The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

NORTH LONDON RAILWAY.

(Meeting this Day.)

The half-yearly meeting of this company was hell
this afternoon at the Euston-square station ; Mr. John
Scott in the chair.

The report stated that there had been an increase in
the passenger traffic over the c rresponding period of
1855 of 4,6191. ; on the goods, 1,63 d/ ; on cattle,
2781. ; and other sources, 1151. ; making together
6,618/. There had been a diminution of 2461. on the
working expenses. After "deducting all outgoing ex-
penses and interest on the debenture debt, a net balance
as /eft of 23,3891., giving a dividend of 5 per cent.,
and leaving a balance of 7781. to be carried forward.
The report was agreed to.

Mr. Lambert, who retired by rotation, was re-elected
a director.

Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting
terminated.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN

RAILWAY.

In consequence of the change in the rate of dividend
from 51 to G per cent. the issue of the dividend warrants
is deferred until the sth of March.

LLOYD'S SEEIPPING.—(Thiz Day.)

-4C.-

LONDON, Feb. 23.—Wind this clay at noon, S.S. W.—
airs and hazy.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 22.—Wind S.S.W. to S.—Sailed--
H.M.S. Rhadamanthus, for Woolwich; 11.11.5. Hawk,
Queenstown. _ _ _

PLYMOUTH, Feb. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Queen,
from Paraiba ; TI.M.Str. Vixen, Portsmouth. for the Pa-
cific. Sailed—H.M.S. Indus, for tho West Indies.

FALMOUTH, Feb. 22.—Wind S.W.— AT rived—Harold,
from Havana; Oceana, Manzanillo. de Cuba.
WATERFORD, Feb. 21.—Wind S. W.—Sailed—Avoca,
for St. Thomas.

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 22.—The Arthur, of Glasgow, tim-
ber laden, waterlogged and derelict, was passed in 43 N.
17 W.

BALLINA, Feb. 21.—The Falcon, from Liverpool, for
this port, is on shore at the rocks at gillal4, full of water.
SLIGO, Fab. 21.—The Gr;msby, of Grimsby, from
Taganrog, for this port, was abandoned at anchor, off
Cannasharry Point on the ►9th inst., in a perilous position.
Was next day boarded by a pilot, who slipped her anchors
and proceeded to this port, when the crew return-d.
LISBON, Feb. 16.—The Pcrtugnese steamer of war, with
the Ralph Thompson in tow, was obliged to abandon her
near Entre Cabos, in consequence of the heavy sea and the
hawsers parting.
TORBAY, Feb. 22. Wind S.W.—Off the port—France
and Brazil, from Rio Janeiro, for Havre; James Ewing,
Demerara; Protector, Mobile.

(FEB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, 10. a.m.

Calm any hazy.
Arrived--Charles, Florida,Vigilant, Cumberland, Alarm,
Mary Ann, John Daniel, and Abcona, from Sunderland;
Newcastle, steamer, Littlehampton ; Le Coq, Cherbourg ;
Petropolis, steamer, Hamburg; Barcelona, steamer,
Spanish ports.
Sailed—Henrietta, sill Newc_lstle, steamer, for ;Attie-
hampton.
LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning.

Wind W.N.W.
Arrived—Caroline, from Denmark; Celerity, Palermo;
Kangaroo, steamer, Philadelphia.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 21.
Wind S.W.

AiTived—Florida and An rora, from Galatz ; Eliza Ann,
Ibraila; Warbler, Constantinople; Margaret, St. John's,
N. B. ; Alpha, Ibrail ; Lady Sale, Leghorn ; Isabella,
Monte Video; Bromlcos, Alexandria ; ll3spatch, Tangiers ;
William Henry, Laroche; Lahore, Manilla.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISII TRIEGRAPri.)
GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.4 a m

Wind S.E. ; tide thrcs hours' flood ; fine.
Arrived, 22d.—Lady of the Lake from :Algoa Bay ;
Azores (packet), Seville ; Robert Cottle, Faro; Garland,
Genoa; Cinderella, Madras; Robert and Alexander,
Odessa ; George, Seville ; Florencia, Bilboa ; Mill Bay,
Nice ; British Empire from Moonsoorcottah.
Arrived, 23d —Brontiero, from Oporto ; Prince Albert,
Cadiz; Lord Raglan, Mauritius; Tergo, Marsala; Saxon,
Charente. _ _

