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be found at pages 116-118, is one of s.rme.rnoment,
and appears to us to be altogether irrefragable.
Another section of the volume, I ended " The
Mount Quirinal," is followed by a description of
"The Feast of the Golden Rose," and this ?gain by
an ir.quiry into the problem of the "Tempe ral
and Spiritual Au'hority of the Pope," ie
the course of which Mr. Cochrane says almost
wittily, " the keys of S.. Peter have been hitherto
guarded by the sword of St. Paul." .A beautiful
tribute is paid by him, soon after, to the munificence
of the ecclesiastical establishments of Catholicism, in
a chapter on " Monte Casino." Howard, the philan
thropist, might almost be expected to rise from his
ashes with horror, at the description given, further
on, of the prison of Naples. An interview which
took place between the. writer and the King (whiell
may be found at page 275), will he read with un-
igned satisfactien. The last portions of the work
under consideration are partially composed of frag-
ments, already printed in the columns of our con-
temporary the Times, under the signature of th.
person humorous:y designated by Mr. Cochrane.
" that most able, el( quent, and universally esteemed
gentleman, ' our own correspordent.'" The most
remarkable portion of the w bele book, how
ever, we have hitherto refrained from men-
tionieg, desirous as we were to close our
comments upon ° Young Italy" with an earnest en-
comium upe nitas an 1 istorical composition. It is
the chapter inscribed "'I he Murder of Rossi," and
depicts in startling colours the whole of that ghastly
tragedy. It affords a noble and touching proof of
the eloquence and humanity of the author, and pre-
sents to the imagination a picture so terrible in its
vividness that it cannot very speedily be obliterated
om the recollection.

ANNALS of the PENINSULAR CAMPAIGNS.
By Thomas Hamilton. A .New bdition.
Anything more than a cursory reference to the
fact of this present republication would be a species of
impertinence to the merit of the work itself and to the
author's wide and brilliant reputation. What is par-
ticularly commendable in the present edition is the
circumstance of its having been carefully revised
and augmented by Frederick llardman, already well
known as the author of "Peninsular Scenes and
Sketches." In revising and augmenting a history so
popular in its previous form, Mr. Hardman has acted,
to our thinking, under alt considerations most judi-
ciously ; not introducing matter in any respect super-
fluous, or erasing passages of any importance or in-
terest whatever. The labour, in fac►, which he has

had to accomplish as editor has been nothing less than
the interpolation of illustrative anecdotes and mili-
tary particulars towards the latter portion of the
narrative, the history as originally penned being more
copious in both those particulars at its commence-
ment than towards its conclusion. Besides which it
should be borne in mind that since the first appear-
ance of these "Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns,"
by Mr: Hamilton, now some twenty years bygone,
a variety of works and documents have been penned
or produced, to which its author was denied accest,
by the premature character of his undertaking ; all
which works and documents have been scrupulously
consulted and collated by Mr. Hardman, with a view
to perfect as far as possible the task of emendation.
For example, he has had to consult the volumes of
Colonel (now General Sir William) Napier, of Colo-
nel Toreno, of Mr. Alison, and, beyond all others,
Colonel Gurw•ood's collection of the "Despatches" of
his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Aided by these
remarkable documents, the editor of these annals bas
been enabled to improve them very materially both in
respect to the amount of their details and their indivi-
dual correctness. How far Mr. Hardman was quali-
fied to attempt the fulfilment of the duties devolving
upon him in this double toil of revision and aug-
mentation, may he conjectured by those already
acquainted with his literary productions, as well
as from the fact of his having familiarised
himself by personal scrutiny with nearly all
the ground fought over by the British soldiers from
the Ebro to Toulouse. This conjecture of his capa-
city to accomplish all required from him in his newly
assumed office, will be resolved into a conviction
with any one Rho may take the trouble to compare
Hamilton's Annals of the Peninsula as they were
*hen orignally printed, and as they are in their pre-
sent form of republication.

MAPS ILLUSTR 4 TIVE qf the CAMPAIGNS
in the PENINSULA. By Alexander Keith

Johnston.
An excellent series of maps from the hand of Mr.
Johnston, numbering altogether twenty-four, has
been issued in the shape of a companion volume to the
military annals just referred to, as the joint produc-
tion ( f Messrs Hamilton and Hardman. Already fa-
miliar to us in the splendid atlas illustrating
the later edition of Alison's " Europe," and
consequently already very frequently eulogised in our
columns as engravings worthy of the distinguished
Scottish geographer, it is only necessary for us to
enumerate the maps which have been selected as
representing at a glance the various cities and
localities connected with the Peninsular victories.
After an admirable outline of Spain and Portugal,
cony., in their several position?, the lines of Torres
Vedras, the plan of Ciudad Rodrigo, a map of the
Pyrenees, a sketch of the attack of the Freuch in-
trenched position on the Nivelle, the Sieges of Sarra-
gosse, Gerona, Tarragona, Baclaj, z,l3argos and SAn
Sebastian, together with the battles of Medina De
Ric-Seco, Vimeirs, Corunna, Talavera, °cam,
Busaco, Barossa, Albuera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Ba-
yonne Orthcs, and Toulouse. In the limning of
each of these famous spots Mr. Johnston has acquitted
himself more than creditably—every road, elevaticn,
or watercourse being marked with as scrupulous an
exactitude, as the bodies of infantry, cavalry, and ar-
tillery involved in the different engagements.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, TUESDAY.

