The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
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The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly aLer Twelve
SPEAKER

THIRD READINGS.
The North Staffordshire Railway (Extension of Time
'lr Purchase of Lands, &c.) Bill was read a third time
and passed.
The following Bills were further considered, agreed
, and
.0
„ ordered to be read a third time :—Bolton ii:i-
rtovenient Bill; York and North-Midland Railway Bill.
SECOND READINGS.
..Cobbe's Divorce Bill was read a second time, and or-
dered to be committed.

wward of PETITIONSSir JAMES DUKE presented. a petition from the
Farringdon Without praying for an equalise-
et the land tax.
Oil' C. BURRELL presented a petition from Bolton
,favour of.the Ten Hours Factory Bill.
„,211 R. INGLIS presented a petition from Antigua
trade
for the more effectual suppression of the slave
.A,181!tr• BROTHERTON presented a petition from
in
on-under-Lyne praying for a reduction of the tees
the comity courts.
Mr AD
*lair• "a-WRIGHT presented a petition from Derby-
complaining of the operation of the poor-laws.
‘,„' C' BRUCE presented a petition from the provin-
-1010.711cu of Morayshire praying the House to adopt
Scotland;
measure to put down the vice of intemperance in
parochial also, a petition against any alteration in the
in-
spire. "stem of education in Scotland from Elgin-
theStrs. A INE s presented a petition from Hull against
s.seargess Act Revision Bill.
alr.
place
10 HEATHCOTE presented a petition from a
R utlandshire against the Highway Bill.
ma.
deal era presented a petition from the spirit
0 era in Ireland in favour of a drawback of the duty
n spirits in bond.
fr The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented a petition
c‘oota the Provincial Law Association against the Land
‘-• `ace Bill.
ailMz.nrs:t%:thAeLTEß presented a petition from Nottingham
Highway Bill.
end r' • BANKES presented a petition from Ashton-
aer-Lyne in favour of the Ten Hours Bill.
B..A_ great number of petitions were presented against
`74d4Y labour in the Post-office. I
a •I** HUME presented a petition from Cripplegate
guest the timber duties.
011`10 r' HOPE presented a petition from the ladies of
Cojoeater against the Marriage Bill.
&r. AGLIONBY presented a petition in favour of the
Mold Enfranchisement Bill.
Stoat:* LY. O'CONNOR wished to ask the Secretary of
hisle'or the Home Department, who he saw
or place, whether the motion of the Hon. Member tor
Aol th Essex was to be considered as a motion of want
confidence in the Government, and whether any cor-
11815°ndence had passed upon the subject between the
80 le Lord at the 'head of the Government and the
Manchester.
Members for the West Riding of Yorkshire and
.etanchester.
poSir G. GREY said be had heard of no such corres-
thnaLence, and if it had taken place, the Noble Lord at
lioncu of the Government had given him no intim.
it. As to whether the motion of the Hon. Member
,or p
toclsex was to be considered a vote of confidence or
sue. 411 he could say was he had heard nothing on the
of it.
Ri In reply to a question from 3+lr. HUME,
at7r W. SOMERVILLE said there had been a defal-
itn-11 on the part of a person named Matthews holding
nna°,—,.,,e,° in the Chief Secretary's office in Dublin, but he
titti;;ln'.o!d that defalcation did not amount to any mate-
Fri hREAL,r PROPERTY TRANSFER BILL.
e second reading of this Bill was postponed to

