The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-06 00:00:00

MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.—" What will he do with it" presents
us in this number with some striking and interest-
ing passages. The narrative follows the fortunes
of the " Comedian," and that wonderful man ex-
hibits decisive proofs of his peculiar talent. Thi
adventures which he met with in the strange town
are full of fascination, and the skill with which he
combines the real with the ideal, and achieves the
triumph of his art by faithfully representing nature,
awakens the sympathy and excites the interest. He
was fortunate in securing the services of the mayor,
" who had one of those countepaec, s upon which
good nature throws a sunshine sof er than aaucl,
ever shed upon canvas," but by his dexttritY and
daring he contrived to mollify the hardest, and
charm the most callous ; and indeed he must have
been censorious; or captious in the extreme, who
could have remained an ind,ffere4t- spectator to
the impersonation of the soldier- of the Empire,
" who had fought under Napoleme at Marengo and
Austerlitz, gone thieugh ,the snows of Muscovy,
escaped the fires of Waterloo, to find that the battle
of life reserved in store for him still sharper con-
flict, and demanded sterner powers of endurance."
An article, entitled " Modern Light Literature—
Society," contains a great deal of truth in its re-
marks, and is worthy of consideration. It enters
int) detail on the various sketches of acciety, met
with in the works of writers of the present day.
It calls particular attention to the fact that
the generality of authors fix their personages
in high life, even when the scene is laid in the
country. "We remember no work of fiction, in `
our recent experience, where there is not an earl or
countess paramount, a dowager or duke reigning
in seclusion, or, at least, a baronet who owns the
suzerainete of the district." "Our Hagiology" re-
fers to many remarkable superstitions and extra-
ordinary credences of the ancients, but it is useful
to trace the causes of such dowr:nes being held,
and, as it is observed, some profit must be found in
the records of those who, were the first to bring
Christianity to these islands. "Scenes of Clerical
Life" proceeds with the history of "Janet's Re-
pentance." In this portion a mee:ing takes place
between her and Mr. Tryan, and the story evidently
approaches its crisis. The calm dignity, and the
stedfast endurance of the much abused minister, at
last overtime the fierce prejudices of Janet, and
she is left in the prospect of obtaining more serenity
within and without than has heretofore been her
lot. " Beloochee Traits" furnish a groat dtal of
"information concerning the habits of that race, and
it is doubtless that there is truth in the opinion ex-
pressed by the writer that at the present juncture
whatever will serve to illustrate the character of a
Mohammedan people will'be welcome. It is curi-
ous to follow the traveller's wanderings among a
people so savage and uncultivated. Sume lines on
" India" are spirited, and express deep feeling for
the injured ones. "The Syr:an Route to the
East" upholds the Euphrates Valley route in oppo-
sition to the Suez scheme.

Dublin. --The story of the " Partners," is pro-
ceeded with, and the before complicated plot be-
comes still more involved. The manner in, which
the crafty and cautious Aubrey proceeds to carry
out his designs is well desctibed, and hardly lees
ably executed is, the conduct of Ingott, who was
too much of a coward to act, but secretly applauded
the actions of his partner. " The Cardinal Treaties
of Merliseval and Modern History," are continued.
The Peace of Utrecht is the present subject under
consideration. " M'Cormack's Grudge," is the
title of a story which commences in this number,
and which appears likely to be an effective one, as
it possesses some striking characters, and records
events that occurred at an exciting periol.
"Autumn Eclogues," by Jonathan Freke S ingsby,
are full of life and energy. The Haymakers is very
amusing, the city poet arriving at the village with
his mind rapt in the study of nature, and being
mistaken by the rustics for a madman, is very ludi-
crous. The following verses are pleasing

Of all the flowers of earth, I wean,
There's none that can compare
With that which springs when meads are green,
And bears thy nune, my fair.
So bright the Daisy is and sweet,
Si douce est la Marguerite.
The welkin hath full many a star,
The eyes of Night are they
Earth's own flower-stars the daisies aro,
The fairest " eyes of day."
So bright the Daisy is awl sweet,
Si douce est la Marguerite.
Ah ! Marguerite des Marguerites !
My pearl of pearls art thou,
The daisy wreath lies at thy feet,
Oh place it on thy brow.
So bright the Daisy is and sweet—
& douce est la Marguerite.

