The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-19 00:00:00

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'rill I%i, it N itCl44, Dlsrg-g fi WfORNX_N Cis_JUNE 191

THE BATTLE 'OF-WATERLOO.
Yesterday_ (Tuesday, the 18th) was the anniversary of the
battle of Waterloo, the noblest military exploit in which
England was ever engaged, affecting as it did the interests of
the'whole of Europe. • Twenty-nine years have elapsed since
the tidings of that glorious victory were, proclaimed, yet the
master-mind that directed the movement still flourishes.
It is a somewhat remarkable fact that, notwithstanding the
large portion of the cavalry and infantry present on the field
'of Waterloo during the engagement, there are now connected
,with our regiments comparatively few Waterloo'officers. The
regiments composing the cavalry on- the occasion, together
with the officers present at the battle, and now connected
'with them, are as follow:--The Ist Life Guards now con-I-
mam:led by Viscount Combermere, at present numbers but
two Waterloo officers, viz., Adjutant Anderton and Quarter-
Master Falconer. The 2d Regiment of Life. Guards, which also
figured at Waterloo, and during the Peninsular war, does not
now contain amongst its ranks a single Waterloo officer. The
'Royal Horse Guards (Blues) are now commanded by the
Marquis of Anglesey, who was present, as also 'were the
MOjor of the regiment, E. W. Bouverie, Esq., Captain G.
Smith, and J. Siddall, Esq., the veterinary surgeon. The
other cavalry regiments were the Ist Dragoon Guards, the
Ist (Royal) Dragoons, the 2d (Royal North Briton), Dra-
goons, the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, the 7th (Queen's
Own) .Hussars;, the 10th (the Prince of Wales) Hussars, the
11th or Prince Albert's Own Hussars, of which the Colonel,
the Earl of Cathcart and Major Joseph R. Rotton, were pre-
, sent ; the 12th or Prince Of. . Wales' Lancers, the 13th Light
Dragoons, the 15th Hussars, the 16th Lancers, and the Royal
Regiment of Artilleiy.
The infantry was composed of the Grenadier Guards, now
commanded by his Grace the. Duke of Wellington, the Cold-
stream Guards, now commanded by hii Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge ; the i Scots Fusilier Guards, now corn-
minded by his Royal. Highness Prince Albert; the Ist
(Royal) Foot, now'commanded by Sir George Murray; the
4th' (Rings Own) ; the' 14th (Buckinghamshire) ; the 23d
1
Royal Welsh Fusileers) ; the 27th (Inniskilling); the 28th
North Gloucester); the 30th (Cambridgeshire); the .32(1
Cornwall) ; ' the , 33d (the York. West Riding); the ,40th
second Somersetshire); the 42d (Royal Highlanders); the
44th (East Essex); the 53d (second York West Riding);
the 52d (Oxfordshire); the. 690.*(Setith Lincoln); the 71st
Highlandere; the 73d and .79th Canieron Highlander's ; the
92d 'Highlanders, and the Rifle Brigade. •
'The only officers (now in the service) of, the Ist Dragoon
Guards who was present at Waterloo is, the' Adjutant,
Richard Hollis, Esq.. who was appointed JulyB, 1836. The
officers 'present of the Ist • Royal Dragoons, and now con-
nected with the corps, . are Colonel Sir Arthur B. Clifton,
Lieutenant-Colonel T. Martin, and Quartermaster Partridge.
Although the Inniskilling Dragoons bore a prominent part
