The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-30 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY

the reverend gentleman was placed in a position of pecu-
liar hardship, and unless the Conrt would interpose its
authority for his protection there was no remedy what-
ever open to him.
Mr. Justice ERLE wished the Learned Counsel to read
the provision of the Act of Parliament which authorised
an Insolvent Commissioner to annul vesting orders.
Mr. JAMES did so. The Act absolutely annulled
vesting orders in certain cases, and invested the Commis-
sioner with discretionary power to deal with cases like
the present.
Mr. Justice ERLE was afraid under these circum-
stances he could no., interfere. The Act gave the Com-
missioner authority to quash the order, supposing he
should think such a step just and meet, and this Court
had laid it down as a rule never to interfere with the
exercise of a discretionary power which the Legislature
might confer on a lower tribunal. In this case it was
quite clear the Insolvent Commissioner had refused to
annul the order in the exercise of his discretionary
Power, and this Court could not interfere without viola-
ting this wholesome rule. This was, however, a pecu-
liar case, and it would, perhaps, be as well to mention it
to the full Court, who might, under all the circumstances,
be induced to relax the rule.
Mr. JamEs said he would act upon his Lordship's
suggestion, and
The case was still left open as if no decision had been
pronounced upon the application.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
This
IN RE BREWSTER.
bankrupt was described as of Hand-court,
Thames-street, painter, and to-day came up to pass his
last examination.
The balance sheet, prepared by Mr. Delvitte, Basing.
hall-street, shows debtor to creditors, 4,3391. 4s. 11d;
ditto, holding security, 3191. Creditors, good debts,
1444; property, 3481.95.; ditto, in hands of creditors, 2704
The bankrupt was allowed to pass his examination.
IN RE FORD.
This bankrupt was described as of High Holborn,
tallow-chandler, and to-day was appointed for the certi-
ficate meeting, which, however, was adjourned by con-
"at, to afford an opportunity to effect an arrangement,
that the creditors might receive a larger dividend than
theY would under the bankruptcy, which would be an-
nulled.---Adjourned accordingly.
SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
Tar
MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION V. SUMMERLEY.
This was an action brought by the Mutual Loan Fund
Association, carrying on business in Beaufort-buildings,
Strand, against the defendant, who is a builder, at Eritb,
to recover the sum of 91. 6s. Bd., balance due on a bill of
exchange, of which the defendant was a co-acceptor.
Defendant pleaded that be did not accept the bill.
7Slr. Thomas Hutchinson was called, and proved that
Ise was present when defendant signed the bill. He was
at the time official referee. He was a co-surety, and de-
fendant signed the bill first, but appeared to be fearful
that he (witness) would not, and tore off his name, and
subsequently re-signed it. The money was lent to a
Person named Davie, who had paid some money on ac-
count.
Mr. Pexost, defendant's attorney, submitted that the
Plaintiffs must be nonsuited, as no action could be sus
,fled by any company or association not duly regis-
tered or coming under the provisions of some Act of
Parliament.
The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said that it was a most
Important question, but it ought to have been pleaded.
The
only 'pea t ion here was whether the defendant
glued the bill. The defendant, however, could apply to
judge at chambers at once.
The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed.
This was the only case in the list in which the parties
Were prepared. Last week the whole list was gone
through, and the parties were not ready in any case, and
it,
as was only by consent of the jury that a delay took
pzace, the Under-Sheriff said that, although he would
put up with some inconvenience, he could not ask the
jury to waste their time, and strictly the cases ought to
be struck out.

GUILDHALL—(THIS DAY.)
Henry Arnold Green, but who rejoices in several
aliases, was again brought up and placed at the bar
Charged with obtaining goods under false and fraudulent
IPretences. The prisoner had been tried and convicted
11 e
the year 1848, at the Central Criminal Court for a
ik offence, upon which occasion he was sentenced to
18 months' imprisonment and hard labour. Upon the
Present occasion there were no less than three distinct
charges against him, the particulars of which have al-
!eady appeared in The Sun. The depositions having
been formally completed, the prisoner, who had nothing
Particular to say, was committed for trial.