DEAL, Monday, 9.44 a.m.
Wind S.W., very light and fine.
Anchored, 22d—Royal Charlie, from London, for Ade-
laide ; Neptunus, from London, for Gantander.
Anchored, 23.—Cherso, from Marseilles, for Boston;
Catherine Jameson, from Sierra Leone, for Sheerness.
Passed, 22d—Busy Bee, from London, for St. Michael's;
Brenda, screw-steamer, London, Constantinople; Paris
and London, screw-steamer, London, Paris.
Passed, 23d—Gluibienout, from Fimuo, for London ;
Harkaway, ship, Boston, Hull.
Sailed—Constantine, for Calcutta; Conflict, Bombay;
Ondine, St. Michael's.
Sailed in tow—Crusoe, London.

• Freida. the Jongleur. By Barbara Hemphill,
author of "Lionel Deerhurst," "The Priest's
Niece," &c. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall.
The plot and incidents of this story are as singu-
lar as its ti'le. The date of the narrative is sup-
posed to be the commencement of the fourteenth
icentury, and the scene is chiefly laid in France.
Philip the Fair and his brother Charles de Valois
f occupy a conspicuous place, the latter appearing as
the evil genius of the story. The plot chiefly turns
on the false accusations of sorcery, witch-
craft,
and similar crimes, which in those days
were common means of revenge among the power-
ful
and crafty. The heroine, Freida, is one of a band
of Jongleurs, or wandering tribes of minstrels and
singers, who bore some resemblance to gipsies, ex-
cept that they were regarded with a kind of super-
stitiois hotror by the Cbr!stians of those days, as
heathens versed in unrighteous mysteries. At the
opening of the story she is introduced to the reader
as a fair and graceful maiden, learned in many
tongues, and otherwise accomplished. She attracts
the attention of a Templar Knight, who makes her
his bride, after the Jongleur fashion, quite regard-
-1
less of the fact that he has already obtained a dis-
pensation to many a lady of noble birth. After
many varying incidents, and a lapse of twenty
years, Freida is again met with, aged and careworn.
She recounts her history, and this retrospect occu
pies the second volume. The plot is so entangled,
the characters so numerous, and the motives so
conflicting, that to unravel the thread of the story
is not very easy. The chief features, however, are
the suppt ession of the Templars by Philip the
Fourth, awl the accusations against De Marigni
preferred by his brother Charles de Valois. It is
a most eccentric and elaborate story ; veverthele a
it is, in some respects, an improvement on the
author's other works. Traces of exaggeration are
discoverable in many portions, though the author
does not fail to substantiate the historical portion
by notes. Its eccentricity, and the novelty of its
scenes and persons, may very likely prove attrac-
tive to some, as the style is not wanting in vigour
nor the characters in variety. A greater simplicity
of plot and fewer persons would, however, have
rendered it more accejtable to the general reader,
who will be very likely to lose himself in the mazes
of plots and plotters. , •

The Egyptians in the Time of the Pharaohs. By
Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson. An Introduction to
the Study of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs. By