There are other poems to be mot with, among them
tho " Artist's Motley Song," by Irwin, demands
attention. " Recent Books on India," bring before
the notice some deserving works, more or less in-
structive. It is remarked that " nothing with the
name of India can be thrown away as waste paper."
The article entitled " Vincenzo Gioberti," will in-
torest those who delight in theological controversy.
It refers to the work of that distinguished man.
A second chapter on the " Curiosities of the Eng-
ash Language," affords additional details on its
structure and derivation. The " Revolt of the
Bengal Army,", is the subject of some remarks.
After dwelling on the details abroad, the home
view of tha case is thus mentioned :

"England will find in her hour of danger and difficulty
an unfaltering ally in this island. Let her seek on these
shores for succour, and she will gather to her aid thou-
sands of stalwart' Women who will carry her fin to
victory. It is a proud thing that the first offer of a volun-
t9er corps for service in India has been made from Ireland.
The Tipperary Artillery Militia have led the way in prof-
fering their voluntary services to maintain the honour
of England, and avenge the snffezin,gs of her sons and
daughters in the East. This offer is doubly blessed as an
expression of Ireland's sympathy for England, and as re-
futing the slanderous sneer of a Continental paper that
this war is not supported by the public voice. Sure are
we that there are multitudes ready to respond to the
call of more men for India. The sunshine of success
will break out ere long, and it may be that out of this
present terrible convulsion a glad result will spring.
These islands may be knit more closely together than
heretofore by the attemptel dismemberment of England
and her greatest colony.

with an "attractive—subject for his "New Book
Notes," in which some details and incidents of the
chi chansonnier's later days are interwoven,
though so little is said of .his literary character.
that it is not unlikely that we, shall have more
" Notes" on this subject from the pen of this clever
writer. "The Sledge Drive to Church" is a tale
of Norway, •:told with considerable skill. It is the
narrative of the narrow escape of a peasant's family
pursued by a a pack of hungry wolves during their
drive home from a distant church in a lonely Nor-
wegian district. The story is simple, and the in-
cidents have often f.und 4 place in fiction, but they
tre sufficiently real and striking to give excite-
ment to the tale. "A Fortnight's 'Sport in the
Highlands" records the perils of deerstalking.
" Seven Years in an,lndiau Officer's Life " is the
.itle of a narrative describing Indian experiences,
i,hough, of course, not connected with prasent
troubles. The author of "The Passing Bell," a
veil known contributor to the pages of Bentley,
furnishes a tale entitled, " A Mysterious Visitor,".
having for its subject the' losses of an English
family from,the recentlmassacres. The subject is,
however, so terribly real and afflicting to so many
liat is scarcely suitable for a story till time has
softened some of its horrors. " The Life of an
Archit:ct" is c mtinuecl, and so is "The Gallery of
Theatrical portraits," which gives us in the tenth
number a sketch of the wonderful successes of the
Young Roscius. Dudley Costello's story is con-
tinued in its usual Style.