IRISH FISHERIES BILL.
ANSTEY moved the second reading of this
%, Though the measure was not as effective
stilt others which he had introduced formerly,
o, it WAS the best that under existing cir-
etances could be submitted to the House.
Virilititi Part, he would wish to see the Act of Henry
icd with regard to this matter extended over Ireland,
Which charged all mayors and sheriffs with the exe-
i the.°tl a stringent penalties against offenders; but
oe Legislature had decidei otherwise. The Hon.
:11,tiler°.,. ao drew a glowing picture of the depressed state
ti Irish fisheries consequent upon the recent legisla-
reoild.°ll this subject. He concluded b eressing his
iness, if th• House allowed the Bill tog linto corn-
it 'eat to listen to any suggestion for the amendment of
juilts he Was only instigated by a sincere desire to do
ii'ee to one portion of the labouring classes of Ireland.
rinr. COOLLY moved that the Bill be rend a secondp
-no this day six months. He objected entirely to the
conferle the Bill; the powers which it proposed to
tyr uPon the Commission were unconstitutional and
tulnicl. He did not deny there was great call for
:kisltive interference in these matters in Ireland, but
I.b. did not think that the Hon. Member's Bill was calcu-
4'red to interfere in a proper manner. It was neoen-
we in this Bill to discrimate between what was
and what was new in this Bill, but his objections
kerl4; confined mainl to the new portion of this mea-
° te, %lad he thoughty that it was very little calculated
be:ajrY out the charitable views which the Hon. Mem-
' "ad professed in bringing forward this measure.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

PENINSULAR MAILS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
4:lll_,Panys ship Euxinet Captain Evans, has just ar-
26eu here with dates from Constantinople to April
le Smyrna, April 22 ; Malta, April 26 ; Gibraltar,
s(y 2.
to,*he brings 80 passengers, and on freight 20 pack-
ro°eB sPecie, value 52,0001. sterling; 127 bales madder
eas", 344 bales silk, 364 bales goats' wool, 61
itBes opium, and a large cargo. Her Majesty's
elitrier Terrible sailed from Gibraltar on the 26th
wt
1A for the Mediterranean. The French line-of-
CC:5° ship rOcean, in tow of the steam-frigate
27th, The
Colombe, sailed from Gibraltar on the
2Gt,hk• The screw-steamer Bosphorus sailed on the
tiv"-' for Constantinople. The steamer Osmanli ar-
etre,cl on the 30th from Naples. The steamer New
st_3tle arrived on the Ist instant. Her Majesty's
erer Janus was in the Bay of Gibraltar.
1111414zehange on London-90 days, 501 ; Spanish
tired dollars, 11 per cent. premium.