Samuel Birch. Bradbury and Evars-
A very interesting addition to the valuable series
of books published for the Crystal Palace Company,
and designed to illustrate the various compartments
Of their wonderful Exhibition—a series which, it
may be said, already constitutes a library of art,
ch., of no mean pretensions. The works before us
are comprised in one volume, the former being de-
scribed as " A Companion to the Crystal Palace
Egyptian Collections and the latter appearing as
a sort of sequel to it. Sir J. Gardner Wilkin-
son is the author of " The Private Life, Man-
ners, and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians," and
is consequently well qualified for his task.
The books describing the courts of the Crystal
Palace, he justly remarks,-not only serve as guides
to those who actually visit them, but give a very
useful and instructive insight into the general
history and character of art and architecture at
different periods. For a knowledge, however, of
the customs and occupations of the Egyptians much
more is to be obtained from the tombs than from
the sculptures of the public buildings. What he
has attempted in the present work is to furnish a
brief account of the paintings on their tombs andthe
scenes they describe. Of course much of the matter
contained in his former work doei not appear in
this but he has introduced into it both new
matter and illustrations, and made of it a very in-
structive and interesting book. The Tombs and
Temples are treated separately, as far at least as
possible, the tombs engaging the reader's attention
first. The account of the habits and pursuits of
this remarkable people derived from this source
possesses an unusual interest, and explains
how much we are indebted to them for an acquaint-
ance with the domestic life of the Egyptians, and
how important are the subjects on their walls for
supplying what is unnoticed on the public monu-
ments. The work is profusely illustrated, and
furnishes vivid glimpses of some of the crafts and
customs of this singular people. Any one taking
up the book without a knowledge of its contents
would be led to imagine some of the woodcuts were
illustrative of existing art, so similar are
many- of the specimens of Egyptian handicraft to
specimens of productions for domestic purposes
everywhere to be met with at the present day.
Of course, a history of the Egyptians, or an elabo-
rate account of their institutions, religions, and
otherwise, could not be looked for in a work like
this. Enough, however, is given to stimulate in-
quiry, which will be considerably facilitated by
Mr. Birch's "Introduction to the Study of Egyp-
tian Hieroglyphs."