The Un,&d, Service Mdgazine. Several vary
important s_►bjects are discussed in the pre-
sent ntitnber. The first paper is on the late
military purchase commission, and merits considera-
tion. It is justly obsrved by the writer that in-
tereit and pa-treillage are as fatal to military effi-
ciency as tha purchase system. Interest and money
—it is observed—are at present the two requisites ;
"as long as we hold by them there is a tight shce on
each foot in our military system, and in getting
rid of purchase,- we shall only have kicked off one,
and, perhaps, not the worst of them." The remarks
made on military reform are clear and sensible, and
evidence a aarcftil examination and full, apprecia-
tion of the difficulties of the subject. " Hoar shall
we supply the native army of Bengal ?" is the
question which gives its title to the following article,
-and after discussing
,various points the writer ar-
rives at the conclusion that the best thing that
Lord Elgin" can do will be to retu:n to Hong Kong'
with the Madras regiments intended for Bengal
service, and to order the whole-of the infantry and
artillery embarked for-service in China to .Elindos-
,au, as he regards the Michas regiments with great
suspicion., , Captain Spencer contributes an article
on the union of the Principalities, giving-much in-•
f(srmation respecting the races and inhabitants of
Moldo-Wallachia, and strongly recommending their
union under a constitutional monarch. A second
notice.of " Our Life-Boat," furnishes some strik-
ing details of the services rendered by life-boats
along our coast, and some useful particulars of
their ne-Jessa, y qualities and the most advanta-
geous kind of life-13elt. The 6oceluding article
on Wellington and his contemporaries in the
social circle,- is chiefly devoted to Talleyrand. rt
gives, however, some characteristic details of the
Duke hiniself, and the following passage on his
opinion of his great adversary's talents as a com-
mander is not without interest.

" The Duke of Wellington had, as may be very well
believed,'a high opinion of the military talents of the
Emperor Napoleon the I. ; he said, " I have always con-
sidered the presence of Napoleon with an army as equal to
an additional force of 40,003 men, from his superior ta-
lent, and from the enthusiasm which his name and pre-
sence inspired into the troops. And this was the more
disinterested on my part, because, in all my campaigns, I
had then never been opposed to him. When I was in
Paris, in 1811, I gave this very opinion in the presence of
several Prussian and_ ustrian generals who had fought
against hitm,and you have no idea of the satisfaction and plea-
sure it gave them to think that, though defeated, they had
so much odds against them." On another occasion the duke
also said, that ho thought Napoleon superior to Turenne,
Tallard, or any of the old generals of former times ; but
Napoleon had this advantage over every other general,
over himself in particular, that his power was unlimited.
He could order everything on the spot as he pleased ; if he
wanted reinforcements they were sent ; if to change the
plan of a campaign, it was changed; if to reward services,
he could confer honours on the field of battle; whereas,
the duke and other generals wore obliged to write home
to Ministers, and wait their decisions, perhaps that of
Parliament ; and ho himself had never had the power of
conferring the slightest reward •of any of his followers,
however deserving,"

The Dynasties of India form the topic of a paper
on the struggles of Hindoos and Mahomedans. An
naval and military intelligence of the month is
given in full, as usual.

Co/burne's New Monthly.—A. new sttifir by the
author of " Ashley" is commenced, which is in-
teresting, it is replete with that variety of cha-
racter and incident, which has before particulartly
distinguished the works of this writer. The tale
is rather a mkslancholy one, at least some passages
are of a painful nature. It will most likely be more
striking in the next part. No one can help pity-
ing the unfortunate Susan, deserted by her lover,
betrayed by 11,r sister, but it is probable that her
after fa,e-- will be preferable to theirs, since the
foundation of happiness can never be laid in deceit
and treachery. The fourth volume of the memo-
rials and correspondence of Fox furnishes Sir Na-
thaniel with the subject of an interesting paper,
called "Fox at St Anne's Hill." " Watertoniania"
is the title of an entertaining crit cisui on Mr.
Waterton's "Essays on Natural History." "The
Swedish voyage round the world," which was cer-
tainly not performed in the English express style,
still continue/, and describes part of China. An-
other Scandinavian traveller records his experi-
ences of Siberian wilds. The Baths of Lucca, and
North America are also found in the table of con-
tents ; therefore the lovers of travel will have a
pleasant variety. Modern French novels receive a
severe, but well-merited, criticism, which attacks
their false sentiment and glaring exaggeration. In
any other form of literature their absurdity would
be their counterpoise, but combined with the
dramatic talent and the love of excitement in the
reader, it 13:,:comes dangerous. "The Ristory -of
the Newspaper Press" is concluded, and an article
on 'Preaching," makes a vigorous attack on in-
competent pr6achers. Cyrus Redding contributes
an article on India.