MAJESTYS THEATRE.—The Queen's box at
the t7aiesty's Theatre was 'yesterday evening occupied by
and Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementine Villiers,
\'‘, and Lady Vernon, Sir William Fraser, and party.
lin--„v,agat the visitors were—His Grace the Duke of Wel-
er, the Duke of Devonshire, his Serene Highness
Caries Duke of Brunswick, the Duke and Duchess of
ove'and and Lady Augusta Paulet, the Duke and Duchess
Leinster and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, the Duke and
eelje.bssa 01 Leeds and Miss Elizabeth Lane Fox, his Lx-
hitt '''acY the Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunnow,
cellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van der
Weyer, his Excellency M. de Boucourt, M. de Berg, his
thtteullencY the Swedish Minister and Baroness Rehausen,
pnv,,,,,,rquis of Huntley, the Marchioness (Dowager) of
lisdi"eulre, the Marchioness (Dowager) of Sligo, and the
the Browne, the Earl Spencer, the Earl of Malmesbury,
ei Countess de Flahault and Miss Flahault, the Earl of
Vllaenth, Viscount Enfield, the Viscount Dupplin, the
%,..e°llnt Clifden, Lord Sandys, Lord Macdonald, Lord
ItoZge Paget, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord and Lady
LatreY, blr. and Lady Jane Repton, Lady Fremantle,
115,:l Abercrombie, Lady W. Wetherell, Lord Gardner,
Greek Consul and Madame Ralli, the Hon.
Qle,:fitanhope, the Hon. C. R. Neville, the Hon.
Itir7e yon, Captain the Hon. A. Vivian, the Hon. Mrs.
de`,,n, the Count de Barke, the Count de Civry, the Baron
'azes, Sir George Wombwell, Bart., General Sir Fred.
feredaeßart h, BartLieut.-General Sir Alexander Wood-
, and Lad; Woodford, Sir Edw. Butler, Bart., &c.
y
the T\CI -AL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Royal Highness
Ito.,„*",nchess of Cambridge honoured the performances at the
Ife' Italian Opera with her presence last evening. Her
1)),Y al
the—.gbness occupied the Queen's box, and was attended
L 13' A mdtfeldt, the Ladies Cadogan, Baron
ttur, Armless r
treenail and Mr. St. John Mildmay, The theatre was
inailded with fashionable company, amongst whom we_re-
ta,`ed General Count Cabrera, his Excellency Count Kiel-
rieitegge. the Marchioness of Westmeath and Lady Frede-
Cktruentinck, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Countess of
Mesburv, and Lady Suffield, the Earl of Gifford, Frances
I.)n;f,„" „atesa Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P., the Countess
di agar of Essex and Miss Johnson, the Countess of Car-
and Lady Augusta Baring, the Earl and Countess of
bojall, the Ifarl of Belfast, the Earl and Countess of Bes-
t t`g, and Lady Harriet Ponsenby, Viscount and Lady
Manche Dupplin, Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington and
Via" Darner, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Cranbourne,
Coucaant Sydney, Viscount Clifden, the Count and
de Tesa de Jarnac and the Hon. Adelaide Foley, the Count
Ca rirark, Lord and Lady Carington and the Hon. Miss
kocgt47oo.Lord and Lady Manners and party, Lord George
14. n 14
14-era' .P., Lord Adolphus Vane, Lord Ernest Bruce,.
a,, Lord Clarence Paget, Mrs. and the Ladies Adelaide
4,ll`ci Alfred Paget, Lord and Lady Cowley, Lady Wallscourt
tliaartY, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel and Miss Baited!, Lady
Led;'-"Ath Oswild and party, Lady Wm. Powlett and party,
Choi: •I'avY and party, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, Lord
barnge Gordon Lennox, M.P., Colonel .the Hon. G. L.
/Itz e' ALP., Hon. J. Talbot, M.P., Colonel the Hon. R.
La, gibbon and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, end fairty, Sir George an.d
eaCarroll and the Misses Carroll, Sir Henry Webb,
.Sir
Ladyl? Marshall, Hon. Theobald Dillon, Hon. George Mills,
i Webster and party, Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Lord
eerntur 11'1, Lady Rose Lovell and Mr. Lovell, Miss Burgett
1,11.18/ and Party,- Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. C. Culling Smith,
PrY Baring, M.P. Mr. Mountjoy Martin and party,
uoh, Frederick Leveson,'Colonel Brownlow Knox, )LP., Mr.
juh.!le.tise and the Misses Holabouse, Mr. William Rose, Hon.
col:nr,orteseue, M.P., Colonel Blane, Mr. Henry Greville,
ielaßTYrwhitt, Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., Mr. Gerard Start,
art;,, Charles Balfour, Mrs. Charles Lusbington and
Holland, Colonel Wingfield, Sir John Lowther,
Part; John Burgoyne, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart and
C4pr. Madame Lizardi and party, Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P.,
n ai,Clifford, Captain De Horsey, Major Littledale, Capt.
EgertonXx n:c*
.1.1 —ORDDIATty
PEDESTRIANISM. Yesterday,
Walki„ the veteran pedestrian, accomplished the feat of
SO/ g 108 miles in 24 hours. The stakes amounted to
VinVu the distance was from the Plough Tavern, Plough-
°lloreditch, to the terminus of the Eastern Counties
:ilo3l,:ge,ati:,:n,,,aerae,.me_bridge, and back. He was started from the
no at tui. Mr. Jackson, the proprietor, on Monday after-
minutes past four o'clock, and he arrived at
terda‘,
atlen at a minute and a half past four o'clock yes-
werel `ernoen. The roads in many parts of the distance
4004 a very bad state, and they were in many parts
the tive... The rain came down very heavily in the course of
f;:nr tirauetsY-fonur hours, and Mountjoy had to change his dress
as ira e returned home in very good condition, but
•11 mediate'
thenntioy Y at' ended to by Mr. and Mrs. Jackson.
ree Proposes a bet of 3001. to 1004 501. to 101., or
teeof isa to ne,
lengt toh.
go a distance of 120 miles on a road
"t 4 miles in