The injunction against the sale of the Royal Panopti-
con of Science and Art, in Leicester-PquarP. has been
removed, and there is a prospect (says the Literary Ga-
zette) of this fine building being again turned to some
useful account.
PARLIAMENTARY BILLS.—Sir John Pakington's Edu-
cation (Cities and Boroughs) • Bill. Colonel Donne's
Lunatic Asyletir Bill, and Mr. M'Mahon's Sea Coast
Fisheries (Ireland) Bill were issued on Friday. Sir John
Pakington s bill bears the names of Mr. Cobden, Lord
Stanley, and Mr. Headlam.
FIRE IN TOTTENHAM-COORT-ROAD.—At an early hour
this morning a fire broke out in the chapel known as the
Tabernacle. The roof of the chapel was entirely de-
stroyed, and much damage has been done to the interior
of the building, which but a short time ago had been
entirely re-decorated. The overheating of a flue is sup-
posed to be the cause of the disaster.
STRANDING OF THE TINE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Satur-
day.—The exertions to get this ship afloat are still being
made with great assiduity. Now the neap tides are on
the endeavours of the parties engaged in the work are
directed to the further lightening of the ship, and to
effect this purpose the whole of her machinery will be
taken out. It is confidently anticipated that she will be
fluated the next spring tides.
The suspension was announced on Saturday afternoon
of Messrs. C. Franghiadi and Sone, Greek merchants,
with liabilities, principally on acceptances, for about
80,0001. The connexions of the firm lay between London, i
Liverpool, Galatz, and Alexandria. It is said that their
assets show an apparent surplus, but that part of them
are abroad. A meeting of creditors is to be called at an
early day, and it no unforeseen difficulties arise 25 per
cent, can be realised without much delay.
..
ST. PAUL'S, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.— tIDDELL V. WESTER-
TON.—A. conference was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Council Chamber, of the members of the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council who have sat to deter-
mine this vexed question. The committee was to settle
the judgment, which, it was understood, was drawn up
by the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, and having
been assented to by the other members of the council,
will, it is expected, be delivered in the course of the
week.— Observer.
THE REDPATH FRALIDS,—We understand that the
frauds by Redpath and Co. on the Great Northern Com•
pany will turn out to be about 200,0001._ Tee directors
are in a fix what course to take. They can do nothing
without an application to Parliament, as the capital on
the books, we hear, exceeds their Parliamentary powers
to raise. One curious consequence of the frauds is, that
the two A and B halves of the dividend shares are ren-
dered unequal. In other words, Rodpath has actually
made two and two more than four, or two halves mare
than a whole one,—/ferctpath's Journal.
, THE GAROTTE :ROBBERY AT CHATHAM.—The three
prisoners, named Tooi•!, Lee, and Reading, who stand
charged with garotting Lieutenant T. Bent, of the
Royal Marines at Chatham, on the night of Wednesday
last,' and robbing . him of his watch and guard, were
finally examined before the mag,s,trates at Rochester on
Saturday, when the whole of the men were unhesitatingly
identified by.tbe prosecutor, and also t„,`' Lieutenant W.
W. S. Bridges and Lieutenant G. R. b..." 11, of H.M.S.
Iris, vain insisted in their capture. At the nonclasion
of the examination the prisoners were fu!ly conOted-,
In compliance with memorials to Prince Albert, the
Commissioners of Patents, and the Board of Trade, fro:u
the Society of Mechanical Engineers, and from Man-
chester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Not-
tingham, and other law towns, the Coiernissioners of
Patents 'have undertaken thelormation of a Museum of
Models of Patented and other Inventions, and of a Library
of Works on subjects relativz to the Industrial ,Ax.ts.
Space has accordingly been allotted in the museum build- ,1,,,,
ing at Brampton for these purposes.
SEIZURE OF A PRIVATE DISTILLERY.—On Saturday lit,
morning last a seizure of an extensive private distillery
took place in'Neptune-court, Neptune street, Walvvorth,
through the exertions of Mr. J. Vanstone, and Meagre.
TA
Bullen, Leigh, and Pargeter, • officers of the London de- %.
tective force of the Inland 'Revenue Department. After t
reconnoitring the court for souls time they effected an it
entrance Into the suspected house, and there found a pri. ;1..
vete distillery in full operation. There was no one in
the house at the.time, as the parties working there made a
their escape before the officers could gain an entrance. J.
On the ground-floor was a large stiff, and on the first-
l,
floor another much larger, in full operation. In the n
house was a large quantity of molasses wash, a quantity 5
of spirits, tubs, and everything necessary to carry on an ,l,
extensive business. The stills and the apparatus were ix,
taken possession of by the officers and conveyed to the
Excise stores, Tovver-hill. 1N
APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names le
of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the
science and practice of medicine, and received certifi-
cates to practise, on Thursday, the 19th of February :
Thomas Torkington Blease, Altrincham ; Phineas John t.
I Kendrick, Goldthorn-hill, Wolverhampton ; James --a
Greenwood, Queen's-road, Dalston ; George Smith la.
Hutchison, Norwich •, Frederick Gull. Stanway, Essex ;
and Astley Cooper, Plymouth, Devon.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURG.SONS.—The following gen-
tlemen, baying undergone the necessary examinations for
the diploma, were admitted monabers of the College at 1
the ;fleeting of the Court of E:.-aminers on
she 20th
1.
s
inst. :—Kcsers. Owen Tucker, Antsy ; Georg Henry
Dyer, Royal Navy.; Robert Lamb, Suthealand-square, .'
Walworth ; Win. Wood, Middleton,. Beverley, York-
shire ; Henry Laver, Pagleabaus, Easter ; Win. Forbes,
' Aberdeen ; Thomas Denne, Tonge, Sittingbourne,
Th e Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott.
Vol I
.', Sent ; Charles Marchant Jones, Beyr out, Syria ; and.
James Nichol, Edinburgh.
. Ebenezer Toiler, Hon. East India Con. Tany's service. nets which
able edition of the British p 0
At the same meeting of the Court Mr. A rchibald Leslie Mr. The Whale'
t Nichol has been publishing for some,
times
as
Archer passed his examination for naval E orgeon. Thisd
lately included some of our best authors.
gentleman had prsviously been admitted. a member of
the Edinburgh college of Surgeons, his diOoraa I).earing ' Burns have appeared during the last forpuolo_narters,
date the 4th ,of Ally, 1849• t and we have now the first volume of Sir 1Y

Parliamentary Precedents. By the Hon. Robert
- . Bourke. Henry Sweet, Chancery-lane.

