The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
Ms Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting
).esterday in the grounds and preserves in the vicinity of
Claremont. Ilis Royal Highness was attended by Major-
General Sir Edward Bowater and Mr. George Edward
Anson. The Royal party retumed to lunch.
The unfavourable state of the weather yesterday morn-
ing prevented her Majesty taking her accustomed early
Walk.

Major-General Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner had the
honour of dining With her Majesty yesterday evening at
'Claremont.

A deputation on the subject of the Chester and Holy-
'tend Railway, consisting of Mr. R. H. Collett, Mr. W.
IL Thomas, and Mr. Duff, had an interview yesterday
'with Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the
First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing street. The
drputation were accompanied Mr. George Carr Glyn,
Chairman of the London and Birmingham Railway, Mr.
W. H. Moss, Director of the Grand Junction Railway,
Mr, Creed, and Mr. Tynne. Mr. J. Walker also attended
the conference.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone arrived in town yes-
eeday afternoon from Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, the
seat of Sir Stephen Wynne.
Colonel Malcolm transacted business at the Foreign-
e ce on Tuesday.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman, and Mr. John Thornton,
Deputy-chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had inter-
/Ims with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
at his official residence, in Downing-street.
Sir Henry Hardinge, Secretary at War, visited Sir
James Graham yesterday, at the Home-office.
• The Hon. Robert Clive transacted business yesterday
-st the Treasury.
Sir J. Graham and Sir Thomas Fremantle had inter-
views yesterday with Sir Robert Peel.
Several of the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Earl
40. Aberdeen yesterday evening, at his Lordship's resi-
"n", in Argyle. street.
The Earl and Countess of Dude and Lord Moreton
trtired at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-square, on Tues-
day evening, from Rufford Hall.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
The Comedy of The Merry Wives of Windsor
?tas revived as this theatre last evening, Strick-
landaearin as Sir John Falstaff the first
`inlepp - The chag racter of Falstaff is thfeor most per-
fectly comic character that ever was drawn ; but
It is also the most difficult character to embody
14' the whole range of the drama. A wit, a hu-
Inourtlist, a sensualist, a man of expensive habits,
,;tof slender means, mixing on familiar terms
.411 men of all ranks, from the prince to the
'aPster, and yet, while associating with tapsters,
'lever forgetting that he might be the companion
°fPrinces ; a gentleman by birth (his grandfather
could write himself armiger,or what right had
h
to a seal ring?), by education (he had been
Page to Thomas Moubray, Duke of Norfiilk),
Z, by station (he was a knight in days when
91glithood could only be won by military ser-
vice)'--Falstaff was yet, at times, compelled by
1,;13 necessities, " to leave the fear of God on the
t hand;' and to live by his wits. To the world
? ...:1113wever much he might indulge his rolicking,
;eial humour, among his more immediate asso-
r,-I,,tes—to the world he always kept up his dig-
-IV---"Jack to my familiars—Sir John to the
of Europe." This latter part of the sentence
I,k'n general too much disregarded by our actors.
cc ey make him Jack to everybody ; there is no
• rest of Europe" to whom he is Sir John. This
Lsa,sll(4 What Shakspeare intended, and we are
PPS' to say that it is a fault into which Mr.
i t 1:
rickland did not fall. Mr. Strickland has added
ST,TtenselY to his already high reputation as a
To actor by his Falstaff of last evening.
no say that his is the best Falstaff on the stage is
sabid°ing justice to the merits of his very admi-
Fl,to e delineation—it is the only truly Shaksperian
alstaff that we have ever seen. The humours of
th' enaracter are brought out in strong relief-
-4: wit overflows from the heart; he is witty,
i 8 i,ibeeause he is anxious to shine, but because it
,nature—he cannot help it—and throughout
thole character it is evident that he is a man
lot.° nas been used to good society. His very
g.e.e-has
sensual and absurd as it is, is yet
euntleconaly withal, and we cannot but feel that,
avilki lie have knocked some twenty years off his
ge'..,411d some ten stone off his weight, Master
(.4;rte jealousy might not have been altogether
v1;-„sers.s. His air throughout was that of one
'laving been in his youth a man, a bonnes
fortunes,but could not bring himself to believe
the there must have been some error in
,4ate of his birth as recorded in the
Lai.i.sn register, and that, as in him grey
neitherwee not the signs of wisdom, so
ill
11 Were they the signs of age. It, is usnal
slev.,t)tleing the first appearance of an actor in a
rtial character to mention the various points he
'se. 13e it Strickland's great praise that he
rcale_er fruoniTbmetg'
Made n_
beginning
so called. The cha-
t° end was so admirably and
,eO.ll, all
)sustained that it would be impossible to
Without iy one
part fbr particular commendation,
ether being guilty of injustice towards every