in the battle, there is not a single officer now in the regi-
ment who was present. Such is the case also with the 7th
Hussars. Surgeon Wintetscale "and Quartermaster Nelson
are theonly gentlemen belonging -to. the 2d, or Royal 'North
Britidh'Dragoons, present. • The Waterloo officers of the 10th
HuSsars are Lieut.-Col. Vandeleur, Major J. C. Wallington,
and Surgeon Dennis Murray ; of the 11th Hussars, as before
stated, Col. the Earl of Cathcart and Major P. Rotton ; of
the 12th Lancers, Lieut.-Col. Stowell 'and Major A. Barton ;
of the 13th Light Dragoons 'Lieut.-Col. R. Brunton. With
the 15th Hussars no Waterloo officer is now 'connected. In
the 16th Lancers there are. Sir. J. G. ,Vandeleur and Lieut.
Webster.'
With regard'to the infantry, there are connected with the 1
Grenadier Guards the following 'Waterloo officers,-viz., Col.
the Duke of Wellington, Majors Laseelles and Clive, Capt. '
Boldero, and Quartermaster J. Payne. In the Coldstream
(;Bards there are Lieut.-Col. Walton, Major Bentinek, and
Surgeon W. Hunter. In the Scots Fusilier Galardi; of which
bis Royal Highness Priece Albert is the Colonel, Majors W.
Drummond and Berkeley Drintipaend, •Capt. 11. Montague,
Quartermasters J. Ashton and G. Copeland, and Surgeon D.
Good. With' the remainder of the regiments there are
Waterloo officers connected as follows :-Ist (Royal), Capt.
R. Blaclin ; 4th (King's Own),-Major R. R. Macdonald; the
14th,: Capt. Manby Wood and Quartermaster S. GrOddard; the
23d (Royal Welsh, Fasiliers), Major R. P. Holmes, Capt. J.
,Enoch, Lieut.'. G: Dunne (Paymaster), and Quartermaster G.
Moore; the 27th (Inniskilling),,capt. F.C. Smith and Siirgeon
T. Moyston'•' the 28th, Quartermaster W. Kerr ; 30th.(CaM-
bridgeshire), none; 32d (Cornwall), Capt. G. Browne, Lieut.
G. Moore (Paymaster); and Quartermaster I'. Healy; the
33d, none; the 40th, Col. Sir Alexander Woodford and Major
George Hibbert ; the 42d Royal Highlanders, Quarterniaster
-Edward Paton; the 44th, none; the 51st, Cot Sir Benjamin
D'Urban,Lieut..,Col. W., Elliott, Major Mainwaring, Capt.
Austin, and J. Gibbs (Paymaster); the 52d, none; the 69th,
. Lieut.-Col. Eaton Moonins; the 71st, Col. Sir Thomas Rey-
nell, Capt. A. R. L'Estrange ; the 73d, Col. Lord W. G.
Harris. and Lieut.-Col. J. F. love ; the 79th (Cameron High-
landers), Col. Sir James Macdonnelt Thomas Blewitt--(Pay-
.master),•snd Quartermaster A. Cruickshank; the 92d High-
- lenders, none; Rifle Brigade,. Colonel4n-Chief the Duke of
Wellington and Col. Sir A. F. Barnard..
It may be added that some regiments have been' isbonded
since the commencement of the peace, and that, at .present,
the 99th regiment is the highest in the service as regards
number.
The following officers were at Waterloo, but are now con-
nected with other regiments which were not at the battle:—
Lieut.-Col. Chatterton, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards;
.Lieut.-001.1. Jackion, 6th Dragoon Guards (Catabineers);
Capt. Bambrich, 7th (Prince Royal's) - Dragoon Guards ;
Lietit.-Coi. Sir J. Tliaekwell, 3d Light Dragoon Guards ;
Col. Sleigh, 9th Lancers; Col. Sir G. Kerrison, 14th Light
Dragoons ; Lieut.-Col. Hal'elock, same regiment ; Quartermas-
ter Broadribb, same regiment,; Col, SirJas. Kempt, 2d
.(Queen's
Royal); Lieut. B. Muller, 6th. (the Royal) Warwickshire ;