A ScyrcH CLERICAL POACHEi.—The Rev. An-
drew /11`Ewan, pastor of the Levern church or chapel at
Barrhead, has been convicted of poaching during Sunday,
the sth inst. The case was formally brought into court be-
fore Provost Phillips, of Paisley, on Tuesday, but as the of-
fence was frankly pleaded guilty to by the aged and reverend
defendant, no evidence was adduced in court giving the par-
ticulars .of the case, but these we have obtained from
Other sources :—The gamekeepers of the Earl of Glasgow
bad long been suspicious of a breach of the law being
carried on near the premises of the Reverend Mr.
APEwan. They had set a strict watch on the church
grounds at Levern, and on the Sunday morning in
question, having found a snare regularly set, they put it
In disorder after the reverend gentleman had commenced
his public devotions. They again saw it regularly
,IMt to rights by him, which confirmed their suspicion, and
'laving a second time put it in disorder in the course of
the day, they finaly pounced on the rev. preacher, when
was supposed he was putting it in proper trim for the
evening. Before the close of the legal proceedings in court,
Isfr• that Henderson, the public prosecutor, humanely suggested
, under all the circumstance,, and from the severe re-
buke which had been read from the bench to the rev. cul-
prit by Provost Phillips, that the penalty should be miff.
gated from the sum of 2(1. to 101. The Provost, however,
Was inexorable for inflicting the highest fine which the law
Would admit of. Had the defendant been an ignorant une-
ducated person, a clodpole from the neighbourhood (said
hie Provost), who did not know the law, the fine might
fe been mitigated; but as no such excuse could be made
in this case, he was resolved to exact the highest penalty.—
Glasgow Saturday Post.
LONDON PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY. Yesterday
e"g a meeting of the committee, and other friends of the
aboflive praiseworthy institution, was held at the offices,
hioira Chambers, ironmonger-lane, Ctteapside, to take into
cunsideration the presant position of the society, and to ar-
ILange for the ensuing anniversary festival. The report stated
that it was founded in 1841 for providing the deserving poor
with coals and bread during the winter months, in all parts
;f the metropolis and its suburbs, for which contractors are
sPpointed; and apeculiar feature is, that the subscriber.sare
tlioe almoners of their own bounty, with an addition a rising
fr
.._lll funds supplied by benevolent donors. Many interesting
11'13es were cited which appealed to the best sympathies of
12 heart, and fully evidenced the usefulness of the society.
bitiVng the winter season of last year there were upwards of
"wO.O tickets distributed, and since the Ist of December last
more than 7,600 for 41b. loaves of bread, and the same
number for 561bs. of coals. Owing to the funds being ex -
bold
thena
,austed the committee are reluctantly compelled to wit
h
4uld relief in many distressing cases which daily present
DEATH or M. J. S. HERON.—We regret to re-
rd the sudden demise of this gentleman, late secretary to
lue Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and subse-
"entlY a Partner in the house of Grafton and Heron, com-
tliss_icn ‘agents, Spring-gardens and Brown-street. Mr.
iisroo was on a visit to telr. Charles Potter, of Earnadale
a °Use, Darwen, and retired to bed, apparently in good health
I,nd spirits, about eleven o'clock on Friday night. Being
~alO led Oil Saturday morning, and no answer given, Mr.
tter entered his room, and found him quite dead ; and a
medical gentleman who was called in stated that he must
:ave been so tor some time. There is every probability
laat his decease was instantaneous, and without suffering,
andthat it was the result of an affection of the heart.
tt'. Heron resided at Bowden, and has left a widow and
infourchildren. He was a son of the late Mr. J. K. Heron,
a brother of the town clerk of Manchester.—Manchester
Tovr.
EITT
AMLETS PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.—
_ Tuesday evening the third annual supper of this institu-
W took place at the Horns-tavern, Hackney-road, on
Zsu;cll occasion a large party of subscribers and friends par-
rer',K of an excellent entertainment, served up in Mr. Spel-
csiPsual good style, and gave great satisfaction. W. D.
After Esq., was chairman, and Mr. Meadows deputy.
Dqv'r the cloth was withdrawn, and the usual loyal toasts
and well responded to, the chairman, in a few appro-
:,e words, gave " Prosperity to the Tower Hamlets' Phi-
gen:T°Pie Society for affording bread and coals to the indi-
toast Pu°r, during the inclement season of the year." This
t wan received with great applause. " The Health of the
,rsesident " followed, accompanied by some complimentary
;1
whose health
from Mr. R. T. Tubbs, the late hon. secretary,
sent
e health, in conjunction with Mr. Richardson, the pre-
toast:gertarY, was received amid much cheering. Other
ceea including" The Worthy " The Press," &c. suc-