THE SINECURE REGISTRARSHIP.
There is an old story well known, which tells us
of a boy who was not only doing nothing, but
who had his brother to help him. There is, it ap-
pears, an ecclesiastical office, the duties of which
amount to nothing, and to which the Archbishop
of Canterbury may not only appoint an individual
to execute that nothing, but also may name two
successors in reversion to fill up the place when their
predecessor, exhausted by his labours, is rendered in-
capable of enjoying the 12,0001. per annum attached
to the proper performance of nothing. The first story
is a joke, but the second is a terrible reality—a reality
which should not have bad existence in these days,
when it is doubly criminal and doubly damaging as it
affects the Church. _ _

We refer to our Parliamentary report for the de-
tails of this, we bad almost said, inquitous case ;
and if we find reason to blush that such a case could
be discovered, we rejoice that, having been disco-
vered, it has been brought before Parliament. One
most desirable step must necessarily follow—
the gradual perhaps, but sure, abolition of all
sinecures. Now that retrenchment has become
necessary, Government can nowhere better com-
mence than by stopping the official incomes of all
men, wherever such incomes have not been fairly
earned. The labourer is worthy of his hire : he
has a right to that for which he has toiled ; but he
who does rothing deserves nothing, and when
there is a man in England who, after eighteen hours'
incessant toil, can scarcely win the current day's
bread far his family, it is a crying sin—a sin that
must be at once put down—that there should be any
one privileged to go in haughty laziness to the public
purse, and plunder it to an amount which would
make ten German dukes ecstatic.—Church and State
Gazette.

CONTRACT FOR GOVERNMENT CANVASS...—We are
glad to learn that Dundee manufacturers have been success-
ful in securing the greater portion of the Government con-
tract for canvass and ducks, as will be apparent from the
following statement :—Of the 14,415 bolts, 7,010 of 24 and
1,045 of 18 inches have been taken by Messrs. Baxter, Bro-
thers, and Co. ; 4,360 of 24 inches by Messrs. William Fer-
gussons, manufacturers here. The remaining 2,000 of 24
inches have been given to Messrs. Witham and Son, manu-
facturers, Bridport. One of our power-loom manufacturers
has contracted for from 100,000 to 200,000 yards ducks. The
canvass contracted for this year is 7,000 bolts less than last
year, but it must be matter of gratulation that our ma-
nufacturers have got almost the lion's share, as it is un-
derstood that prices will be remunerative.—
.Dundee Ad-
vertiser.