Col, Sir J. Lambert, 10th (South •Lineoln) ; Lieut.-Col. John
Luard, ditto""; Major It H. Bloomfield, llth North Devon ; Col.
Sir P. Maitland, 17th (Leicestershire) ; Capt. D. Cooper, ditto ;
Right Hon.- Sir F. Adam, 21st (Royal North British Busi•;,
Hers); Major J. Stoyte, .24th (Warwickshire); Col. Lord
Seaton, 26th (Ciineronlans) ; Col. ' Lord Strafford, 29th
(Worcestershire); Lieut.-Col. James Simpson, ditto I Col,
Sir John Halkell, 31st (Huntingdonshire) ; Lieut.-Col. J.
Furlong, 43d (Monmouthshire) ; Major W.: Bruce, 48th
(Northampton); Col, Fitzroy Somerset, 53d (Shropshire);
Lieut-Colt ..Mild. .Fane, .54th (West Norfolk) ; Major T.
Clarke,' ditto • -Copt Charles Hill, ditto; .Quartermaster J:
[Willox, ditto; Col. Right Hon. Sir Henry Holding°, 57th
West Middlesex) ; Lieut.-Col. A. H. Trevor, 59th (2d Not. '
angrhatti) s
.Major Hovendon, ditto ; Col. Sir Jeremiah Dixon,
,;-, ' (g-,,th Gloucester) ; •Lieut-Col.. Thomas" Reed;' 62d
v..- , ...-• . e.'• , , • West Suffolk
Neville, ditto'. 'Capt.' A. G. Sedley, ditto; Capt.
(~Wilts);, Lieut..-Poi. Joseph. Logan, eau t . mutolk);
Major Percy
Colin Campbell, 72d
51‘..)Teil, 78eh, (Highlanciersh; 0:4, Sir
1 George .derkel), 81st
G(oulteP-OasfellAalthiTyth'AfulrfrabeYl2:cleer°s)l.• Col
-00.1. Roderick,
(Loyal:-Lincoln);- Major. Di. Lamont, 91st Argyllshire);
Paymaster F. Fennam, 95th (Aerbvshire); uartermaster
A. Macdonald, 99th, (Lanarkshire) s -Major Ro ert Hughes,
lst West India Regiment ; Capt. John Griffiths, ditto 1
,Lieut. Parkinson, 2d,Weit India Regiment; Lieut. Maxwell,
ditto ; Capt. Thomas Lille, Ceylon. Rifle Regiment ; .Lieut:-
;Col. H.-Sornersat; Cape- Mounted :Riflemen ;' Lieut. James
' Black, Itcrial Canadian Rifle
Catriercin, :ditto s Lieut.-Col. R. Law, Royal Newfoundland
,
CoMpanies •
Re!gintent
,i 119.m:tater Angus
ROYAL : REopmttfr oP - Orit,LEny.--Deputy-Adjutant-
General Sir Hugh Dalrymple Ross ; Colonels Hutchinson,
and Whinyates s. ,Lseuf,,coloness Mercer," Brown, Dynelev,
E. Y. Walcott KRudgerd, C, C, Dansey, A. Macdonald; W.
Brereton, Bell, and Lewis ; 'Captains - Harding,'" Sandilands,
stra,ngways, Andersoa, T: O. Cator, W. G. Ingleby, T. Bloom-
field, T. A. Wilson, Rfehatd Goodwin, 13-Cuppage, R. B.
Burnaby, W. 11, Hennis,and Wightort...,.,,
CORPS or ROYAL ENOLNEERS.—CoI. U. C. Hoste,' Lieut.-
Col. John Olddeld, Capt. M. A. Wkiters.
The Waterloo men amongst the Field-Marshals-and Gene-
ral Field Officers nuinbei its• follow, viz. t—lielil-Marshal,
One, the Duke of Wellington; Generals, 6i Lieutenanti.Ge-
ral, lg.; Major-Generals, 27 ; Colonels, 90 ,• and a. propor-
=tionatenumber of Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors.
The-Field-Maraluds of the British service are—the Duke
of Wellington, his Majesty the Xing of Hanover, his Royal
,Highness the Duke of Cambridge, biS Itlikjeaqf the
.ping of
' the Belgians, his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Of .thig.
- , number the Duke of Wellington alone has passed through
all the gradations of rank. The others are merely honorary.
t nadier Guards,
Loa If/ 4,V4 p! the Cinque
is noyr Commaerm-Chief Colonel-in;
The Noble Dahl'
Chief of the Rifle. Brigade, Colt Mel ofI he Gre ' •
-Constable of the Tower,. and
i Ports. Long may lie live to enjoy. these onniirs,Polt,

