The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-24 00:00:00

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

In consequence of the above event the long walk lead-
ing from the Palace to the Horse Guards was crowded at
an early hour in the day by people who seemed inclined
to submit to all the inclemencies of the morning in order
to catch a glance of the Queen and her consort, Prince
Albert. By oue o'clock in the afternoon the crowd had
very much increased, so much so as hardly to leave any
passage down the walk, and, in fact, every place
that seemed to offer any opportunity for a good view
was eagerly occupied and retained. Strong bodies of
the F division of the police were posted at intervals in
the crowd in order to prevent any disturbance, and the
ground for the passage of the royal carriages was kept
clear by a detachment of the Life Guards. Precisely at
25 minutes to two o'clock the band of the Royal Horse
Guards commenced playing the National Anthem, and in
about five minutes after the procession made its appearance
from the gates of Buckingham Palace. The weather,
which during the whole morning had been boisterous
and lowering, happened then to clear up. and the brilliant
cortege, escorted by a detachment of the Horse Guards,
presented a very grand appearance. The procession
moved very slowly—in fact, it was impossible to do
otherwise, as the carriige which contained her Ma-
jesty was literally besieged by persons anxious to
see their Sovereign. The cheering was not very
general or loud ; but that may be attributed to
the extreme difficulty of any vocal demonstration, while
every one was struggling to obtain the best possible
view, and moving in a very dense crowd. The gallery
of the Duke of York's Column was quite filled with
spectators, and the steps leading to it presented the ap-
pearance of the pit of a theatre on boxing-night. The
large square behind the Horse Guards was filled, as the
crowd had followed the royal carriage from the Palace,
and all further motion was there prevented by the
shutting of the gates leading to Parliament-street.
The band stationed there strnck up the National Anthem
and the infantry presented arms. Parliament-street
and Bridge-street were also thickly crowded, and very
great eagerness to follow the royal carriage was also
manifested there, but such a proceeding was checked by
the constables stationed to prevent any disorder. On
the arrival of her Majesty at the Houses of Parliament
a royal salute was fired from som• guns stationed
by the side of the river, and after the entrance
of her Majesty the crowd remained as thick as
before, anxiously awaiting her re- appearance. The ut-
most order and regularity was maintained by the police,
who were admirably stationed, so as to be able to act
immediately in case of any untoward circumstance re-
quiring their aid.

TDB GALE OF MONDAY NlGHT.—During the storm
of wind on Monday evening, prt of the steeple of the
church lately erected at Red-hill, near Reigate, under
the superintendence of Mr. Knowles, architect, of
Raymond's-buildings, fell with tremendous violence into
, the body of the church, penetrating the roof, ceiling,
and timbers. Had this disaster occurred during divine
service on the previous day, the loss of life might have
been fearful. The seats are very much damaged, some
of them shivered into splinters, and others actually torn
from the flooring, such was the force of the concussion.
It is uncertain when the church will be again fit for
service.
Mr. George Duke, a farmer of Northmunda93,
who was on the platform. at the late protection meeting in
Chichester, discharged one of his labourers named Machin,
on the following morning, because the poor manhad refused
to sign the protection petition at the meeting the day before; .
A
and the man has had no work since.
Rls a dreadful state
of things. Here is a poor fellow reduced with his wife to a
state of want, for having disobeyed his employer's command.
not because he was a bad labourer, but because he refused to
sign a petition to Parliament to keep up rents and the price
of provisions. Such is the state of slavery in which the
Sussex labourer is held ! Hutchins is not likely to get work,
as no other farmer in the neighbourhood will think of
" taking on" a discharged man. He must therefore starve or
be committed to the union-house, unless he can conciliate Mr.
George Duke, of Northmundam, one of the crew who talk of
upholding the corn-law for the labourers' benefit.—Brighton
Guardian.
RIBBONMEN PAYING TOO DEAR FOR THEIR WHIS-
TI.E.—We understand that a famous capture of six armed
Ribbonmen•was made a few nights since, near Athboy, bya
party of the Westmeath constabulary, acting under the
di-
rection of S. A. Reynell, Esq., of Archtratown. Mr. Reynell,
we learn, received private information of a contemplated
meeting between a party of the Meath and Westmeath onem R
i
h place
onmen, who were to assemble at a certain and make
use of a peculiar whistle to identify their presence. The
police doffed their green habiliments and mounted frieze
coats and " caubeens" to represent the Westmeath " boys,"
and thus prepared started for the bivouac, on reaching
which they made use of their identical whistle agreed on by
the original contracting parties. The Meath boys were true
to their appointment, and so fell easy victims to the wily
police, who safely conveyed them to Trim Gaol. The Rib-
bonmen were all armed, and, we understand, had the new
pass words ready for delivery, and they did deliver them, very
reluctantly, however, into the hands of the,police.—Pilot.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Hosrurar..—Last evening,
the students of University College Hospital entertained Wil-
liam Davy, Esq., one of their number, at a dinner, on the
occasion of his receiving an appointment as a surgeon in the
Hon. East India Company's service. The dinner took place
at the Arundel Hotel. There w ere about sixty gentlemen
present, and 11. Morgan, Esq., occupied the chair. The
chairman eulogised in glowing terms the character of their
guest, and congratulated him on the success which had so
early attended his professional exe:tions; at the same time
expressing his regret at the loss the College would sustain
by the removal of a gentleman who had proved one of its
brightest ornaments. The health of Mr. Liston and the
other Professors of the College were afterwards drank with
enthusiasm.