Those who are accustomed-to read the daily re-
ports of the proceedings in the House of Com-
mons will frequently have observed the difficul-
ties an independent member has to contend with
in the forms of the house. If his motion be at all
inconvenient to Ministers or others, with or with-
out a Parliamentary following, he finds himself in
danger of being placed hors de combat, or reduced
to silence, owing to his ignorance of rules some-
times overlooked, with which he has not had the
opportunity to become acquainted. To such the
present volume will be particularly valuable ;
while it is one which no member of the house
should fail to purchase in order to a mastery of its
contents. It is a collection of all the decisions of
the present Speaker on interesting or important
points of order, rules of debates, and the general
practice of the house. The value of the work will
appear, when it is remembered how high a
character the Right Honourable Charles Shaw
Lefevre, to whom it is dedicated, has achieved,
in the discharge of his arduous and responsible
duties—so high, indeed, as to elicit from the
late Sir Robert Harry Inglis the flattering tes-
timony that he had "compressed into the period
of his services more labour, more attention, and
more successful energy than any one of his prede-
cessors." All the ewes quoted have been takeu
from "Hansard,"are duly classified, and, with a few
exceptions warranted by the circumstances, appear
in chronological order. In an Appendix will be
found the Rules and Orders of the House, a refer-
ence to any of which bearing on the subject is given
in the text. Mr. Bourke is deserving of the thanks
of the representatives of the people for this his
well-timed and valuable contribution towards the
efficient discharge of their duties.

Suggestions for the formation of a Penal and
Reformatory Settlement for Convicts in. the
Peninsula of the Mullet. M. S. Rickerby.
A pamphlet apropos to the present phase of the
great social question of the day—what are we to do
with our convicts ? The writer, as the title shows,
suggests the formation of a penal and reformatory
settlement for convicts on the north west coast of
Ireland, to wit in the Mullet, which, as he shows,
possesses many natural advantages for the purpose.
Just abort of being an island, Mullen is sixteen
miles long, acid varies in breadth from seven miles
to as many hundred yards, and, for the most part,
is capable of successful cultivation. So that thete
w,:nuld lie no cost of shipping for conveyance of
convicts, stores, &c., a complete separation might
in classes and usefully
be effeted from the main land, and the convicts
required. The climate is said to be
employed in
agriculture if
kept apaYt
salubrious, ams. in the neighbourhood a naval sta-
tion where ships of war would command the whole
of the west coast of Ireland, now totally unpro-
tectbd, could be established. The writer is of
()pink% 400,G05/. wou'V cover all expenses, and
give the, Government possession of the entire
peninsula .and everything on it—excluding, we
suppose, its poor inhabitanw, respecting whose
future destiny we have .no information.

.
The French Revolution. By Thomas Carlyle.
Vol. If. Chapman and Hall.
The second volume of the, new series of Mr. Car-
lyle's works has now appeared. It contains the
conclusion of the history of the French Revolution.
The forthcoming volume will be the first part of
Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches, which will
occupy three volumes. The admirers of Mr. Car-
lyle should avail themselves of the Present oppor-
tunity of securing a complete and handsome edition
of his works at a moderate price.

Charles O'Malley. By Charles' Lever. Vol, I.
Chapman and HalL
The works of this brilliant and .amusing writer
are now in course of publication in a new form.
Harry Lorrequee has already appeared, and is
followed by the first volume of "Charles O'Mal-
ley." Mr. Lever's works are too welt known and
too successful to require criticism, and the present
series will be likely to extend their porfularity, by
offering them to the general reader in a ecymmodious
and inexpensive form.

Scott's poems. It contains " The Lay of the Last
Minstrel " and "The Lady of the Lake," and will,
of course, be followed by the' complete set of his
poems. The type is excellent and the general ap.
pearance of the volumes all that can be desired in
a library edition. The introductory life, by Mr.
Gallen, may not be acceptable to' all readers; as
his opinions and criticisms are not always remark-
able for their moderation. The present volume
has anotbtr attraction, the original notes of the
author unabridged.

STANFIELD'S " VICTORY."
ENGRAVED BY ..TOZN COUgEN, RA.