land bPtinr which was left unmentioned. Strick-
of Sh;tks wig stood unrivalled as the delineator
seen • sPeare's humorists—who that has ever
It ear,
I.:18111LT h
forget his Sir Toby Belch),—and his
far his greatest and his best eharac-
Le; Nva3s called for at the fall of the cur-
-I)) and announced the play for repetition every
evening, amidst the rapturous applause of one of
the most crowded audiences ever assembled
Within the walls of the Haymarket. The comedy
18, in other respects, very strongly cast. We had
Madame Vestris and Mrs. Nisbett as the wives,
Charles Mathews as Slender, Mrs. Glover as
Irs• Quickly, and James Bland as Doctor Caius.
,Webster, as Sir Hugh Evans, was irresistibly
:Ink% He is the only Sir Hugh who gives us
like the dialect of the Welsh parson.
0411 e duelling scene was admirable. Stuart made
tone of M.r. Ford than we have before seen
84,7 e of that victim of the green-eyed mon-
; In Stuart's hands Ford becomes
really a character, and we feel an in -
ht his his fate, although we laugh
I\,l4,:ipsruenttfjoit3mded fears. The interspersed music
given, and Madame Vestris and Miss
Were encored' in the duet " I know a
kill • The Gambols of Oberon and Puck
soouwed, introducing Professor Risley and his
eie The audience were delighted with the truly
tleg,4„„s and classical performances of this won-
t° s
-Y graceful boy. We scarcely know how
poetrsignate these unique pertbrinances. " The
teost 3' of motion," which would be perhaps the
asyedProPer term to give them, is too hack-
so on.to be applied to that which is so unique,
fB,t, gnial, and so inimitable. Master Risley, in
the hPereorms an aerial ballet, for, supported on
411 thltends or feet of his father, he accomplishes
lieeeln .111°st perfect of ballet dancers could
t,s wish on the stage—graceful poses—sta-
touclruse dettitudes—intricite and elaborate pas
elArce, astonishing equally by their ease
‘'sith theeenee—toitr d'adresse, accomplished
tith
are most exquisite neatness and precision—
erueet. tile performances of this wonderfully
No u,l child. The applause was rapturous
son ,:nntit, and at the conclusion the father and
cordial e again called forward to receive the
greetings of the audience. The Fair
i e ioith
hs the Golden Lochs concluded the even-
er„7l,lnrmances. The house was crowded to
eerysing. bong
before the rising of the
1148.4nionteverY Place was occupied, so that there
even standing room.
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fr();:lIdt; 14 TRADB.—The commerlacsi
bei. -`"5 and China, received by the last
l overland intelligence
m ail,
elocegif
manufacturers
generally considered unfavourable, had a prejudi-
of&h. aloe rally
upon the market yesterday, and .
pri4lvall irtings were willing to accept prices which thteloylgveerniee-
'efused last week. Printing cloth, though
little
business
vets 4 used
less inquired after, and but lat. A for in it. Stout domestics, however, whie.hhhatre
e Ter 1 .
Neuf 4 °rig time greatly depressed, and of which ,betteradeture has been somewhat diminished, last - "elnand, at prices somewhat higher than those of
k eek. ~:re
much
.4irle,s,, an the yarn market there was not mu
ver3, f one. The accounts from Germany not.le being
1. R been
havin avoltrable, and the demand for tt
fur
Ned
"PPlied, there was little inquiry east
tivtio Yarn, except from the Greek merchants, who are
at.etsiderable purchasers of low numbers ofwater
eonle i'he Liverpool cotton market having also be-
eer .11 little easier, prices of shipping qualities of 3. aer.u.
For the how cases from *d. to id. lower than last we k.
i, *" trade, there was no material difference in
ifiae!tey Guardian.
Afo-e6,; but the amount of business done was limited.—
fr 44/14asoNkr.--The young man, who may not
the:lstnt church or chapel, if he be a brother, obeynius.te
tli,,"Pinnns to attend his duties in Lodge, and. . li, . e will
Ch 73tI!eltr sermon from the Chair, which, if ecf. 0
,a.
sh►p. lant"111
tolitsuta.tion in life most likely lead him to his place o. woof
it'' ~he will equally be taught the duties
,of the worship of his Creator, and the
hl s a' aid We owe to one another, as brethren of one
tattir.ac,inddto%t--e
eltorebdeppreiotiefpultz to be courteous." He li
the improvement of his
ektty'Vkfaeulties in all the liberal arts and sciences, as a
bi)d• I "vise inculcated from the chair—the necessity of
141 A !enee to the laws of the country in which he lives,
iln:rilnve adverse
,toe the glory of Ged, the goodwill of
naticit,l4,Peace n arth, are the actions of faction, fa-
tipi_e ---fcr,o‘uwigiottry, and intolerance. These are the Prni-
dtkesd°4 olasonry, • these are the conclusions I have de-
as an intellectual science. Its text-book
(31iPveteston--its history and philosophy the works of
PreThaits, periodical of intelligence and literature the
ask,(l, ''.014 Quarterly Review. But it . has been,
tild earn
Christianity accomplish all this ? Aye .
the ko e I But while Christians are contending about
of 0_ de and the form best suited to execute the mission
'l7,
iluitir elder brother, his followers, as Masons, are trying
44°,,
4eliorate the hard lot of human nature, and mitigate,
,:,.universal bond of union, the asperities, political
fr„,,,f ngious, which at present separate and dissever man
~,, bp... ~
keson '4" in the social sphere.—Rev. Dr. Slade.—Free-
-8 Quarterly Review for January.

LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANKING
COMPANY.

The half-yearly meeting of this Company took
place in the Board-room of the bank, in Prince's-
street, yesterday. The chair was taken at twelve
o'clock by W. Taylor, Esq.
The CHAIRMAN having briefly opened the meeting,
The SECRETARY first read the notice which had
been sent to the Shareholders, and afterwards
the Roport of the Directors. In the latter it
was stated, that although the value of money
during the last half year had been lower than ordi-
dary, there was satisfactory evidence of the sound and
prosperous condition of this bank. After making
all deductions, there remained a net sum of
16,4701. 16s. Bd., arising out of the profits of the half
year, ending the 31st of Dec., 1843, to be applied as
a dividend, which was at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum. The dividend would be paid on and after
the 17th instant. He then read the statement of ac-
count, by which it appeared that the current ex-
penses, comprising building expenses, income-tax,
exc., were 10,0801. 9s. ; the amount oarried to profit
and 1035, new account for rebate of interest on bill;
discounted and not yet due, 4,805/. 12s. 61; dividend
account towards payment of half a year's dividend, at
6 per cent., 16,4701. 16s. Bd., making a balance of
31,3.56/. 18s. 2d.
It having been moved that the Report 1.:!,e received
and printed, for the use of the Shareholders,
Mr. Alderman HUGHES rose to address the meet-
ing. He complained of the sum usually paid to the
customers of the Bank on their current account, as
being much too large, and diminishing to a consider-
able extent the profits of the Shareholders. He
thought that this was a fundamental error in
their system ; and that but for this impedi-
ment they might be receiving eight or nine per
cent. The amount was paid to about 2,500
depositors, and although the sum which each received
must be exceedingly small, yet this aggregate told
most injuriously on the interests of the Shareholders.
He would be glad if the Directors would inform the
meeting what amount had been paid to the depositors
as interest during the two last half years.
The CHAIRMAN had no objection to answer the
question. During the half year, ending the 30th of
June, 1843, the amount paid to customers was 9,8351.
upon their minimum balances ; dividing that ending
the 31st of December, the amount was 10,739/.
Mr. Alderman HUGHES thought that this state-
ment
showed the desirableness of an alteration. As
regarded the general affairs of the bank he had no
complaint to make. A more satisfactory statement
than that which they had heard, as respected the re-
uurces and available means of the bank could
not possibly have been made—(Hear, hear)—
but this did not diminish his objection to the evil of
which he complained. They had already taken one
retrograde step, by deciding that the system should
not be adopted at the West-end branch ; and the
reason which led them to form that resolution, ap-
plied equally in the City. He concluded by proposing
the following resolution :—" That, considering the
very low value of money, at the present time,
it is, in the opinion of this meeting, expedient that
the Directors should take into their consideration the
propriety of reducing the amount of interest on the
current accounts of customers, and that this meeting
be adjourned until Wednesday, the 7th day of
February next, to revise the Report of the Directors
cal the subject."
Mr. MOORE seconded the resolution.
The CHAIRMAN said the subject had been for a long
time under the consideration of the Directors ; it
would shortly be discussed with a view to coming to
some final decision • and he hoped the Shareholders
would continue ;hat confidence which they had
hitherto reposed in the Direction until that period.
Mr. KNIGHT was opposed to making any alteration.
They should let well alone. He did not believe that
there were half a dozen private bankers who had made
as large a profit as had been made by the London
Joint Stock Banking Company during the past year,
and he believed that their prosperity resulted in a great
measure from the system which it was now sought to
alter. He thought it was a question to be left tothe dis-
cretion of the Directors, as it was a plan carried out by
them, and forming no part of their deed of settlement.
Ile thought it also unadvisable, after having obtained
customers by giving this interest, to withdraw it. He
did not think the Shareholders were qualified to de-
cide whether the time had arrived for a change to be
made ; but if it had, it ought to be left en-
tirely to the discretion of the Directors. Still he
believed it unwise that more than 20,0001. should be
given to their customers, who incurred no risk, and
only 36,000/. to the Shareholders. He should support
the resolution. _ _ _