ist"Buoind the harmony of the evening was prolonged untila
on'ticalour, when the company separated, highly entertained
blishoccasion. This society, which has only been esta-
the d three years, has given a large amount of assistance to.
that njghbouring poor, whose condition in many cases is
~.rty' complete destitution.
roils Es ON CARRlAGER.—Yesterday a very nume-
the i:esting of the coachmakers of London took place at
on lT,eeniasons' Tavern, to aid the movement now going
Gov'rcughout the country, for the purpose of inducing the
lion Governer to re-arrange the present unfair scale of taxa-
to "r which pleasure and trade carriages are liable, so as
reeueve tha coachmaking trade without diminishing the
taakuno of the country ; Mr. L. Leslie, Master of the Coach-
,ssl?,elr.a' Company, was unanimously called to the chair. He
laained that the gross number of carriages in the country
sQ44(x) bout 150,000, of which 100,000 paid no duty, about
ab'eutsXony chaises, &c., being exempted from duty, and
tu th 'GOO not being returned at all. This was according
wh_ e return of 1848. It was calculated that if all two-
th_eeled carriages, and all four-wheeled carriages, excepting
-ne in trade, were subject, the former to 305., and the lat-
ese 34 duty, it would produce a greater revenue than at
age
by 10,6251. Several gentlemen addressed the meet-
Zy And a committee having been appointed, a subscription
"43 entered into to advance the objects in view.
Those who have resources within themselves, who
fteai_n_dare to live alone, want friends the least, but at the same
ouernbeaist know how to prize them the most.—Eliza Cook's
UNITED MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION.—At a
...meting of the shareholders held yesterday, a statement of
the aff •
wszalr3 of the company was submitted, from which it
iLatrs that the receipts for the year have been 26,942/.,
for the?le expenditure, including the payment of 15,000/.
20,0001 ar dividend of 7s. 6d. per share, has been about
Eta.
..1 eaving a balance of about 7,0001. of undivided pro-
Waivest.fter a
the dealarat long
ion of discus
asiondividend on tit was considhe occasion,
ered advisable to
s resent
wi,7!iter to enable the works at the mines p
to be carried on
l
u t making a further call on the shareholders.
special MBBE Or COMMERCE AT SOUTHAMPTON.—A
ampton was held
the town council and inhabitants of South-
s held at the Audit-house on Tuesday last, the
unkaaaYirtn(Bir. R. Andrews) in the chair, at which it was
owl. R.
to establish a Chamber of Commerce
Committeef.ortheprotection of the commerce and interests of the port.
was formed for carrying into effect this resole-
,‘'Lla The nezeasity for
'"ltrAtter hag long been felt au merc
thfitoanWn.til association of this
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MADLLE. RACHEL AND HER SISTER.
The lndependance of Brussels has the following in
a letter from Paris :—" It is known that Madlle.
Rachel has several sisters ,a ho are, like her, ac-
tregses. The one who is laost likely to e3tablish a
solid reputation is Madlle. Rebecca, who was recently
received as a societaire by the Come-lie Francaise.
For this young and charming sister, Madlle. Rachel
has a lively and almost maternal affection. Madlle.
Rebecca has lately been performing with success the
part of Catarini Bragadini, in Victor Hugo's Angelo,
in which her sister has personated the principal cha-
racter. The last time the two sisters performed to-
gether, Madlle. Rachel said, as t hey were leaving the
stage after an enthusiastic recall—" My dear child,
you have played like an angel ; I will recompense
you—let us go and sup at your house." "At my
house!" exclaimed the young actress, greatly sur-
prised, " you mean at my father's !" " No, no ! at
your residence, I say 1" answered Madlle. Rachel.
" What ! are you embarrassed ? well, here's the key !"
Shortly after the two sisters arrived in Madlle. Rachel's
carriage in a pretty house in the Rue iVlogador, close
to the charming hotel which the great tragedian
occupies in the Rue Trudon. Madlle. Rebecca fan-
cied that she was in a dream, or playing a part in
some fantastic comedy. They ascended to the se-
cond floor, and Madlle. Rachel then said, " Now
open !" At the same moment the door was opened,
and a venerable-looking female servant appeared with
a light. " What, is that you, Marguerite ?" said the
young actress, glad to see an old friend. " Now
enter !" cried Madlle. Rachel, " and all is yours !"
Madlle. Rebecca, almost stupified, entered, and found
ante-rooom, dining• room, drawing, bed, and dressing-
rooms, furnished in the most elegant style, and de-
corated with exquisite taste. On returning to the
dining-room a nice supper was seen smoking on the
table, and Madlle. Rachel said, "The drawers are
full of household linen—in the dressing-room you
will find every article of linen and dress you can
possibly require—one cellar is stocked with wood,
another with wine, and the rent is paid a year in
advance! Now let us sup, and do the honours!"