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CHURCH PASTORAL AID ►SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting of this society was held in Exeter Hall yesterday
forenoon; Lord Ashley in the chair. After the meeting
had been opened with prayer, the Noble Chairman addressed
those present, and congratulated them upon the position of
the society, the improved state of its finances, its extensive
operations, and the joyful fruits which had resulted from
those operations; but there never was a time when their
efforts were more required than at the present, because
there was a systematised combination, an organized effort, to
advance and extend heresy and infidelity. The secretary
then read the report, in which it was stated, that during the
year the receipts of the society amounted altogether to
35,660/. 4s. l ld. ; in that sum was included the munificent
legacy of 5,0001. made by Mrs. Elizabeth Frank, which had
been invested in Long Annuities of the value of 4,800/. ;
and the total expenditure, including the latter sum, was
33,8011. 16s. The society had made eighteen grants more
than dnring the previous year, making in all 370. The so-
ciety had employed and paid 312 incumbents, with a popu-
lation of 7,102 souls to each, and their average stipend was
1951. a year, and of these incumbents 160 were without any
residence. The total annual liabilities of the society were
now 33,0001. The work-day schools, under the charge of the
society, numbered 74,000 scholars, and in the Sunday-schools
100,000 scholars were instructed. Aid had been given to
144 churches and chapels, and additional services had been
performed, through the instrumentality of the society, to the
number of 528. The report then proceeded to detail the
operations of the society's incumbents in various parts of the
country, and concluded by calling upon the friends of the
society for increased exertion and aid. The report was una-
nimously adopted, and several resolutions were passed in fur-
therance of the objects of the society.
FOREIGN ACADEMIES OF ART.—III Germany,
France, and Italy, we find academies established in all the
principal towns. under the immediate control and support of
Government. Prussia, in addition to the Academy at Ber-
lin, has that of Dusseldorf, the fame of which justly extends
over all Europe, and which, besides other advantages, receives
from the Crown the spacious accommodation which is afforded
by the old palace. The Berlin Academy is not only provided
with a suitable building, but is also maintained by Govern-
ment, the expenses being, however, partly defrayed by the
profits of the annual exhibition, and by a slight charge made
for the tuition given to the pupils. In Paris, the "Acadtimie
des Beaux Arts" appears to be established on a still more
liberal footing, the instructions being gratuitous, and delivered
by the first professors in a handsome and appropriate build-
ing, whilst the most successful students in each of the four
principal branches of art are rewarded by being maintained
for a certain period, at the expense of Government, at Rome,
where France can boast of another academy, organized for
this purpose, under the direction of one of her most eminent
artists. In Austria the establishment of academies of the
fine arts, under the auspices of the imperial crown, extends
even to the subordinate towns of Venice and Milan, in both
of which, especially in the latter, a large number of pupils
are gratuitously instructed in the various branches of art by
the most skilled professors; all that is necessary for their
perfect instruction being most liberally provided. Owing to
latent causes, perhaps connected with the present political
and social condition of Italy, the academies of painting in
that country have not realised the fruits which might be ex-
pected to result from the possessions of such treasures of art
That these failures are not the necessary consequence of a
position dependent on Government, is sufficiently proved by
the glorious results which have attended the foundation o
academies, under royal patronage, at .oiisseldorf and Munich
Builder.

THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD.—REPEAL OP THE
IMPERIAL DUTIES.- The Lords Commissioners of her Ma-
jesty's Treasury having been pleased to approve of the ar-
rangements necessary to be made in consequence of the re-
peal of the imperial duties of customs heretofore levied in
the island of Trinidad, the requisite instructions have been
issued by the Commissioners at Customs to the officers of
the department in that colony for carrying their Lordships'
directions into effect, and the Commissioners have further
caused the same to be notified to the collectors and comp-
trollirs of the Customs, at the several outports in the United
Kingdom, and in all the British colonies, and the proper
officers in the port of London, for their information and
future government in the matter.
MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor and Lady
Mayoress entertained last evening the Deputies and Common
Council and their ladies of the respective wards of Cornhill,
Cripplegate Within and Without, Dowgate, Farringdon
Within and Without, Langbourn, Lime-street, Portsoken,
Queenhithe, Tower, Yintry, and Walbrook, besides a large
number of private friends. Covers were laid for 300. The
evening was enlivened by a choice selection of glees, &.c.,
prepared by Miss Ransford, and who was assisted by Mrs. Bas-
sano, Mr. Luckey, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Genge, Mr. Phillips, and
Mr. Bodda. The party separated at a late hour.
The possession of superior talent creates more
wishes than it gratifies.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
CHANGE OF CAVALRY QUARTERS.—The first divi-
sion of the 16th Lancers, consisting of three troops, marched
into Hounslow barracks yesterday from Norwich. The re-
mainder of the corps, with the band and colonel, will arrive
to-day to replace the 11th ( Prince Albert's) Hussars, ordered
to Norwich and Ipswich. The 16th Lancers are commanded
by Colonel Smith, brother to Lady Dynorben. The Bth Royal
Irish Hussars will arrive at Brighton on the 15th inst. from
Ireland.
_ _ _