Mr. HODGSON was glad that the question had been
brought forward, as it would set at rest a good deal
of uncertainty out of doors. It appeared to him un-
wise to vary from the course with which they had
commenced.
Mr. Gas;Goirr spoke in favour of continuing the
plan under which the Bank had commenced and
flourished. The plan of giving interest had another ad-
vantage, it made the balances certain ; the bank was
a bank of deposit. He thought a change in the plan
would be impolitic and unjust. He hoped there
would be a great majority in favour of letting the
subject alone.

kr. JOSIAH WI sox thought if the Directors would
give them their opinion on the question at the next
general half-yearly meeting, it would be early
enough. He urged the meeting to leave the matter
entirely in the hands of the Directors; though the
amount might be excessive, yet they were bound by
a kind of understanding with their customers. All
that they wished would have been accomplished by
this conversation, without passing the resolution in
the affirmative. He hoped the motion would be with-
drawn, rather than extinguished.
Mr. HARRISON fully agreed with the argument that
they were under a pledge to their customers, and it
must be recollected that it was from their customers
that they obtained their dividend, not from the profit
on their capital of 600,0001. If the resolution should
be put, he should move, as an amendment, that it was
inexpedient to make such a recommendation to the
Directors.

A SHAREHOLDER said if Mr. Harrison would pro-
pose that as an amendment he would second it.—
(Loud cries of " IVithdraw, withdraw.")
Mr. CORNET said the discussion of the question at
all was injurious. It was analogous to changing the
amount of import duties by Government; no man,
under such an uncertainty, would engage in a specu-
lation. He hoped Mr. Hughes would withdraw his
resolution. _ _ _

Mr. PEGLER said there were no men so deeply in-

terested in the question as the Directors themselves ;
this was another reason for leaving the matter in their
hands. The allowing two per cent. on the minimum
balances tended greatly to !preserve the respectability
of the accounts with the bank.

Mr. MORE hoped the worthy Alderman would not
withdraw his motion ; he wished to have an expres-
sion of opinion. It was no part of the fundamental
principle of the bank, to pay interest on the current
accounts. They were paying too high a sum for
procuring business.
Mr. Alderman HUGHES replied—lf his motion had
produced nothing else, it had elicited the information
that they paid more than 20,0001. a year to cus-
tomers, and that was a point of great importance.
Very few supposed that the amount was so great. lle
had unlimited confidence in the Directors ; and he
hoped that confidence would be exhibited at the end
of the year by the Shareholders. But if they were
found in all times, and in every state of the money
market, to pay two per cent. to all their customers,
the sooner they put an end to the system the better.
'Wishing to preserve unanimity at all their meetings,
he should withdraw his motion.—(Hear, hearj
Mr. Mona said he could not withdraw the motion
without the permission of the seconder, and he should
press it to a division.
Mr. CORNET then begged to move the previous
question. This was seconded, but after some further
conversation, Mr. Hughes' motion was withdrawn,
and the subject dropped.
The following gentlemen were then duly elected to
act as Directors, there being no other candidates :
Sir Geo. Carroll, Alderman, John Peter Darthez, jun.,
Esq., John Christopher Lochner, Esq., Sir John
M'Taggart, Bart., M.P., and George Scholefield, Esq.
Votes of thanks were then passed to the Board of
Directors, to Mr. Pollard, the Manager, and to the
Chairman, and the meeting separated.