STEAM BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night a
barge deeply laden with a cargo of salt, oils, and paints, be-
longing to Messrs. Lucas and Pope, lightermen, was goieg
down the Thames in charge of two watermen, when they
were met by the Corkscrew steamer, coming up the river at
full speed off Cu kold's Point, Rotherbithe, and although
the men navigating the barge hailed her, the speed of the
steamer was not eased till it came in collision with the barge,
the sides of which were stowed in, and it began to till.
The
engines of the Corkscrew were then immediately eased and
turned astern, and assistance was rend. red to the men
a poet the
barge, which was brought up off the Wes 1 al
craft.
trance, and the cargo was transferred to
other The
barge has sustained constderable damage.

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THE INSTITUTION OF CMIL, e__l72
1/4-=
ENGINEERR. . 7
The annual general meeting of this Society.
Tuesday evening, Sir John Rennie, prmident, in .e.hs ,447! ;
when the following officer* and counci? "Were el
John Rennie, president; W. Cabitt, J. Field, I.
and J. Simpson, vice-presidents; I. Brunel„ B. C'
Locke, J. Miller, W. C. Mylne, R. Stephensort;\ sAt ay,
F. Bateman, Sir J. Macneil'„ and T. Sopwiti4 mem err ;
Colquhoun and S. M. Peto, associates.
The annual report of the Council announced the past
session to have been one of unexampled brilliancy, and the
actual position of the Institution to be flourishing'in every
respect.
Telford medals were presented to P. C. Delagarde and Cr-
Edwards; and premiums of books to Messrs. Vullianry,
Bodmer, and Redman, for papers read last year at th.
meetings. _ _

Memoirs were given of thedeceased members, Mr. Atkin.
son and Lieutenant E. N. Kendall, R.N.

The opportunity of thepresentation of the annual report
was seized by the Council for explaining succinctly to the
general body their intuitions in proposing modifications of
the existing bye-laws. From the statement it appears that
the present bye-laws are based upon a code of regulations
framed when the charter was granted,. and by these the In-
stitution has been governed since 1828. The great progress,
however, made by the profession of engineering demanded
certain modifications, wit'oh have been made from time to
time by the Council, but always within the spirit and mean-
ing of the actual laws. These they now seek to incorporate
in the code of laws, in order that all the members may be
cognizant of them.
The meeting was then adjourned until Tuesday, Feb. 3,
when the following paper would be read:—
No. 728. "On the existence (practically) of the line of
equal horizontal thrust in arches, and the mode of determin-
ing it by geometrical construction." By W. H. Barlow,
M. Inst. C.E.

PROJECT OF A SHIP OF WAR
RAILWAY ACROSS FRANCE, UNITING THE
ENGLISH CHANNEL WITH THE MEDITER-
RANEAN SEA.