Fraser's Magazine—This magazine has its usual
share of articles of a superior character, which par-
take less of the nature of serial light literature
than of thoughtful essays on books and men, on
human nature and social progress, that, however
much they may oppose themselves to the opinions
or convictions of the reader, command atten-
tion and suggest thought. Foremost among
the topics of the present month, is a paper on
Manchester and its exhibition of Art Tr asures, by
a Manchester Man, who avails himself of this com-
bination of the practical and the ideal to give us his
opinions on Manchester men, and on the marvels as-
sembled under their auspice'. Thisat Cele is edi-
ately foil° wed by one of the more t hough tfut class, "On
the origin and Functionof Music," which introduces
an ingenious theory on the derivation of musical
expression from the natural sounds produced by
the emotions or passions. The beneficial and ele-
vating tendency of the cultivation of music is up-
held, but the paper is somewhat too alstruse and
elaborate for the general reader. Mr. Buckle's
first volume of the History of Civilisation in Eng-
land receives a careful and comprehensive criticism,
rendering full justice to the ability and research
evidenced in the work, while differing from some
of his principles and his inferences. These, in-
deed, judging from the criticism and the extracts
provoke discussion and challenge opposition.
0 The causes and features of social advancement are ,
discussed with care and skill. "The Interpreter," ,
by G. Whyte Melville, is continued with vigour ;
the present instalment, taking its hero to the siege
itself, and describing, with animation and pathos
alternately, the incidents of the campaign. A re-
miniscence of the cavalry charge is t •ld with elo-
quence and feeling. " Shooting in Albania" trans-
ports the reader from the murmur of past and pre-
sent warfare to the marshes of Corfu. The sports-
man's reminiscences will be chiefly interesting to
those of similar tastes. "Jays and Nutcrackers" tike
their place in the series of papers on Natural His-
tory, whicl combine information and anecdote very
pleasantly. "The Curate of Edenlsolm" is a brief
sketch of a son's selfishness and a mother's self-
devotion, ending, as such romances in real life too
seldom do, in repentance and amendment when
atonement was too late. " Holm Dramaticos
appears at the third number, the first two having
ba' published some years back, when the writer,
we are told, had not leisure to complete his design.
Few readers, we fear, will pay him the compliment
' of remembering the introduction, so it is well that
the present number can be read alone. It takes for
its subject the " Flask" of Cratinus, a comedy pro-
duced at the age of ninety-seven, which carried
away a prize from the rivalry of Aristophanes. An
article on " Art and History" traces their mutual
influence, as evidenced in some national character-
istics, and the artistic tendencies of different epochs.
1 It is interesting and suggestive, though its brevity
( prevents an elaborate analysis of its subjects.

The Art Journal.—The three large engravings
of this month are " The Prison Group," from the
picture by F. Bonvy ; "The Birth of Belphcehe
and Amorett," a beautiful landscape from the pic-
ture by W. Leitch, Loth in the Royal collection,
and an engraving of Mr. Crawford's group of "The
Hunter." The literary contents are, as usual, 'at-
tractive to all artistic readers. The series of criti-
cisms on Briliih artists renders a worthy tribute t)
George Lance; and the seventh chapter of "An
Old Travellers' Talk about Pictures and Painters"
contains same pleasant reading. The valuable .pa-
pets ou the applications of improved machinery and
materials to art manufacture, by Robert Hunt,
F.R.S. are devoted in this number to collodion
and photography. The i" Book of the Thamas,"
by the able editors of the journal, brings its plea-
sant gossip to the metropolis.

The Mechanics' Magazine maintains its esta-
blished character, and is admirably calculated to
promote the circulation of scientific knowledge
among those engaged in the practice of mechanics.
It enables them to comprehend in some measure
the plinciples of science as applied to their labour,
and at the same time affords information of a kin-
dred nature on various other topics. Another
advantage of this magazine is, that it affords an
opportunity for practical discussion and correspon-
dence, so that if any one engaged in mechanics
wishes to obtain any information or solve a pro-
blem, Ih-orttical or practical, he can appeal to his
fellow-readers, and have the benefit of their expe-
rience or knowledge. Altogether, its utility is of
a high character, and will, we trust, continue to
meet with the support and encouragement it merits.