'We learn from the Brighton Guardian that the
Duke of Bordeaux and his suite, after dining at an early
hour on Sunday, at the Bedford Hotel, proceeded to Lon-
don by the last train in the evening. His arrival in
London appears to be kept very secret. We understand
the Duke is expected to leave Belgrave-square soon on a
tour through Wales.
THE PRESS IN PRUSSIA.—The Universal Prussian
Gazette of the 4th inst. in its official part publishes the
following reply to the petition of the Provincial Diet re-
lative to the freedom of the press :—" It is impossible
to realise the wishes of our faithful States, having
for their object the establishment of the liberty of
the press, inasmuch as such a liberty would be
incompatible with the federal legislation, and that,
moreover, it would not be fitting to make a special
legislation for such of the provinces of the monarchy
which do r.ot belong to the Germanic Confederation.
Neither can we modify the existing laws respecting
the press, as they have been recently settled en
fixed principles, and we have suppressed various
enactments, of which the application was attended
with inconvenience. The law of censorship has
been prepared in such a manner as to conciliate the
interest of morals and of the public good, with the
publication of opinions in writing. We have anticipated
the wish expressed by our States that the office of censor
should only be entrusted to enlightened and conscientious
men. It is according to this law that censors are ap-
pointed. We cannot consent to the establishment of an
authority appointed to inspect the press in each province
of the monarchy, because this would be an arbitrary in-
terpretation of the law."

PUBLIC BUILDIT TGS IN LONDON.

There is an evil destiny impending over the
fate of all public buildings and works of art in
London. Vexatious as this fact is to all who take
an interest in the embellishment and grandemiof
the finest metropolis in Europe, it is no less cer-
tainly true. There is no want of high intellec-
tual perception and classical taste, of vigorous
conception and beautiful adaptation in the de-
signs contributed by our leading artists for edi-
fices, statues, pillars, bridges—(whatever be the
species of public work to be undertaken)—when
the execution of the affair is opened ostensibly
to public competition. There is, notoriously,
where the expense of the work is to be provided
for by u. municipal tax, a parochial or a district
rate, or a vote of the House of Commons, no lack
of money and means for its construction in the
first style and with the best materials of work-
manship. Let those who affect, with some of
our Continental neighbours, or on the authority
of the dogmatic WINCKELMANN, to question the
genius and 'rapacity of the English for the higher
and more imaginative efforts of art, candidly

view the late exhibition of the Cartoons in West-
minster Hall for a complete refutation of this
superficial and arrogant notion. For, with re-
gard to these designs for fresco paintings, it may
be truly said that British genius, in a school
entirely new to its efforts, has leaped, at a single
bound, into the maturity of power and expres-
sion. But, with all these elements of excellence
existing among us in abundance, it does happen
that, in nine cases out of ten, their effect is marred
or missed, diminished or obscured in combina-
tion. The most beautiful and best adapted ele-
vations and designs for an exchange, or a church,
are brought under public notice, and stamped
with the approbation of the highest authority,
which that public will recogniSe but, in tl►e
course of a few months, the actual structure, as it
begins to rise above the surrounding horde, very
plainly indicates to the interested spectator that
some other plan had been selected, and is being
carried mit under some other . influence more
potential th'an the principle of honest election, or

the marked t.,anCtion of the public. Favouritism no-
toriously prey, ails in the mock councils of municipal
and other cortmnittees to whom the administration
of these mailer's is generally remitted, on the
assumption that they will be impartially and
indifferently dealt with. But it is more difficult
to account for the persevering incompetency
with which the chances of exhibiting a pre-emi-
nent advance in.what we shall call national art,
are, year after year, either disregarded or thrown
away, Carelessly tittheeded; or more scandalously
rejected when :offered. Of all the branches of
national art, there is none in which it more con-
cerns the splendour of the capital, the scientific
reputation of the country, and the improving
taste of the people, that the most attainable
approval to excellence should be secured, than
in the architectural productions and the sculp-
ture we speak of:. Of all the departments of

,mblic duty there is none which is so grossly neg-
ected by that section of the Executive to which
t is more immediately confided.