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The o cu p 1
Journal
des Chemins de Fers says of it :
" We are about to speak of a scheme, the realisation of
which is enough to frighten the most enterprising.
"It is well known that for a fleet to arrive at the Channel
from the Mediterranean Sea, that is, from the port of Toulon
to that of Cherbourg for instance, it is necessary to pass
through the &rafts of Gibraltar, of which England is com-
pletely mistress, on account of her hold of Gibraltar.
" TM.; obligation, which in case of war with England,
would be more inconvenient to us, has engaged the studious
attention of Captain Guillemon, of the Engineers. The
transfer by land of an entire fleet appears feasible to him, and
this is how he would execute it.
" A railroad should extend across France, terminating at
two ports. A sub-marine frame-work should be executed at
the entrance of both of these ; the railway should extend
with the frame-work, which might be constructed like a
canal; and an inclination should be given to the railway so
as to meet the bottom of the ship.

" This project is evidently a most gigantic one, and yet its
application does not appear to us impossible. But what ex-
pense will be necessary to realise it ? What precautions
must be taken? What changes made? A special railroad
must be constructed, on account of the breadth of the ship-
-15 metres; its height, 15 metres; and its weight 2,700,000
kilogrammes, exclusive of furniture.
" This road, we admit, might serve other purposes, but
it would be necessary to connect it with the existing roads.
The obligation of ever passing 15 metres under the soil, in
the intersection of routes, would necessitate to the establish-
ment enormous expense. The weight of the ship, which is
2,700,000 kil., would give per metre current near 45,000 kil.
while the rails in common use only support 5,000. It would
therefore be necessary to multiply the lines of rails.
"There is another subject of difficulty, the importance of
which may yet interrupt the realisation of M. Guillenson's
project, and that is the straining of the ship's timbers out of
the water. Is it not to be feared that she would fall upon her
keel ?

««'e sincerely trust that M. Guillemon's project will be
duly considered by competent men; but let him remember
that such vast undertakings meet with many sceptics and
few partisans. Is this fortunate? Is it an evidence of saga-
city? The application of steam to navigation is a proof of
the contrary."
The French boat, from Alexandria and Beyrout, due here
on the Bth, has not yet appeared; she is consequently eight
days over due.

THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSITION WITH REGARD
TO RAILWAY BILLS.—We understand that it is the intention
of Sir Robert Peel to propose on Monday that a Committee
should be formed of the Members of both Houses of Parlia-
ment, for the pu-pose of instituting a preliminary examina-
tion into all the proposed railway schemes, so as to select
those projects which, either for local or general benefit, it
would be most desirable to carry into execution, and that
the Bills for the lines so selected will alone be permitted to go
before the Standing Orders Committee.
. _ _