FESTIVITIES AT BEL VOIR CASTLE.
The Duke of Rutland has been entertaining a large
party of friends at Belvoir Castle during the past
month. The guests have included the Earl and Countess
of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, the Earl and
Countess of Wilton and Lady Elizabeth Grey Eger-
ton, the Earl Jermyn and Lady Elizabeth Hervey,
Viscount and Viscountess Newport, Lord and Lady
Stanley, Lady Frederick Bentinck, Lord Edw. Fitzalan
Howard, the Marquis of Granby, Lord Forester, Ad-
miral Sir Thomas Cochrane and Miss Cochrane, Mr.
and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, Sir Henry HalfOrd,
M.P., Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P., Mr. Baillie
Cochrane, M.P., and Mrs. Baillie Cochrane, Sir R.
Inglis, M.P., Mrs. Lady Emmeliue Wortley and
Miss Wortley, the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepont,
Lord Charles Manners, M.P., Lord John Manners.,
M.P., Mr. and Lady Adeliza Norman, Mr. Victor
Drummond, Mr. Schetky and Miss Schetky,
Mr. Cecil Turner, Mr. Gregory Gregory,
and the Rev. P. Mules, chaplain to the
Duke. We rejoice to learn that the noble host is
enjoying strong health, and that his Grace has fol-
lowed his famous pack of hounds three days a week
with all the vigour of his earlier years. On the off-
days the Noble Duke has enjoyed the diversion of
shooting on the Belvoir preserves, and a large number
of pheasants have fallen to his unerringaim. On the 20th
inst. a grand banquet took place, at which covers were
laid for nearly 40 guests. The entertainment was dis-
tinguished by all that splendid hospitality for which the
ducal seat is proverbial. Upon one of the sideboards
in the banquetting room was exhibited, on this occa-
sion, a very beautiful silver statuette of the Duke
of Wellington, which was universally admired. In
the evening, the first of a series of amateur dramatic
representations took place in the principal saloon of
the castle, where a temporary theatre had been fitted
up and arranged under the judicious direction of Mr.
Augustus Stafford. The laughable farce of Box and
Cox was exceedingly well performed by Mr. Baillie
Cochrane, Miss Cochrane, and the stage manager, Mr.
Stafford. Previously to the farce, the following pro-
logue, written by Mr. Baillie Cochrane, was delivered
by the author with good effect :
When energetic objects men pursue,
'Tis well to know what they propose to do;
Whether a play, or lecture, on Dissent,
Or the Colonial Church Establishment;
Whether at Belvoir Castle or Colchester
We give our bills before we ask a tester.
When the old world went forth to meet the new,
Columbus' ship stowed tonnage thirty-two.
He thought the smallest ships were best to brave
The furious conflict of the Atlantic wave,
That fore and aft his little barks might tack
Where one of Cunard's ships would break its back.
And just so we—small dingy and small crew,
We fear no danger while we are steered by you
Though light our barks, we gaily leave the strand,
Sure of success if you but lend a hand.
You only clap (on sail) whone'er we pause,
And be, your murmurs murmurs of applause,
No longer doubtful, on our course wo steer,
For our America is seated here.
You'll understand why I am so nautical
When you perceive our own Vice-Admiral
America, appears in every line
Because she has given us back our Emmeline.
Oh, happy land I oh, country warmly blest I
For soon her sympathies shall be hot-pressed,
When Bentley's impressions aptly shall convey
Her own impressions of Pennsylvania.
But other themes than these should fill my mind.
Beneath a cloudy sky and soft south wind—
How, in the chase, the foremost Granby press'd,
And Forester among the first, the best;
Or the kind qualities of Mr. Clarke,
The social Crichton of our Crorton-park;
Or choose your name, whoever you may hit on,
No one has finer qualities than Wilton;
Or now, since Popish names we have learnt to prize,
How great another Gregory doth arise—
So great—yet, unlike Pio Nono, he
Hath built a convent styled a monastery.
I say a convent, for I've heard the presses
Contain full space for ninety ladies' dresses.
But there aro other nobler themes than these—
How Melton glows with various charms to please,
How every Lodge contains some mystic grace
That beams a rival influence to the chase,
Such she who sits before me, who can blend
All sweetest charms most valued in a friend.