Westminster-bridge requires few remarks.
No party seems to know what is doing, or
what is to be d one. The Government, or
the Bridge Commissioners, have come to no
decision hitherto, but prefer leaving the
carts, omnibuses, coaches, waggons, and foot-
passengers to join issue with the de-
nounced arches, on a sort of " benefit of sur-
vivorship" principle ; or, perhaps, it is intended
that, if the traffic and passengers continue to pass
and re pass, without tumbling through, the
bridge, by its Commissioners, may bring an
action of damages for defamation against Mr.
BAnnr ; and, on the other hand, if casualties of
the kind apprehended 'shall ..some fine morning
happen, Mr. BARRY shall be at liberty to remove
the ruins of the old, and throw over a new
bridge; the latter to be of pointed arches and
inferior span, "as prayed." There might be a
sort of objection to this future " give-and-take"
arrangement, barring the jeopardy, and perhaps
sacrifice, of some score of biped and two score
of quadruped lives, which it may possibly entail,
in the interval," we re it not that there is already
much too general a disposition in certain quarters
to act upon it.

It appeals oiat_the neW frontage in the British
Museum, ,which is..to replace Me old French
quadrangle, next Russell-street, is very rapidly
proceeding with. Have any guarantees been
taken for our having an elevation worthy of the
design, the contents, and the character of the mag-
nificent collection and library contained within
the walls of the main building'! Was the design
opened to public competition ? Has there been
any such encouraging excitement attempted with
the almost dormant genius of our modern
school of architectural design as has been
recently practised with sn,Ch happy, results in
respect. of our'-yotrhgest schoor-9f historical
art? We fear that the sort or freehold or

fee-simple which SMIRKE has acquired—some-
how or other—in all the past reparations, addi-
tions, and erections in the general building of
the Museum, have extended to this new façade.
Really, to judge from the club-houses, and
theatres, and other edifices, with the Greek
quoderisms of which Sir ROBERT has long made
us so familiar, we feel great despondency about
the effect of any new " works" of his. The
finest efforts of a genius, which do not exceed
the servile appropriation of a Doric portico, how-
ever good the antique example, and the most
timid and monotonous • adaptation of thermal
fronts and basilican walls to the purposes of
modern public buildings, whatever their own
uses and objects, are altogether below the cha-
racter, the energy, and the grandeur of the
people upon whom—for some reason or other—
their efforts are year after year inflicted.
It has been shown, by a Report to therHouse
of Commons, how it was gravely debated and re-
commended in Select Committees that the ma-
jestic preparation of the " Nelson Pillar" should
be reduced to so modest and inoffensive a scale
as not to crush into a merited, but absolute im-
perceptibility, the 'wretched perpetration mis-
called the " National" Gallery. The absurdi-
ties consequent on the irreconcilable pretensions
of a façade which is at once protected and
hidden, broken and devoured by its own vaunted
portico—(a major absorbed by a minor)—and of
a column whose faultless proportions of shaft
and capital, as they appeared on the original
elevation, would render but more evident and
ridiculous the already dwarfed outlines of
WILKINS'S fatally accomplished design (its
tawdry ugliness was even then, alas! permanent
in monumental masonry), these things might
have taught parties entrusted with the manage.

ment of such matters the wisdom of well con-
sidering their plans, and the aspect and effects
of the works, before proceeding to the final
business of setting and building them up. But
what has been the result? After a world of
preparation, and many flourishes of trumpets,—
and statistics carefully collected of the number
of sailors who could, at this day, be brought toge-
ther, survivors of the fight of Trafalgar,— coquet-
tings with the Governor of Greenwich Hospital,
about giving leave to these veteran tars to assist
at the raising of NELSON'S statue, and at a
dinner to be given at its summit, at the feet of
the Admiral,—the statue is raised one afternoon
impromptu; the veterans, after beihg numbered,
are never called for. But the colossal image of the
great hero has been placed on its pedestal, an effect
of mechanical power, achieved with consummate
skill and promptitude. By slow degrees, the
hoarding has descended, first from around the
cocked hat, afterwards from around the limbs,
finally from the feet and surface .of the figure :
when, lo ! some seven or eight weeks having
helped them to the cbncltision, the managers
discover that the coil of cable on which one side
of the figure is supported has too massed and
rock-like an appearance. Up go the boards
again, to favour the secresy of the statuary's
mystic chiselling, for remedying of this defect;
and the inauguration, which was to have taken
place on the anniversary of the Trafalgar fight
in October last, bids fair to be postponed to Octo-