On his way to the House of Commons on Monday
night Mr. W. J. Fox met with an accident which will pre-
vent him from attending to his Parliamentary duties for
some days.
METROPOLITAN RAILWAY JUNCTlON.—Yesterday
the Master in Chancery Kindersley proceeded with the settle-
ment of this list of contributories liable to pay all the out-
standing claims of this concern, the assets in connexion with
which are reported to be about 3001.
THE WEATHER.—The daily mean reading of the
barometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was above
30 inches on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Fri-
day ; the mean of the past week was 30.040 deg. The mean
temperature of the week was only 45.5 deg. Taking, for
comparison, the ten corresponding weeks of 1840-9, there is
no instance in which the mean temperature was equally low,
for it ranged in these weeks from 47.4 deg. to 55.8 deg., the
mean having been 52.6 deg. It was on every day of the
week considerably less the average of the same in seven
years. On Sunday it was less than the average by 6.7 deg.;
on Thursday, by 3 deg.; and on Wednesday by 9.7 deg.
Except on Friday and Saturday, the wind blew from the
north and north-east.
If your means suit not with your ends, pursue
those ends which suit with your means.—Eliza Cooke
Journal.

SCOTTISH EVENING AT THE WALWORTH INSTI-
TIITION.—The popular Scotch vocalist, Mr. Sherer, gave
one of his entertainments on the Songs of Scotland at the
Walworth Literary Institution last evening. His songs
were prefaced by numerous humorous historical anec-
dotes, which he narrated most effectively. Mr. Sherer
is an excellent conteur. His execution of the beautiful
Scotch melodies was admirable, and elicited enthusiastic ap-
plause from a numerous and respectable • audience. Mr.
Sherer bids fair to be one of the most popular vocalists of
the day.
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THE BARROW MONUMENT.--The ceremony of
laying the first stone of the testimonial to the late Sir John
Barrow, Bart., is intended to take place at Ulverstone, on
Wednesday, the 15th of May, on which occasion Sir George
Barrow, Bart. (accompanied by his brother, Mr. Barrow, of
the Admiralty), is expected to attend, for the purpose. We
are glad to find that the subscriptions to the testimonial
already amount to upwards of 1,0001., and to notice, among
the more recent subscribers, several additional names of the
nobility and gentry : - the Duke of Beaufort, 51.; the Earl of
Lonsdale, 5/. ; Sir James Graham, 10/. 10s. ; the Earl of
Ripon, 5/. ; the Marquis Camden, W. •, Viscount Palmerston,
5/, &c. The design selected by the Committee is that of
Mr. Andrew Trimen, architect, whose elaborate work upon
Church and Chapel Architecture, together with an account
of the Hebrew Church, may be known to some of our readers.
The stone tower designed by him is to be 100 feet in height,
by 40 feet in diameter at the base; and as this structure is
to b‘3 erected on the Hill of Hoad, which rises immediately
above the town of Ulverstone, to the height of 450 feet, the
effect will be striking. The tower will serve as a sea mark
for the navigation of the dangerous bay of Morecambe, and
will also, in all probability, be the means of saving the lives
of many persons in crossing the sands at Ulverstone. Pre-
parations, we understand, to a great, extent are in progress at
Ulverstone, every one, from the highest to the lowest, being
anxious to vie with his neighbour in showing their respect to
the memory of their distinguished townsman.
MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 17} per mille, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex.
change of 25.59; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 25.571, it follows that gold is 0.06 per
cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 i per mark, which,
at the English Mint price of 31. 17e. 10d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.14; and the ex-
change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.11,
it follows that gold is 0.29 per cent. dearer in London
than in ltstutourgh.

LITERAT URE.
1 BALLADS, POEMS, and LYRICS, Original
and Translated. By Denis Florence M'Carthy.
With many of the spirited compositions contained
in this neat little volume we are not unfamiliar, hav-
ing had the pleasure of perusing them in the pages of
the Dublin University Magazine. Mr. M'Carthy
exhibits poetical talent of no ordinary excellence, and
many passages in these poems would stand a compari-
son with the best productions of modern poets. He
possesses one great merit—the inspirations of his
muse he lays on the altar of his country, some of the
most stirring and vigorous of his effusions are dedi-
cated to the land of his birth, and breathe the highest
tone of nationality and patriotism. Our readers will
perhaps be better able to judge of the merits of this
little collection from a few extracts, than from any
lengthened criticism of ours. The opening poem,
" The Bell• Founder," is full of touching sentiments ;
the story is interesting, and worked out with great
poetical skill. There is a beautiful vigour and
freshness in these lines, in praise of healthful in-
dustry :
"Ab : little they know of true happiness, they whom
satiety fills,
Who, flung on the rich breast of luxury, eat of the
rankness that kills.
Ab little they know of the blessedness toil-purchased
slumber enjoys,
Who, stretched on the hard rack of indolence, taste of
the sleep that destroys;
Nothing to hope for, or labour for; nothing to sigh for,
or gain;
Nothing to light in its vividness, lightning-like, bosom
and brain;
Nothing to break life's monotony, rippling it o'er with
its breath;
Nothing but dulness and lethargy, weariness, sorrow, and
death!