The publications of Charles Knight are continued
will their usual ability. The English Cyclopwclia
has reached the fifty-sixth part of this division, and
the biogt aphy approaches its conclusion. The "His-
tory of England" comes down to the exploits of
Prince Charl-s, and Villiers in Spain, in the days
of Jameß.—The new serial, by Charles Lever, enti-
tled "Davenport Dunn," proceeds with vigour and
has some characteristic incidents, as the plates tes-
tify.---" Paved with Gold," by Augustus Mayhew,
narrates the fortunes of a wanderer iu the Lond,,n
streets with interest, drawn from reality.--,, Ask
Mamma," is a comic story chiefly attractive
to sporting readera Its. illustrations by John
Leech are . not the least, of its recommenda-
tions.—" tions.—" Lorimer Littlegood " is a tale nowh
pub-
lishing in monthly parts, by Alfred Cole, and as
some wonderful details of its hero's exploits among
ostlers and mountebanks.—The eighth number of
the republication of " Russell's Crimean Letters "
has now appeared, and it will be
acompletedoftihe nbt
twelveal,
numbers. The prasent one has plan
of the Tchernaya.

Frilloutledge's Shalapeare, edited by 11. Staunton,
has' now reached the twelfth and thirteenth part
containing Henry the Fourth,

Bentley's Miscellany.—Tha opening paper in
Bentley's is on the all-engrossing topic of the Eng-
lish in India, and is chiefly remarkable from its
being founded on a recent French work by M. de
Valbezen, written, it is affirmed in the paper in
question, for the benefit of the Parisians who
went to school when prejudice was rife, and com-
mercial England was ignored by the French." The
present work is especially interesting from its
evidence of the impartiality and correctness which
are taking the place of prejudice and ignorance.
The " Memoirs of Berangcr" furnish Monkthocd

in the Cure of Disease," conveying some useful H-
I formrtion. A criticism on "Saint Simon's Me-
moirs" ranks him Very high among French au' km s,
and denounces the interpolations and alterations of
modern editors. " Lutfullah's Autobiography,"
ane other recent works are noticed.—The Irish
s improving. One of
pi esent number is
t/Wheetrobpeoalitaanrtielfeasgaizninethie
"Au Hour's t tlk about Poetry," in which a high
appreciation of the poets' vocation is displayed,
and a justly merited censure of the modern con-
fusion of ideas and words is passed. The severest
criticism and the keenest satire would bo Toyer. be
pa'averleSs. compared with the extract given from
Mr. Bailey's " Myst ic."—The Commercial Tra-
vel'ers maintain their little serial with sprit, and
even those not connected with them will find many
entertaining things in their magazine.—Newtom s
London, Journal of Arts and Sciences continues to
record all recent patents and scientific reports, and
has this month a criticism on Mr. Smiles' "Life of
Stephenson." The Train is amusing, but has little
in it of a higher character.—Lc collet shows us
wonderful toilettes, and elegant ladies of fashion,
with its usual authoritative instruction in all such
matters.

PARISI! VESTRIES AND POPULAR

AMUSEMEATS.