last the troops at Devon
port
Of FutE.—,On Tuesday night
port wag wiled out by an alarm of
fire which had broken out in the lifount-WloPP:rqteks: It ap-
Oared that one of the young officers of the 44fii liggimgllt
na4.Koßa_to bed with a-cigar in his mouthovading. aia
failing '&8180, - iiet fire to fiis bed, which together with hii
clothes, &c., was destroio4l gig firei-bb
wevery was got under
Without doiug au Autlar dalugge,-rPMPir TelegraPh.

COURT OF SEWERS.

• -
A Special Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of
Westminster and part of the County of Middlesex was
held at the Sewer's-office, in Greek-street, Soho, for the
purpose of considering the following reply of Mr. G. Bird, ;
contractor, relative to the failure of portions of. the ,
main line of the Ranelagh sewer in Gloucester-road,
Paddington, and to take such steps as may be. necessary
with respect thereto.
" REPLY.—That having executed my contract for the
Ranelagh sewer, in accordanC9 with the piens and di-
rections of your officers, I submit tital't i am not liable to
reinstate the existing defects."
The chair was taken at twelve o'clock, by 'r. L. Do-
naldson, Esq.; who, having stated the object for which
the Court had met,
Mr. GARRARD, who appeared as the solicitor, for Mr.
Bird, requested permission to make a few observations
on the new matter contained in the report of Mr.
Phillips, the clerk of the works.
The report, which was to the following effect, was
then read:— •
" The statements that I have made to the Court re-
specting the cause of the failure of the Ranelagh sewer
built along Gloucester-road, Paddington, having been
impugned, I beg most respectfully to state that, after a
careful and minute examination of the Rork of the said,
sewer, I am still further, convinced of the accuracy of
those statements, namely, that the cause .of failure is
wholly in consequence of the inefficient manner in which
the brickwork, in conjunction with the groundwork, has
been executed. Seeing the course the question has,'
taken, and believing my charaCter is at. stake in this
affair, I beg to, he allowed to state, that I am prepared
to prove those assertions by facts. •
In excavating for this sewer, it appears that the
ground was dug out somewhat wider than the sewer,
including the side walls ; so that after the side or abut-
ment walls were built, a space of a few inches in width
had to be tilled in behind the walls with ground, which,
if properly and soundly rammed down, would have been
of sufficient solidity,to have borne the lateral thrust of
the arch, and the superincumbent weight of ground
placed above • it. The abutment walls are thrust out-
wards from' their perpendicular position to the extent of
3i inches or more, compressing the ground filled in ,
behind them, which was not properly andsoundly ram-
med, otherwise it would be next to impossible for the
abutments to have gone outwards with the pressure to
which they have been exposed : moreover, from the ap-
pearance. of the ground taken out from behind the walls,
it has not the tenacity and• solidity that ground would
have that had been well and soundly rammed. . ,
" As regards the brickwork of the arch of the crown
of the sewer, I beg toxe-assert that it has been done in a
slovenly and unworkmanlike manner ; that no respect
has been shown either to properly bonding the bricks
together, or in regulating the courses of bricks with
equal joints of mortar ;..for between some joints there is
'scarcely any mortar whatever, and between Others the
thickness of, mortar, varies up to one inch or more.
The number of courses of bricks in the bottom half-brie-1i
ring of the arch are 50, and in some places there are
only 49, which is three and four courses less than could
and ought to have been got into the bottom ring of the
arch ; therefore, ther4 are nearly nine inches in thick-
ness of mortar in excess distributed over the arch of the
sewer, where bricks ought to have .been used in-
stead. I would beg to call attention to the cir-
cumstance 'of ono course of bricks being lost in
the arch as before stated, a fact in itself evidenc-
ing a great want of attention in the execution.
The bricks appear to be of good quality. The mortar
'used was made of Dorking lime and Thames sand, and
is not so strong as I should have expected from the
nature of these materials—it is in a very friable state,
which I should say is caused by the admixture of more
water with the lime and sand than was requisite, and
too long expo Sure of the lime to the air. ; and, more-
over, from its apßearance, the lime and sand hits not
been thoroughly mixed. In the composition of mortar
no more water should be used than is sufficient to' bring
it to' a tough 'and proper consistency for using, other-
wise it has the effect of destroying the strength of the
lime to a considerable degree ; and the lime should be
used as-soon as possible after it has been burnt, other-
wise it reabsorbs the carbonic acid, which has been
driven off during the process of calcination, Mortar
after being used in a wall loses a considerable quantity
Of its- hulk_ from evaporation and contraction, which
causes the walls to shrink and settle ; in consequence of
this, as little mortar as possible should be used in build-
ing a 'wall, more especially in an arch. In the arch of
this sewer, such an unusual quantity of mortar has been
used in the joints, and that so irregularly, that it is
sufficient in itself to cause a considerable settlement, and
also a very great distortion in its form.
"-With-respect to the abutment walls, the manner in
which they have been built is contrary to the contract,
which says, that the brickwork shall be in every re
spect of the best workmanship, no four courses to rise
more than twelve inches.' There are fifteen courses of
bricks in the abutment instead of sixteen, as shown and
described in the original drawing of the said sewer.
Those fifteen courses rise three feet ten and a half in-
ches, which is one and a half inch in excess over the in-
structions in the contract, for the like number of courses
this excess is causes by the joints of mortar being too'