" But blessed that child of humanity, happiest man
among men,
Ab! with hammer, or chisel, or pencil, with rudder, or
ploughshare, or pen,
Laboureth ever and ever with hope through the morn-
ing of life,
Winning home and its darling divinities—Love-worship-
ped children and wife.
Round swings the hammer of industry, quickly the
sharp chisel rings,
And the heart of the toiler has throbbings that stir not
the bosom of kings—
He the true ruler and conqueror, he the true king of his
race

Who nerveth his arm for life's combat, and looks the
strong world in the face.

" And such was young Paolo! &c. . .'f
The Foray of Con O'Donnell is vividly descriptive of
one of those irruptions which the ancient chieftains of
Ireland were frequently in the habit of making into
each other's territories, for the purposes of war or
pillage. The ballad " Kate of Kenmore" is full of
grace and beauty. We shall treat our fair readers to
a stanza or two from this sweet ballad; but we would
strongly recommend them a perusal of the whole col-
lection ; and we have little doubt they will receive as
much gratification as we have had :
" Oh! many bright eyes full of goodness and gladness,
Where the pure soul looks out, and the heart loves to
shine,
And many cheeks, pale with the soft hue of sadness,
Have I worshipped in silence, and felt them divine!
But hope in its gleanings, or love in its dreamings,
Ne'er fashioned a being so faultless and fair
As the lily-cheeked beauty, the rose of the Roughty,
The fawn of the valley, sweet Kate of Kenmore!

" To him who far travels how sad is the feeling,
How the light of his mind is o'ershadowed and dim,
When the scenes he most loves, like a river's soft
stealing,
All fade as a vision and vanish from him.
Yet be bears from each far land a flower for that
garland
That memory weaves of the bright and the fair;
While this sigh I am breathing my garland is
wreathing,
And the rose of that garland is Kate of Kenmare," &c-
The little poem, entitled " Remonstrance," com-
mencing with the lines— _ _ _

" Bless the dear old verdant land;
Brother, wert thou born of it ?"
contains some sentiments of fervid nationality,—
• Think that this dear old land is thine,
Aad thou a traitor slave of it,—
Think how the Switzer hada his kine,
When pa'e the evening star Both shine—
His song has home in every line,
Freedom in every stave of itl
Think how the German loves his Rhine,
And worships every wave of it!
" Our own dear land is bright as theirs,
But oh! our hearts are cold for it; &c.,

Let us do all that honour dares—
Be earnest, faithful, bold for it."
The tribute to the memory of one of the greatest men
of modern times, the late Mr. O'Connell, is alike
creditable to the good taste, sound sense, and
kindly feelings of the writer, entitled " The Dead
Tribune,"—

" The awful shadow of a great man's death
Falls on this land, so sad and dark before,--
Dark with the famine and the fever breath,
•
And mad dissensions gnawing at its core.
Oh! let us hush foul discord's maniac roar,
And make a mournful truce, however brief,
Like hostile armies when the day is o'er!—
And thus devote the night-time of our grief
To tears and prayers for him, the great departed Chief.
"In Genoa the Superb' O'Connell dies—
That city of Columbus by the sea,
Beneath the canopy of azure skier,
As high and cloudless as his fame must be.
Is it mere chance or higher destiny
That brings these names together? One the bold
Wanderer in ways that none had trod but he—
The other, too, exploring paths untold ;
One a new world would seek, and one would serve
the old !