• A magnificent work of art has at lengiethnob3e,eant
completed, in the form of this very
noble line en-
graving from the hand of Mr. Cousen, the
Academician. It may be accepted. we conceive,
as his contribution to the World of Art in his caps_
city as a Royal Academician. To which hooxi:-
n.dignity it should be remembered that our artist. LasY
been happily elected—at once to his ovvn honour
and to that scaucely less of his brother Academicians
—since this superb plate was originally commenced.
It is, without any doubt wl:atever, his masterpiece.
And as such, those who know what Mr. Cous,
hand has alCousen
's
accomplished by the cunning
guidance of the graver over burnished surfaces of
steel and copper wilt not marvel to find it added,
with all po-sible deliberation and emphasis, that
the remarkable work of art before us is perhaps .the
very finest line engraving produced in England
since the tine of William. Woollett—not a Royal
Academician ! " The Victory," after Clarkson
Stanfield—' akiug rank at once with "Tile Fishery,"
with " Niobe; with " Pnteton," with " Ceyx
and Alcyone" —in short, with any one of the
many glorious productions given to the world
by that illustrious engraver. Those who -are
labouring under the very erroneous impression—
and there are such—that this wondrous art of line
.engraving is somehow dying out amongst us, will
find a very startling and signal refutation of the
fallacy in this truly national composition. National
we say advisedly. For in subject, in treatment, in
style, in heroically historic association—is it not
so ? Is it not national, strikingly and pectiliarly
national, in every one of these particulars None
who have ever seen either the original painting by
Clarkson Stanfield, or this very masterly engraving
from it by John Cousen, can hesitate in at once
aacordinc,o, to it on the instant the tribute of honour
(peculiarly its due) expressed by the simple recog-
nition of this one conspicuous characteristic. A Na-
tional Picture, if ever there was one, is beyond all
manner of doubt this affec' *ng representation. The
" Victory" painted by Stanfield, engraved by
Cousen, published by the Agnews of Manchester.
It represents—how nobly and touchingly it repre-
r Bents !—H.M.S. The Victory, being towed into
Gibraltar, by H.M.S. The Neptune, on the even-
ing of the 28th c October, IBos—exactly one week
after the glorious death of Horatio the Lord Vis-
count Nelson, in his grand and crowning seafight
off Cape Trafalgar ! The Victory herself—the mag-
nificent old war-ship—dismantled, thunder-black-
ened, lightning-riven, with her masts broken short
off, ber rigging gone, her hull battered, splintered,
and bloodstained ! Bearing thetattered banner of
Old England half way up even the shattered stump
of her fore-mast—in token of mourning for the
" darling Hero," whose remains were still on
board on their way home for sepulture in St.
Paul's Cathedral. On their way home
for sepulture but already in a manner,
in that preliminary step of their progress home-
wards, in some way even then virtually and
most fittingly sepultured ! As a Sailor-Artist's
genius afterwards recogn's:•.d, and (in this itnpres-
sive picture of Clarkson Stanfield's) most eloquently
and touchingly commemorated. Embalmed in the
grateful memory of all future Englishmen—The
Victory, the cenotaph—the green deep, the mins'.er-
floor—

" • • • red evening's smile
His epitaph : and thou rude Die,*
Austerely browed and thunder rent
Great Nelson's noblest monument, r

Looking upon this solemn and affecting represen-
tation of the Victory being towed into Gibraltar—
whether in Stanfield's exquisite painting or iu
Cousen's marvellous engraving—we cannot but re-
member (and apply to this glorious picture while
remembering it) what Mr. Ruik-in has remarked
so grandly in reference to Turner's picture of " The
Old Temeraire." Saying first of all of the Victory
somewhat as Mr. Ruskin has said of the
Temeraire—that " no ruin was ever so affecting
as the gliding of the vessel," on towards her hero's
" grave !" " Surely" as the Great Critic adds,*
" Surely, if ever anything without a soul deserved
honour or affection, we owed them here. Those sails
that strained so full bent into the battle [gone 1:1—
that broad bow that struck the surf aside, enlarging
silently in stedfast haste, full front to the shot—
resistless and without reply—those triple ports whose
choirs of flame rang forth in their courses, into the
fierce revenging monotone, which, when it died
away, left no answering voice to rise any more upon
the sea against the strength of England—those sides
that were wet with the long runlets of English life-
blood, like press-planks at vintage,
gleaminggoodly
crimson down to the cast and clash of the washing
foam—those pale masts that stayed themselves up
against ttie war-ruin, shaking out their ensigns
through the thunder, till sail and ensign drooped—
steep in the death-stilled pause of Andalusian
air, burning with its witness-cloud of human
souls at rest, surely,- for these some sacred
care might have been left in our thoughts 1."
Replying to himself immediately afterwards
in a kindred strain of eloquence, " Nay,
not to. We have stern keepers to trust her
glory to—the fire and the worm. Never more
shall sunset lalr golden robe on her, nor starlight
tremble on the waves that part at her gliding.
Perhaps, where the low gate opens to some cottage-
garden, the tired traveller may ask, idly, why the
moss grows so green on its rugged wood ; and even
the sailor's child may not answer, nor know, that
the night-dew lies deep in the war-rents of the wood
of the"—grand Old Victory ! Precisely these—or
something wonderfully like it—are the emotions
awakened in the heart of the true Englishman
A
when he looks upon Stanfield's picture of " The
Victory," either in the exquisite colours of the
original painting, or in the hardly less exquisite
black-and-white of Cousen's line-engraving. A
magnificent production, appropriately contributed
to the world of art at the present moment by the
enterprising firm of the Messrs. Agnew and Sons,
of Manchester—now that we are upon
the eke as
it were of the Great Fine Arts Exhibition in their
immediate neighbourhood.