Lord and Lady Stanley and family arrived in
town on Tuesday evening, for the season, from Knowsley
Hall, the Earl of Derby's seat in Lancashire.
YAIMOUTII.—CAPSIZiNG OF A YAWL.-011 Mon-
day last a scene presented itself on our beach which was wit-
nessed with most intense feelings of the mbst painful anxiety,
in consequence of the imminent peril in which the lives of
about a dozen gallant beachmen were placed, by a singu-
larly unfortunate combination of circumstances.—About
two o'clock in the afternoon a signal was hoisted from a
vessel lying in our roads denoting that a pilot was
wanted. As she was a vessel from the Baltic, it was
supposed that a north-sea pilot was wanted to conduct
her to London ; a yawl was manned with ten beachmen,
a pilot, and the agent. On reaching the vessel it was
discovered that she did not want a north sea- pilot, but simply
one to sun her into the harbour. The yawl which went out
on this occasion was a rather small one—the Starling, be-
longing to the Star Company. The wind was blowing a
very strong gale from the south ; the foul-weather flag was
hoisted on the Jetty, and there was what the beachmen de-
nominate " a very nasty swell on." The Starling, finding
that the pilot was not required, proceeded to return, and when
within`about fifty yards of the Jetty, she was capsized, and
every one of the crew, with her ballast, &c.,
pitched into the sea. It was described by one
of the beachmen to be not literally a capsize ;
it appears that just as the yawl came on to the
break of the sea, a sudden and severe squall struck her,
broke her mizem-mast. and caused her to lounge so much
that all the crew were thrown overboard. The main-
mast fortunately remained unshaken ; which prevented
the yawl turning bottom upwards, in which case every
man must inevitably have perished. It will be remem-
bered that on a very recent occasion a public meet-
ing was held at the Town Hall for the purpose of
presenting a life belt to every beachman—the gift of the
borough Members, at the Regatta dinner in July last.
Most of the beachmen (we believe with three excoptions)
had their life-preservers on upon this occasion, and it is,
we hear, from those who witnessed the scene, and who are
intimately conversant with the dangers of the sea, not a
speculation to say that if men had not been provided
with these belts some must have been drowned! The
swell was too heavy to attempt to launch a boat to their
assistance, and besides, as the accident was within so
short a distance of the beach, a more easily available de-
scription of assistance was enabled to be afforded them
by means of ropes thrown from the beach to the sufferers.
The beachmen succeeded in hauling every one of the
crew ashore, with no personal injury to any one. The
yawl has received considerable damage, but this is of
course a very insignificant question when compared with the
serious conesquences which at one time it was thought must
have ensued. We are glad to find that the beachmen do not
hesitate to wear these belts when the weather is foul, and the
dangers of their perilous vocation increased tenfold. A feel-
ing prevailed too long with this brave class, that to wear
life-preservers of any -kind evinced a discreditable amount of
fear, and detracted from their valour and heroism. This was
based on a wrong principle, and we are glad to find that its
fallacy has been discovered and acted upon.—Bury Herald.
INQUEST ON ONE OF THB BOARD OF GUARDIANS OF
BERNIONDSEY.—On Wednesday an investigation took place
before W. Carter, Esq., Coroner for East Surrey, at the Wool-
pack Tavern, Bermondsey-street, as to the death of Mr. Jokeph
Hooker, aged sixty-three, one of the members of the Board of
Guardians of that parish. Harriet Costive stated theathesihre_
He w
was housemaid in the deceased's family.
Bermondsey-street.
On merchant, residing in White's-grounds, e
k "as sitting in
On Monday morning,,,about ten
the kitchen, and heard the deceascedel"pass,
Ar Hooker in a short
`vas r s
nalongoinoise
the passage
flrnoma fewthe minutes
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tkiittcwheansp,
awnhde nw
it thne e s a noise
rephed, it was her
master, who was sick. Mrs. Hooker went to the door and
knocked, but he made no answer, and she came back and
said, she knew he was there. She proceeded to the door
again, and said, " you are sick and ill, do let me in ;" but he
made no reply, and Mrs. Hooker went to the parlour to
Miss Cutler, her niece, who accompanied her to the door,
and she asked him to open it, which he immediately did.
An alarm was given, and one of the men came. Jn about
two minutes witness, who had ran away from fright, saw
her master sitting in the kitchen, and a man holding
him, and also. observed a large wound in his throat.
Mrs. Hooker asked him how he could do it, and he said,
"Oh, it was my poor head made me do it ; don't fret ;"
and thii he remarked repeatedly. He was attended by a
surgeon, but died in about an hour. For the last week
he had appeared much bewildered in his head, and every
little circumstance annoyed him; but she knew no par-
ticular cause for it. He often complained of his head, and
said it arose from indigestion. Other evidence having
been adduced, the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary
insanity."
According to the last accounts from Sweden, the
scarcity and dearness of provisions increased so rapidly in
the provinces, and particularly in Upland, that an absolute
dearth was apprehended. Large importations of corn were
being brought from Russia, and contributions in money were
being made for the sufferers.
TEN Hcoußs' BILL.—A deputation from the Central
Short Time Committee of the West Riding had an interview
on Wednesday, at Doncaster, with E. B. Denison, Esq., M.P.,
of the factory question, previous to the Hon. Member's lea -
in Yorkshire for his Parliamentary dale&
CHICHESTER.---All instance has just occurred in
this vicinity of refusing to read the burial service at the
grave of a child baptised by a Dissenting Minister. The
circumstances of the case are as follows :—An infant whose
parents are members of the Independent chapel in the vil-
lage of Bosham being unwell, their minister was sent for to
baptize the child ; subsequently it died. The vicar of
Bosham being applied to to bury it, he sent for the father,
and told him he could not read the burial service, because
the child had not been baptised by him, who, being A
form
successor to the apostles, was alone qualified II
prracted
that religious rite, and that the Dissenting Ministehaviv
only br Satanic agency. These arguments, however,
no influence with the *father, another stratagem
child should be
to in order to induce him to consent that the
the reading of
interred without the usual forms, viz-,
thatto the dead o
the burial s,rvice could be of n! service 11isresorted
aifu'heassea tutteenid. e ;rhodt.l, µhiss the e
the father replied that
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after
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whichB
only.o f Dr.
funeral without reading the serd-
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sbenefited,
the he should
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not
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the child
its being done:
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matter before
the father, who told him that the vicar had not positively
refused ition(ireat adtki-let'e'lli Be
L'siemrvPicoer, aild ttlaikatenhetofetlhte persuaded danedd
shie
however,the vicar read the Lord's Prayer
Whaticew Newman
nitdyo tnhoatt
imitate
aidunaliss
would.eit 13 interred,
t'ifillheeeislsentiments
hanoldditnlcie
example and go at once over to Rome. The Vicar of Bosham
will do well to be cautious how he refuses the burial rites to
another Dissenter's child, as it is not very likely that another
father will be found who will submit so quietly to his priestly
authority.—Brighton Guardian,

