester makes extraordinary
advances in the estimation of Lady Eleanor, the hostess
of Gwynne Abbey, and loses his heart—that truant of
all love-tales!—to Helen Darcy. Bagenal Daly—al-
ready one of our familiar favourites—developer his ec-
centric nature more and more in every successive scene.
His summary way of dealing with the postboy, by
taking a streak of nap off his beaver with a pistol-
bullet, is almost as characteristic as his clearing the
fence with " his reins in his mouth and his hands be-
hind his back." The epoch in which the story is situ-
ated is a most attractive one to all lovers of Irish
romance; being no less important a time than that of
the legislative union. On this very account, however,
the difficulties of the narrative are enhanced: the writer
must avoid any evidence of party feeling, while, at the
same moment, his pages must reflect the most bitter
party politics of that stormy and eventful period. We
shall watch the development of the tale with much
auriosity. • - • ,

levimhs
aenat(n)wwae
phsaparivtreiictuaivl
ale•erralyyd, yanprepealvri el(
y,ratbeidep
pt or
oiane
ha i
nprecedingthat
of
sectarian intolerance. There is an atrabilious tow
entitled " The
MabanruitanthSeudpisecirsutiistiitoino.n""Tol'ilewchoatntpios falselysitiof this article is
om
the
as
sish Church is misconstrut d b calm and dispassionate observers,
h ni
most reprehensible. To say the least a it, w e consci-
entiously
We cannot induce ourselves to think that so
many great minds as have been numbered amongst the
children of that creed could so far debase their intellects
ttv.fiauistlhy
ofbe
as to pay supreme idolatry to a mere creature. Such
thlieevße'
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