The TVght Hon. Sir Francis Baring had the
honour of joining the Royal dinner circle yesterday,
and remained at o.,borne last evening, on a visit to
the Queen and the Prince.
The unfavourable state of the weather this fore-
noon prevented her Msjesty and Prince Albert from
taking their accustomed early walk. The Royal
children were likewise prevented from taking their
pony and walking exercise in Osborne Park this
morning.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Lieutenant Willi= Horton (1842) late of the Thetis,
36, has been appointed to study steam at Woolwich.
Mr. Tinhorn, the newl3-sppointel store receiver at
Woolwich Dockyards, has been promoted to be Major in
the Royal Dockyard Brigade, vice Owec, deceased, and
Mr. Moody; foreman of shipwright, has been promoted
to be Captain in the brigade, vice Pinhorn.
The Admiralty will not commence their annual tour
of the dockyards and ports before next week.
The complement of the Retribution steam-frigate,
Captain Warden, has been ordered to be increased 20
blue jackets, making the ship's company 270. This ship
ought from her heavy armament to have a complement
of at least 300.
The complement of the Flamer steam-sloop, Com-
mander St. Leger at Portsmouth, is also ordered to be
increased to 66 officers and men.
All the ships at Portsmouth are gradually filling up
their complements. The Retribution only wants about
50 blue jackets, and the Dauntless screw-frigate, CJp-
fain Halstead (which ship also ought to have at least
300 men to work her powerful batteries) requires 70
blue jackets. The Theis, 38, Captain Kuper, C.B ,at
Devonporr, is only half-a-dezm short.
Monarch, 85, to be the new guard ship of the ordi-
nary at Sheerness, is ordered to he re-coppered.
Vengeance, 14, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart.,
is ordered to be re-copperyd at Portsmouth.
PLYMouTir, Auc. 20.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
Salamander went down the Sound on Monday to have
her comps'ss ei adjusted. She will be paid wages on
Wedn( sday, and will sail with a mail fur Rio, whence
she will proceed to the East Indies.
Her Majesty's brig Liberty arrived on Sunday from
Tem brok, . She came into harbour on Monday, and was
taken into deck the same day to be coppercd.
Wind—West, fine weather.
WooLvacu, AUG. 21.—Rear-Admiral of the Blue
Fairfax Moresby, C. 8., is appointed to the command of
her Majesty's vessels in the Pac;fic, in the room of
Rear-Admiral of the White Phipps Hornby, C. 8.,
whose three years of command on that stevian are now
completed, having been appointed on the 25th of
August, 1847.
The Jasper steam-vessel towed the Princess Royal
store-ship to-day from her moorings, opposite the Royal
arsenal, where she had been delivering old stores, to
Deptford, to have her provisions and stores put on board
at that port for further service.
A number of horse-boxes were sent up the river to-
day from Woolwich to the Aberdeen-wharf for the con-
veyance of the horses that will be required at Balmoral,

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Dt putt'-Adjutat.t-General's-office,
Woolwich, August 17, 1850.
GENERAL ORDER.
His Lordship, the Master-Generd, has been pleased
to approve of the following officers exchanging corn-
panics :
Second Captain R. H. Crofton, of Major Ask-
with's company, sth battalion, with Second Captain
P. P. G. Scot, of Captain Mackau's company, 11. h
battalion.
Sirs:-Lieutenant W. M. K'ng, of Captain Mitchell's
company, toth battallion, with Lieutenant J. A. P.
Adams, of Captain Turner's company, 6th battalion.
H. D. Rosa, Deputy-Adjutant-General.

DePuty-Adjutant-General'i-')ffice,
Woolwich, August 19, 1850.

GENERAL ORDER.
1. Second•Lieutcnant W. W. linen is transferred
from Captain Hill's company, Bth battalion, to Captain
Warburton's company, 6:h battalion. By order of the
Master-General.

2. Sergeant David Hoge, 6th battalion, is appointed
Acting Quartermaster-Sergeant to the field batteries.
J. E. JONES, Co!onel, A!sistant-Adjutant-General•