Fit spot for her! Here generous qualities
May always claim the kindliest sympathies.
Fit spoil—ln noblest Stanley we can find
How proudest gifts combine with sweetest mind.
But tell me, can or rank or power explain'
How all hearts here are linked in one kind chain?
There is some secret cause, some generous spell,
That secret cause let princely Rutland tell.
Ah, do not blame me if perchance my mood
Involves a strain far deeper than it should;
But now, I pray, forgive me by the token
Of the illustrious name I last have spoken.
I have taken out a licence—no one knows
The value of a licorice more than Shelley does.
So free from licence will our parts be played,
Even Sir Robert Harry might have stayed.
Now for the scene, hard task is ours 'tis true,
But harder still the task that's given you—
'Tis yours to seize ideas when half expressed,
Explain the faltering wit and limping jest,
'Tis ours to awkward stalk or foolish stand,
'Tis yours to laugh, to clap, to understand.
A Day after the Wedding was included in the
programme, and in this piece Mrs. Baillie Cochrane
declighted the audience by her truthful and
spirituel performance of the heroine. Miss Emme-
line Wortley's performance of an elderly lady, in the
same piece, was also greatly admired, and Mr. Victor
Drummond, as Lord Rivers, gave promising proofs of
an imitative talent of high order. The performances were
to be repeated last night, ie honour of the arrival
of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, and Lady
Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, and the Duke and Duchess
of Bedford, who were to join the party already as-
sembled.