LITERATURE.
THE PRYINGS OF A POSTMAN.

A humorous scrambling together of sarcasm and
tlrollery are these" Pry ings of a Postman." The con-
ception is rather errant and unsystematic, but the realisa-
tion betokens no contemptible share of fu 12nd observa-
t ion in the writer. Whoever it be, he has an eye for the
ludicrous, a tolerable amount of hatred forirneanness, and
a decided affection for the natural, as evidenced in the
actions and sentiments of others. The most inimitable
story iu the English langu ige, told in the shape of
epistles, is, without any question, Ma ame D'Arblay's
first novel " Evelinu." Yet, notwithstanding that a
greater amount of truthfulness and veracity is imparted
to a fiction by- narrating in a very conceivable corre-
spondence between the various characters of the tale,
that. style of composition always bears the appearance of
over car, lessness*d want of symmetry.. This is the
chief fauit in the volume before us ; its satire is frittered
away in an idle and chit-chatty strain ; it loses much of
its pint from a want of condensation. Many facetioul
portraitures of s,,ciety may still, however, be gleaned
from its pages. It is a book to be dipped into at the
b eakfast-table.

SKETCHES FROM FLEMISH LIFE. In Three

Tales. From the Flemish of Her,drih Conscience,

2 Vols. By Ivan Golovine.
A history of the vast.ltussian empire under the pre-
rent Autocrat, written by a native of that country, and
one who has had remarkable opportunities of scrutinising
matters in the neighbourhood of the capital and of the
palace—these two volnews challenge the perusal of every
Fermin interested in the welfare of his fellow-man. From
the very constitution of our political system ; from that
repugnance to despotism which appears to be almost in-
herent in the bosom of every Englishman ; from the
liberty
.of action which has incorporated itself with, and
actuelly influenced the liberty and developmer.t of the
national mind in Great Britain it is not surprising that
we should turn with a degree of antipathy and loathing
filen the consideration of a sovereign who, like Nicholas
L. has been invested with supreme authority aver many
millions of the human race, and has used that authority
‘6lll a cruel and unpitying hand. Hence the animus
with which Ivan Golovine is inspired throughout this
narrative a ill prove thoroughly acceptable to the ma-
rity of his English readers. He states everywhere the
Lard truth, and he states it with an uncompromising
pen. The subtlest secrets of one among the subtlest
governments of Europe are uncloaked—the mysterious
b-comes palpable —the bandages are torn away, and the
it'c,rous wounds di•elosed. In the preface with which
these disclontres are introduced, there is one paragraph
worthy of especial comment. It is this :
" On the Emperor Nicholas alone it depends to prove that
my judgment of his merits is erroneous, and that he is
worthy to reign over the people committed to his care.
Let lim command his acolytes. Let him say to
Orloff, that ha intends, henceforth, to govern by mildness,
hincenty, and cantidence, and to abolish his secret
pace. Let him to say Bludoff, that after having
co'l,:etel the Russian laws, he is convinced that tl:ey
are only fit to be thrown into the fire, as being unworthy of
the aril in which we live—unworthy of Ged and of man ;
and. that in their place he will substitute laws of
ju,tice and equity. Let him say to Penh), that
robb:Ta shall no longer be in power, but
S beria. Let him say to liwarof, that he will no longer
t. lerste the charlatanism of civilisation, and thLt
he desires to render it as pure as heaven. Let
him say to Perowsky, that his name shall be allied to the
greatest work of tt.e age, the emancipation of the serfs; let
him declare that if the nobles have not enfranchised their
peasants within a specified period, they shall be compelled to
do so by the law, for that it is an anomaly to have slaves in a
Christi in land. Let him say to Nesselrode, that France,
the centre of civilisation, deserves his high esteem,
and can no longer be his enemy. Let him also
say, that the past sufferings of Poland shall suffice, and that
Gut, having caused the scales to fall from his eyes, he at
once relives Poland from her cruel chains."