The contest of the Chelsea Vestry against Cromorno
Gardens-is not the only instance of a disposition on the
part of PariAl Vestries to wage war against places of
popular resort and amusement.
Toe Argyll Rooms in Great •Windrnill-qrect, a well
known establishment, one of the most popular in-,Len-
don, which has been in existence under one manazement
seven years, and during all that peaidregularly licensed
ey the Board of Magistrates—which gives regular and
good employment to an orebestra of about forty musi-
cians of the first talent, and in the general business of
the rooms employment to about sixty other persons, bas
fallen under the ban of the vestry of the parish of St.
James's, and the most strenuous opposition is to -be
made to the application for the license at the ensuing
session of the buard of nanistrates. It is also rumoured
that the new Music Hall, now in course of erection,
closely adjoining.Piceadilly, is to enc:iunter a similar op.
iioAtiou ;
.and, as the fantastic spirit of gentlemen
"dressed in a little brief authority," is contagious,
it iss to be- expected that all similar places
of publio resort in London, • where music • and
dancing form the staple of tha entertainment,, will be the
objects of a crusade, instigated- and headed by Parish
Thus fat; the warfare hav'opened inanspiciouslyfer.the
assailants., The Chelsea Vestry have been forewarned
by their solibitors with the good advice that there is no
cvidenoe to support the charge that the-Gardens dete•
-riorate the ajacent property. We believe this to have
been the only objection taken to Cgemorne. What are
the relative characters of the two establishments—Cre-
inorne Gardens and the Argyll -Rooms ? In their main. •
features they are one and the same thing, music and
dancing being the staple of the entertainmeut ; Crensarne
being open both in the day and night, and the Argyll-
rooms in the evening only, from half-past ei!ht till
twelve n'elock. It is true that-there are other amuse-
events at Cremorne, besides music and dancing, but
these form the staple attraction, and both establishinents
are dependent for support on the crowds who have
neither leisure nor taste for such amusements during the
uav, but prefer to listen to the one and mingle in the
other by night.

For ourselves we confess, with ail dne deference to
that august body, the vestry of St. James's, to
having been an occasional visitor at the Argy'l-
rooms during the whole period of their Existence
we like the coup d'ail of the well-lighted, well-cm-
stiucted and Proportional, and tastefully decorated
'saloons—we like to listen to the orchestra, the best in
Sagland for dance, and the cheapelt shilling's worth of
musieto be had in London—we like to look on the
h-althful amusement which has become so popular of
late years as to be almost national—we like to watch

the file which never breaks into disorder, and to parti-
cipate in the quiet cheerfulness which always prevails in
this establishment. Also, at the Argyll we see every
body. It is the reunion of the clubs the Royal
Exobange of free and easy intercourse. Hither
go the best men of the country, not even
excepting the magnates of the vestry of Saint James.
Staid gentlemen with the r wives oftentimes delight to
patronise it, quietly looking on, and sometimes figuring
in the dance. Even Mother huroh is represented, for
we have seen very reverend gentlemen indeed of our ao-
quaintance, relaxing themselves in the Argyll Room,.
l'rue, it may have been mere curosity which led them
thither, perhaps to stimulate them to twofold eloquence
in the next Sunday sermon; but whatever the motive,
the visit has keen invariably enjoyed.
The simple truth is that the righteous vestry of Saint
James feels somewhat scandalised at the characteristics
which dististinguish the Haymarket by night, and want-•
ing a scape-goat for their virtuous indignation, they
attribute these to the Argyll-rooms. We do not give
them credit for so much candour as to imagine that they
think themselves right, while every one who knows
London knows surely that they are wrong. It is now
some shore about thirty years since we commenced tak-
iog a quiet peep at the various phases of life in Loudon,
and for these thirty years the Haymarket has always
been the same Haymarket, and at some periods infinitely
worse than it is at present. Where then was the cause
before the Argyll-rooms existed ? If for the better part of
half a century a manifest evil has been tolerated in the
parish of Saint James, let not the blame be cast on an
-establishment in no wise culpable. We venture to affirm
of the Argyll-rooms that they are one of the best condactei
places of public resort in London, and that the crowds
who attend them depart, on their closing, quietly to their
homes. More than this, the frequenters of the. Argyll-
rooms are not of a class who throng the streets at night.
If the pretext seized on by the vestry of St. James's be
good, then, for the same reason, should the Haymarket
Theatre be closed, and her Majesty's Opera, and all
other places of amusement to which the public go in
crowds ; and from which, the amusements being over,
they must emerge in crowds also.
We cannot have places of amusement without a cer-
tain amount of inconvenience ; but for that reason shall
some cynic, or some DJgberry, perhaps, anxious to dis-
tinguish himself, cry out "nuisance." The trafficin the
Haymarket is temporarily impeded when the spectators
leave the theatre. The same thing occurs with the
Opera House, immediately opposite. Cabs, broughamt.,
carriages, servants, crowds of people of all descriptions,
for a short time, undoubtedly, create some inconveni-
ence, and as the masses gradually flow off, there settles
behind them some of the dissolute, be it frankly said,
who have been inside and waited outside, or in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of both theatre and opera, and
t i whom such places have always been an attraction
and resort. These things have made the Haymarket
what it is. It may be affirmed with truth that not one-

tenth ,part of the inconvenience arias; t;tiepuhlioon
the closing of the Argyll-rooms, which supervenes from
either of the other establshments, and why therefore
Mould the former be singled out to bear all the oppro-
brium of a state of things long existent, and to a certain
extent inevitable ?