• • • • • . . . •
Brothers, who struggle yet in Freedom's van,
W here'er your forces o'er the word are spread,
The last great champion of the rights of man—
The last great Tribune of the world is dead !
Join in our griefs, and let our tears be shed
Without reserve or coldness on his bier ;
Look on his life as on a map outspread—
His fight for freedom—freedom far and near—
Aud if a speck should rise, oh hide it with a tear I"
This volume contains translations from the French,
Italian, Spanish, and German, all admirable; and we
have hopes to see the writer produce works more
likely to last than these fugitive pieces, as we think
he possesses qualities entitling him to a respectable
place among living poets.

MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED).

FRASER.

Fraser opens with an elaborate Shakesperian

study by George Fletcher, the subject of the present
paper is the Merchant of Venice. The quarterly
Reviewer, who attacked the Queen's College and Pro-
fesror Maurice stigmatizing that gentleman and his
friends as Pantheists and Latitudinarians, is merci-
lessly castigated by Fraser, and richly does he
deserve it. We have a most delightful article on the
fables of Babrius, which have been recently discovered
in a monastry in Greece, and which have been care-
fully edited by Mr. G. C. Lewis.: Babrius
was a Greek poet, who flourished it is
supposed about the time of the Emperor
Alexander Severus, and who. then 'wrote this series
of fables in Greek verse, which for elegance, sim-
plicity, and poetry, are superior either to rhaidrus or
La Fontaine. The " Story of the Requiem" is a strange
tale, which, if true, would seem to show that Mozart
died from poison, administered to him by a mercenary
musician who had managed to possess himself of the
latest works of that composer ; we, however, attach
no credit to this narrative. Fraser promises a series
of articles on Diplomacy, Diplomatists, and the
Diplomatic Servants of England ; and in the
opening paper, which appears in the present number,
insists on the necessity of Englishmen receiving a
regular diplomatic education before they are entrusted
with the exercise of diplomatic functions as the only
means of enabling them to compete with the masters
in ambassador-craft of France, Germany, and Russia,

There are several other papers of merit in this month's
Fraser.

TEE SPORTSMAN.

In addition to the usual statistical information re-
lative to spurting matters afforded by this periodical,
the present number contains some articles of a very
entertaining nature. "A Few Thoughts on the Noble
Science" shows the writer to be a man well acquainted
with his subject. Sensibly doth he say of men striving
to hunt cheap, "It is this false economy which causes
a man to spend more money on a bone-setter's bill
than would have mounted him properly and safely."
And again, " This pink, by the way, is a great attrac-
tion ; banish it, and you would draft a third of every
hunting field, especially at some fashionable watering-
places I could mention, where the great object
seems to be, not to have a good day's sport, but to
return in time to show the hunting costume on the
evening promenade." Very fairly pitched into,
the "Jack Brag" red-coats I There is "An
Angling Adventure," wherein a gentlemen recounts
how he fished out of a bed-room balcony, and
landed some six pound trouts in his night-cap, tied
to the end of a broomstick ; a dashing account of a
twenty-mile run after a " dingo" in Australia Felix;
and the well-sustained continuations of " Sporting
Incidents at Home and Abroad," and of " Country
Practice." To some illustrations of the calumniated
idiosyncracy of the fox in the latter paper we would
invite the attention of the reader. "Tales of the
Road" are, however, to our mind, the best papers
which have appeared in this serial, rich in jollity and
the genuine smack of Irish fun. The author, indeed,
bids fair to become a worthy partner in the glorious
brotherhood of Carleton, Lever, and Lover. His carol
of " Saint Patrick and the Heathens," surely by
Father Phil, to the air of " The Nightbefore Larry was
Stretched" would have rejoiced the soul of Poorkisgin•

We have no hesitation in pronouncing him to be a
right merry and indubitably clever fellow. Two ex-
cellent engravings add to the attractions of this
month's Sportsman. " The Shady Side," wherein a
patient and successful angler is depicted, seated by a
shady stream, and "Here come the Hounds," en-
graved by Hacker, from a painting by Barraud, a
perfect gem.