Th- sequ,l of this emphatic and impassioned sen-
tence is eminently mournful, when the historian—now
for rv,•r banished from his country—exclaims:— •
" And after haring said this, let him carry it into
effect. Tlyni will history correct her sentence; and
will say, that, after having sinned deeply,Nicholas has deeply
repented ; and she will place his name by the side of those
whom nations love to revere."

Fervently must every ont particip.ste in these aspira-
tions. Thqy 'unit ultirnstely be accomplished: would
that the present Czar would deprive his successors of the
chance of obtaining the ere. it of a liberation so asto-
nishing and glorious ! The present work is copious in
facts—its language is simplicity—its spirit candour.

OVER-POPULATION AND ITS RIEME;-_,Y.
By IV. T. Thornton.

A theme of more vital consequence, nationally and
individually, or one that has been more frequently
mooted, could not possibly have been selected. Its
importance is self-evident, as upon it depends the
happiness or misery, the prosperity or indigence, of
society at large; while, at the same time, it has so
repeatedly afforded materials for the disquisitions of
many sagacious minds as, to a very considerable ex-
tent, to have allayed the curiosity of plitical students
and philanthropists. So many quacks have arisen
and tenderei their nostrums as an infallible remedy to
such t itibersnces of the human race, that
men hive become somewhat chary of lending
an ear to any near- corner in the same field.
John Bull has so very often become unconsciously
the jack-pudding of statistical jugglers of this nation,
that he dremls some time wakening up from a second
Malthusian (I,.ceit, to find himself a general laughing-
rtock. But John Bull may, in the present instance,
approach without trepidation—he will here find no
fileta•itic or impossible theory—he will here find no
vii,,.;ary of the imagination, but, on the contrary, a
candid and enlightened effort of reason. Instead of
adraneing s one novel and impossible scheme, Mr.
Thornton has contented himself with a careful inves-
tLation of the opinions of his predecessors. On this
he has built up a very sensible plan of affording
remedy in case of over-population—a plan which is
fourple I upon a substratum of facts, accounting for
ths maladies which have to be eradicated. As a sen-
sible and cover essay upon this most interesting sub.
.jcct, the present book deserves all possible attention ;
and the tact of selection displayed by its author, is
mil,. equalled by the extreme modesty with which he
otirrs his opinions.

SONGOF THE CENTRAL SOCIETY
(From Punch.)
What makes our flag o'er distant seas,
To brave the battle and the breeze,
(Aside.) And lets us live at home in ease?
Protection I

What won the day at Waterloo,
At Trafalgar, and Acre, ton,
(Aside.) And helps us to put on the screw?
Protection !

What is it saves ns from dissent?
Whit rais?s profits cent. per cent.,
(Aside.) And at w•ar-prices holds the rent?

Protection I

"What makes our soil grow wheat and oats?
What swells your pound to fire-pound notes,
(Aside.) Besides securing county rotes?
Protection

What keeps down democratic views?
What saves our isle from wooden shoes,
( Aside.) And lets us pay our mortgage dues?
Protection!

What, more than muskets, men, or mortars,
spreads England's power through earth's four quarters,
(Aside.) And portions off our sons and daughters?
Protection !

1 t sharpen'd Watt's and Arkwright's brains?
What made power-looms and railway trains,
t Aside.) And keeps down surly labourers' gains?
Protection!