large.
" The average width of the sewer between the abut-
ment walls as builtperpendicularly on the invert is ten
feet three inches, being three inches wider than that
show') in the original drawing of the said sewer. Then
the springing walls being only three feet ten and half
inches high, it was necessary to elevate the centre one
and half inch above the springing walls, for the purpose
of keeping the requisite height from the tep of the cen-
tre of the invert to the under side of the arch, and in con-
sequence of the increased width, and the one half inch
less in height of the springing walls, the arch line is
lengthened on each side, making the springing point one
and half inch below what it would have been had the
walls been carried up to their intended height.
" This one and half inch added to the versed sine of
the arch in the original drawing, which is two feet ten
inches, will make the versed sine of the arch as built
two feet eleven and half inches. Then taking the chord
line of the arch at twelve feet three inches, and the
versed sine at two feet eleven inches, I find the length
of the arch line is twelve feet four inches and four-tenths,
which divided by fifty-three courses of bricks, gives two
inches and eight-tenths for each course, including the
joint of mortar ;` then for eight courses there would be
one foot ten inches and four-tenths,and having measured
eight of the bricks taken out of the arch after being
cleanSed of the mortar, I find they measure one foot nine
inches and four-tenths. - Therefore, taking this sewer as
actually built with its increased width, fifty-three courses
of bricks could have been got into the arch with ease,
and then allowing ample joints for mortar, which would
be a quarter of an inch in the centre of the half-brick
ring. It is the usual practice in building brick arches
for bridges, &c., to allow for each ring at its soffit one
foot ten and half
_inches, to the utmost, for eight courses
of bricks.
" I 'would" beg to observe, that there is one section,
No.-28, which shows the side walls in a perpendicular
position, the arch is gone upwards on one side, and is
come down on the other, that is, at the haunches, which,
I should say, is caused by the thick and unequal joints
of Mortar being compressed, or giving way with the
weight of ground placed on tee arch, as the ground
could not possibly have had the effect of causing the
distorted form there shown. •
•. " Therefore, taking , into account the inefficient man-
ner in which the groundwork was executed, namely, the
-neglect to properly back up the abutment walls and
spandrils of the arch with ground well and soundly
rammed; and also the inferior and unworkmanlike man-
' ner in which the brickwork has been executed, more
particularly in the arch, I am of opinion that the failure
of the said sewer is entirely attributable to these causes."

After the reading of the report, some considerable
discussion took place as to whether Mr. Garrard, the
solicitor of Mr. Bird, should be heard.
Mr. LESLIE wanted to know what the new allega-
tions were that had been adverted to. He' thought
neither Mr. Garrard or Mr. Bird had any right to com-
plain of the course pursued by the Court. Mr. Garrard
had done all he could, in a gentlemanly way, to dotage
Phillips, and the question was, who was right. Mr.
Garrard had made a most able statement on the last
Court day, and he did not see why the Court was to
hear him again. •
Mr. WM. LOUGHBY thought Mr. Bird's solicitor could
vet be again heard:
Mr. F. BYNG was, of the same opinion.
Mr. IIAWKES thought the Court would do great in-
justice if they did not hear the fUrther evidence which
Mr. Bird had to tender.

After acme further discussion, the Court decided upon
hearing the solicitor of Mr. Bird.
Mr.: GARRARD 7 then addressed the Court at some
length, contending that the material assertions in the
report of "Phillips .were not founded in fact; that the
work hid been done according 'to the setting out of the
surveyhis of •the Court, and that-the WhOle course that
had been. adopted by Mr. Bird was following the in-
structiOnS he had received from th 6 offioers'of the Court.