* If we may so apply (by poetical licence) to tiee rocky
promontory of Gibraltar what B. Simmons applied with
literal accuracy to the " island" of St. Helena.
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t " Notes On the Turner Gallery-1856." By John
Ruskin, M.A. Bvo., pp. 88. Smith, Elder, and Company,
London. 1837. A very masterly criticism—all too brief,
unfortunately. Yet, in spite of its brevity, one of tho
most genial and eloquent of all the effusions which have
yet emanated from the genius of incomparably the greatest
Art-Critic England has ever produced.

CONTINUED SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE

REV. C. H. SPURGEON.

At the early hour of ten o'clock yesterday morning,
the gateways leading to the Surrey Gardens Music-ball
were crowded with well-dressed persons of both sexes,
waiting to obtain admission, while the various a, °outs
leading thereto were pouring forth their hundreds in
rapid succession, alt intent upon the same object. At
half-past ten all the barriers were removed, and the
rush was severe, if not tremendous. The vast masses of
human beings soon separated, and bent their course in
. 9pciceui
offaAaoreraotrt neeaanre netgoudif
nali
arronett,
he:
quarter
ha
oi directions,—some
pulpits ,r
before
persons —n os
teolmae
withveswee
neafaort
were
fwhecteaeohbs
preacher
i retpeao
aurgectbasheie,dte
,rhot
atlvo•
mhdre,baa
dr
be present.
neppfdehro
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even
ss
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nahn etl.l
and 'others again for the three galleries. In a
platform,
standing room was scarcely to be obtained. Beta een
great coat, and evidently much enfeebled from ill health.
He at once commenced the service with a brief but im-
pressive prayer.. This being concluded, the Rev. Mr.
Spurgeon announced that his medical attendant had
determined
of his indis-
position him not to leave home in consequence
him, ifhe
paliy
e si tifoonr
:;I,
abnuotr fit n
time,ding him tov a l pu re eda c
nh
i, 8 even
life, to close his sermon, if ever. so abruptly, as soon as
be found his physical powers
was that
fthe probability ail him, for if he did not,
he would never be able to
preach again. He, therefore, delivered short; but
very able discourse from the a
latterclwre of the 22d
verse of the 19th chapter of Hebrews, "'Without shed-
ding of blood there is no remission'' in the course of
which he depicted with great eloquence and power the
sufferings of our Saviour on the Cross as an atonementk
for sin. It Was painfully observable, during his remaril:l,
.
that his voice frequently became harsh andieE erugged,
xbaustion.
that he was suifering much from p
through the task he
He succeeded, however, in gettingt
led down the pulpit
had assigned himself, and then was
steps in a state of utter prostration. The other por.
dl dertaken by a rev. ny un
Lions of the service were
k,
re sent upon the occasion.
friend, who was fortunately p
—Morning Advertiser.

Notts, an octogenarian who has been blind
1" Th
" The GOOD OLD Tl7dEs ere is now living in
f the effectsan accident. He says
for severs ears rowof
child white
EPaPtevrrshte7e3h''e was a bread was considered a
greatth luxury, so much so that when his father (who was
fiframework-knitter) need to take his work to Notting-
ham he would frequently promise to bring the children a
white penny-loaf each on his return, and such was the
anxiety of the little ones to possess the luxury that they
have many times gone to the distance of three or four
miles to meet their father, in order that they might have
it a little sooner, and this in depth of winter, in frost and
snow. What would the pregent generation ray to this
Leicestershire Mercury.