What saves from continental meat,
And gives as much of British wheat—
(Asid`'•) As we can grow, not you can eat ?
Protectio)

Nq WAR WITII AMERICA.— A Yunkeo skipp
who arrived at Liverpool a few days ago, on being asked er
by
A Livery° 1 merchant if there was to be a war between
ngland
no and
the
United States, replied—" Can't gness. We
,an't got nvy ; ITC an't got
eno army; anti 1 II be if
-we've :;•)t credit nowhere. On thing s certain, if there is
a war. oar whalers Win ail be picked= Op; anti New York;
and Boston, and perhaps Washington, will be smoked out;
but, '''t t'''.o b e':!1
mind, I feel my dander getting up, and I'll see if
I
let them take care of their seventy-
- . 1"t e Britisliers;
fours." , _

F. n
FM!: IN I.A.DENYIALL STREET. —O dn Thur
. Ay
early b e.
tw:,:•11 tit,: hoar ; 01 five ,ait six, a fir, which tier the spaee of
IWO i!,191-5, l'AltS2.l OW gre itest alarm ire the neighbourhood, broke
.ant mem the premises of Mr. Allred Nash, e inn-merchant, at No.
1.5 n, lAadenhall-street. The buibliug, which is a very large One,
leljoi-s the Ball Ina. The issue of a dense body of smoke from the
c.eilai's luster the tobacconist's shop belonging to Mr. Den, caused the
first discovery of the out:ireak. Several engines of the London
triga,le, with Mr. liraidwood, the supetinterulant, arrived, followed
by the West of England engine, and a vast stream of water was
soo:1 discharged Into the cellars, notwithstanding which the smoke
continue i to increase, and it was feared, at One period, the entire build-
ing would have lien consumed. The patent smoke-proof dress, in tile
Possession of the tire-brigade, having been sent for, Scott, the head-
engineer of the Watling.street station, put it on, and two engines
!lei-leg ti&tn set to work, one to pump air into the dress, and the
otticr to supra w t h.
a er, .., descended into the cellars, when he found
that the tiatufrs had caught the wooden partition, and would, doubt-
less, have ran h
Immix tliseoeetredr°" i)i,tite whole hous , had they not been so oppor-
Men, the tire was co ving, however, to the exertions of the lim-
it
~,nenced;
the
d:tined to that portion of the premises In which
able. The or
of :ear done we understand not to be consider-
.heatedre is believed
straw becoming over
rend igniting havespon
taarniseeonusflryo.m
msorm.
Ne
,v,ese:
Is litaired in the Imperial Fi
WOOD PAYING IN
THE POLT•
RY.—Thursday labourers
in the Poultry, which
commenced takitig up the cart!
Oaf vCinhgea to
pside 11 also to be repaviser
I) a raplAced With stone. The wh4gele

Scarcely any one is eogniz int of the fact, that Flan-
tlet s, with an idi,.tu exclusively its own, has also a
literature of much power and of very considerable
originality. Against the inroads of foreign languages,
it appears that many of the -Flemish students are
Tusking the most strenuous and patriotic exertions; and
among the foremost of these brave spirits is a young
author scarcely thirty years of age named Hendrik
Conscience. A novelist, a sketcher of domestic life, and
the editor of an illustrated history of Belgium, Con-
science has already enshrined his name in the hearts
and atf...cti tns of his countrymen. In his truthfulness of
co!ouring he resembles De Foe ; in simplicity and purity
ofstyle, Goldsmith ; w hile i❑ tenderness of thought and
excellence of purpose he bears some analogy to Dickens.
The three tales which are mow first offered to the Eng-
lish public, " Siska. Van lloosemael," "The Progress
of a Painter," and "What a Mother can Endure," are
possibly the most finished and complete among the pro-
ductions of Hendrik Conscience. The present version
is extremely elegant, the text is crowded with fantastic
illustrations, and the whole forms a most choice and
fascinating volume. As a .pecimen of a literature quite
unlcn ,w n in this country, and as a sample of the many
admirable peculiarities of that literature, we know no
more interesting or entertaining book, of the same elm-
n.cter, than these " Flemish Tales."
RUSSIA UNDER .AICHOLAS THE FIRST.