The Noble Duke's private band, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Nicholson, is in attendance at the Castle,
and plays daily in the guard-chamber during dinner.
The hospitalities of Belvoir will be continued until
the meeting of Parliament, when the Noble Duke
cornea to town for the season.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
ANALYSIS OF THE DERBY.
The Analysis of the Derby, by the " Spirit of the
Turf," announced to appear this evening, is unavoidably
postponed until to-morrow.
THE PROPRIETORS OF THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.—
We can state, from official authority, that the shares are
thus allotted in this superb animal, to the partnership
proprietary :—The Lords Eglinton and Strathmore,
1,000 soya. each; Lord Airlie, 500 son.; Sir G. Army-
tage, 500 sous.; Sir H. Campbell, 500 soya.; Captain
Archdall, 500 sous.; Messrs. Thompson and Hamilton,
500 soya. each; making the total 5,000 sous.

Mr. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have arrived at their
house, in Park-lane, for the season, from Burghley.
LIGHTHOUSES IN FRANCE.—According tO an
official report, there are on the sea-coast of France, at pre-
sent, 57 lighthouses of the first class. Besides those destined
to mark at a long distance the points of the coast, 107 lights
of less reach indicate the entrance of the ports and bays of
France. Of the 57 large lights, 17 are in the Channel, 25 on
the Atlantic, and 15 en the Mediterranean.—Builder.
Irswlcit —A steam-machine fur discharging coals
from the colliers direct to the waggons upon the branch
from the Eastern Union Railway has been erected upon the
Griffin-wharf, and was brought into operation for the first
time on Monday. In addition to the celerity of the opera-
tions, the machine screens the coals during their transit, the
small being used at the coke ovens near by.
NUREMBURGe--lIARBIONY BETWEEN MASTER AND
MAN.—On the 31st December, the workmen of the engine
manufactory of Mess's. Cranes and Kiette honoured their
employers with a festival procession by torchlight. More
than 400 such flambeau-bearers gave to the assemblage a
very imposing aspect. Messrs. C. and K. had, at much
personal sacrifice, retained all their men during the calamitous
year 1518; and on this occasion they have promised to estab-
lish,
by their own means, a pension fund ior their workmen,
which is, however, to be managed by a committee of the
Men theillAelYee.--BUilder.

LITERATURE.

I THE DUCHESS. A Novel. 3 Vols. Bentley.
• The " Duchess ; or, Woman's Love and Woman's
lla'e," is an histor'cal romance of the days of Francis
the First of France. Tie theme is the passionate,
' unrequited, and selfish love of the Duchess of Angou-
leme, the King's mother, for the heroic, unfortunate,
and traitorous Constable of Bourbon. The character
and the passion of the impetuous Italian are effectively
described and carefully developed. All her efforts to
move the imperturbable Bourbon are ineffectual ;
now rendered desperate by her anxiety, she conde-
scends to entreaties, and then stung to madness by
disappointment, she devotes herself to vengeance,
vainly imagining that by effecting the ruin of the
haughty Constable she may compel him to seek for
the restoration of his fortune by consenting to a
union with the King's mother. At the last, when
she finds that her revenge has defeated her
dearest objects—when the King's neglect and his
threatened ruin, instead of bringing the Constable to
her feet, have driven him into the toils of the Em-
peror—when the object of her idolatrous love, struck
down while in arms against his Sovereign, has lost,
through her instrumentality, not only his fortune but his
honour and his life—then, indeed, the wretched Duchess
experiences all the bitter agony and remorse of those
who having sowed the wind must reap the whirl-
wind. Other subjects of interest and other attrac-
tions there are in these volumes, but all are, as they
should be, subordinate in interest to the principal sub-
ject of the work—the development of the selfish pas-
sion of the impetuous Italian. Many fair readers
will perhaps complain of the comprehensive
nature of the second title of the work, and
refuse to recognise the fierce passion of the Duchess,
so calamitous to its object, as a sample of " woman's
love." Nevertheless, as an evidence of the fearful
results of an unrestrained selfishness usurping the
name of love, the story of the Duchess is an interest-
ing and not unprofirable contemplation. The Con-
stable of Bourbon and some of the principal charac-
ters are well portrayed, and the sketches of Paris !
and Parisian life, in the time of Francis, are full of
spirit, although perhaps a little overdrawn. 1