But we do not despair. Many a plcusaLt hour do we
yet hope to spend in the Argyll, notwithstanding the
vestry of St. James's ! An ebtabli,Lment which has so
. .

long existed without incurring a siiiileinerited;;;;;cli,
and irk which the proprietor has invested a fortune, is
not to be broken up at the breath of a palish vestry.
We trust that the large number of persons to which it
rives employment need feel no apprehension en the
subject. We shall hope to meet oar friends and
accinaintaLces there, and enjoy ourselves in wit-
nessing the enjoyments of others for many
a year to come aye, and for that matter,
%lance too, if the humour seize us« Pat ish Jacks in office,
thank Heaven, are not law-makers, nor absolute arbi-
tors .of our tastes and amusements. Poor slaves, indeed,
should we be if they were, for they are the most petty
tyrants of all. Mighty virtuous though they be, there
shall yet be " cakes and ale, aye and ginger shall be hot
i the mouth too."

Happy shall we be to learn that the zeal of St. James's

Vestry—w
arks in a right directiou. There is ample room
for all their efforts—room too for reformers of all de-

scriptions, amongst the ainnere, high and low, who
abound in their parish, without attacking one of the
most agreeable and orderly plaoas of entertainment we
have, and suppressing amusements which are exceedingly
healthful to our bodies without in any wise harming our
so.alß. .

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7RIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE AT BIBILEN-

IIEAD.

TWO MEN MURDERED.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
A frightful murder has been perpetrated in Bir-
kenhead, and the excitement in the township is in-
creased by the fact that the life of a second man
trembles in the balance, whilst three men, who are
charged with the murder, are in the bridewell.
It appears that at a quarter to 12 o clock on Sun-
day night, intelligence was conveyed to the Bir-
kenhead Police-office that Jon
Drewery, 37, E
block, Dock Cottages, had n murdered, and
John Dunn, residing at D block, in the same place,
bad been severely stabbed by three men, named
Francis Smith, John Smith, and Peter Callaghan,
all navvies, lodging at 7, J block, Dock Cottages,
and that the murderers had made their escape.
In the meantime the wounded man, Dunn, was
brought to the hospital in a car, but was so weak
from loss of blood that he could not articulate, and
the house surgeon, Mr. Marshall, forbade any one
asking hint questions.
Three policemen, who had heard of the occur-
rence, went to the Dock Cottages, and, in a dark
corner, found the body of Drewery lying in a pool
of blood, near which was a pocket-knife and a large
stone, both covered with blood. The body was re-
moved to the lodgings of the deceased, when it was
found that he had been stabbed under the left jaw,
in the region of the heart, and under the last rib of
the right side. He has left a wife and three children
living at Prescot.
The three policemen not knowing into which
house the murderer had gone, posted sentries at 4
either end of each block ; and it is much to the
credit of seven stalwart women living in the vici-
nity, that they volunteered to do duty. A reinforce-
men of police from Birkenhead having arrived, the
houses were searched, and the three men charged
with the offence found in one bed, in No. 7, block.
They had part of their clothes on, and their outer
garments were stained with blood. One man had
his hand very much cut.
The five men had been drinking at a beer-house
at the north end, which they left at 11 o'clock, and
it does not appear that any of them were then
intoxicated. It has been whispered this morning
that a difference in religion led to quarrelling, and
eventually to the commission of this frightful
Deluder.

The prisoners were brought before the magistrates
this morning, and remanded.
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
The second man who was stabbed died in the hos-
pital at one o'clocic this afternoon.
The police have apprehended another man who
was concerned in the affray.