THE QUEENS OF SPAIN. By Anita George.
Edited by Miss Pardoe. Vols. I. and 11. Bentley.
The popularity obtained by Miss Strickland's
" Queens of England" has very naturally, and for
the public very fortunately, suggested the composi-
tion of works of a similar character. At the present
moment, when in Spain, as in England, the Sove-
reign happens to be a queen, that country has been
happily selected as the subject of another chapter in
the history of female sovereigns. The history of
Spain is, moreover, fraught with so much chivalrous
and romantic interest, that the biographies of its
sovereigns must necessarily be invested with
a great attraction, and afford occasion for
the introduction of many marvellous incidents and in-
teresting episodes. Spain, also, has possessed one of
the greatest women who ever swayed the sceptre of
Queen regnant—not only great as a sovereign, but
eminently virtuous and right womanly in her cha-
racter and conduct. Isabella of Castile has long
been known and admired beyond the limits of her
own country. Her history is the subject of the
second volume of Miss George's " Queens of Spain."
The authoress, alluding in terms of deserved admiration
to the great work of the American historian, observes
that her opinion of the character of Isabella differs
somewhat from that of Prescott. While setting
forth the virtues of her admirable heroine, Miss
George cannot overlook her faults. Her aim is to be
not the eulogist of the individual, but the impartial
biographer of the Queens of Spain. As such she
merits commendation.

FLOWERS; THEIR MORAL LANGUAGE
AND POETRY. By H. C. Adams. Slater.
This little volume will be right welcome to all who
appreciate poetry and to all who love flowers—and
who does not? Divided into several chapters, en-
titled " The Moral of Flowers ;" " The Language of
Flowers ;" " Children and Flowers ;" "Fairies and
Flowers ;" "Floral Similitudes ;" " Floral Ceremo-
nies ;" "Funeral Flowers ;" and " Wild Flowers,"
we find a choice collection from the works of poets,
ancient and modern, English and American. Among
these are Mary Howitt's beautiful illustration of the
" Use of Flowers ;" Mrs. Hemans' "Flower of the
Desert ;" Horace Smith's " Hymn to the Flowers ;"
Barry Cornwall's "Lines to a Flower ;" "Leigh Hunt's
" Albanian Love-letter ;" L. E. L.'s exquisite floral
acrostic on " Victoria ;"" The Posie" of Robert Burns ;
Shelley's "Floral Similitudes ;" Longfellow's "Reaper
and the Flowers," and many others. But even more
attractive than these entire poems are the chapters on
the above:subjects, scattered over, as they are, with a
profusion of quotations from almost all the poets (for
what poets have failed to celebrate flowers ?) The
manner in which these flowers of poetry have been
selected and classified reflects cred)t on Mr. Adams,
and will prove delightful to all who turn over the
pages of his very attractive little volume. This work
forms part of Slater'a " Select scuts.

DEANE'S ILLUSTRATED ALMANAC for

1851.
In addition to the usual contents of an almanac,
this little work gives us a series of illustrations of the
genius of progress, comparing the state of affairs 100
years ago with that existing at the present time;
thus we have woodcuts, of the waggon and the rail,
of the canal boat and of the ocean steamer, of the
hand-loom and the power-loom, of the printing-press
and the newspaper printing-machine, of the estafette
and the electric telegraph, of the old method of ex-
cavating and the galvanic battery, of the horn lant-
horn and gas, of the process of the steel pen manufac-
ture, and of a variety of other subjects. The work is
very nicely got up.

THE LONDON MEDICAL AND PROVIN-

CIAL DIRECTORY, 1851.
Tbis is the sixth annual impression of this most
useful work, and it is much more complete than any
of its predecessors ; we have tested its accuracy by
referring to various names both of provincial and
metropolitan professors of the art of healing, and we
have in every instance found the information which
the directory gave both accurate and complete. It
likewise gives every possible information concerning
hospitals, dispensaries, &c., both metropolitan and
provincial, and, in fact, on every other subject con-
nected with the medical profession.