Mr. BYNG thought, after-the statements Thai hadleen
made, the Court could come to no dedision without iiorae
grave inquiries. He thought the matter ought to go
before a jury, for the purpose of ascertaining whether
what had been stated was true. He was not prepared
to Come- to a .colichisten upon the subject after what he
had heard without much further. inquiry. He had no
interest at all in the question, but if he had it would be
in faVour- of Mr. Bird; Whom he had londknoWn; and -
whom he believed to be a most excellent man. " If they
were to believe what had been stated by Mr. Garrard,
tlie WOrk had been.performed according to the 'contract,
and the statement of the clerk of the works was without
foundation. - ' .
mi., Warm considered the , question to be, whether
the failure that had occurred was in consequence of the
fortaation of the works, the badness of their construe-.
tion,.-or other causes. He .believed that the formation
of the arch of the sewer was the cause of the whole- ae-
.cident. If he did not firmly entertain that opinion, he
should-he-inclined to think the proper course would be
to go before ajury. He could not but say that he felt
they were attempting to throw upon the contractor that
odtedta to -the bad for-
mationken care of the
t o
sewer,themselves.
they
b ad. And
work when it was done. He was fully convinced that
which
h belonged
f the
the ft oident had occurred from the- formation of the
sewer. lie would, therefore, move that the Court ad-
-1 jonrn sine'die,—(A laugh.) . . -
Mr. LESLIE thought that was a most proper' motiop
to make, and would most readily second it.
After some, further discuision, Mr: Wrirri moved;
an 4 Mr: ALLANSON seconded, a motion, to the :effect
that the defective formation of the sewer was the cause:
'of the failure, at that the contracter was not liable.
Mr. Wimonottnr moved as an amendment, if That
the proceedings in this case be placed in the hands f
043 Solicitors of the Court." `This amendment, r
aft i 3
considerable ais,citssion; wits carried by !a .majority of ;
there being .16 fOr : the ftiniendiaet,lt,,
.410 8 agttin§ It!_
The court then adjourned.----- -

H.tYM'A.

EATRE.

, THE PRIZE COMEDY.
Quid pro Quo; or The Day of Dupes, the comedy
to which the Prize Comedy Committee unanimously
awarded the prize of 5001. proposed •by Mr. Webster,
for the 'best prose comedy_ illustrative of British
manners. and customs, was produced last evening, ands
as might have been expeCted, the House was crowded
to excess in every .part. Longlefnre the curtain drew
Up there was not. -a-noolt •or •corneis of the house
Unoccupied. BoTes;.pit;galleriesy.were all crammed
—even 'the seats behind the 'pillars in the, second
tier of boxes, whence it is all but impossible.
to catch a glimpse of the stage—were oc-
cupied. It would have been impossible by any
conceivable means to have Crammed ten more
prisons into any part of the house. After a neatly-
written prologue, spoken by Mr. Webster, the cur-
tain rose, and discovered to us the exterior of a coun-
try inn, at which Lieut, Ilenry Grigson, R.N. (Mr.
H. Holl), and Capt. Sippett (Mr. Buckstone) have
just arrived per railroad—the Lieutenant to meet by
appointmeiat his aunt, Mrs. Grigson (Mrs. Glover),
the wife of a retired tradesman, residing in the neigh-
bourhood, and the Captain, who is an inveterate tuft-
hunter, to proceed to the seat of the Earl of Huns.
don (Mr. Stuart), to superintend the getting up of
some private theatricals. Lord Tiellamont (Mrs.
Nisbett), an Eton boy, the eldest son of the Earl,
an admirable specimen of the• aristocracy of the
race-course and. the betting,room, arrives to drive
the Captain in his phaeton to Hunsdon Castle, and his
Lordship having learned from Sippett that lienry
is the nephew of - " Hollyhock Lodge," as he
terms it, _Hollyhock Lodge being the, place of
the Grigsons, determines to indulge in the luxury of
quizzing a snab, and i 5 on the point of drawing down
upon himself the summary punishment of the said
snob, when Sippett very adroitly gets him off the
around,no by drawing his attention to the country and
praising the horses in Ilia' ?haat Mrs. Grigson,
a plain-Speken, excellent-hearted, vulgar woman,
Who hates gentility and sighs for the bustle of
Gracechurch-street and the shop.' .then enters' and
infoems her nephew that she has desired him to Meet
her there, in order to be enabled etlisetually to carry
out the scheme which she had always entertained, of
uniting' him to her daughter. True, it is, that they
were betrothed as children, with the consent of
old Grigson, but since that period Grig,on has retired
from 'business, set up 'as a flue- gentleman, become
the intimate associate of Lord Hunsdon, and so de-
termined a worshipper of rank that he will not suffer
hiS daughter to wed any one save a lord. In order,
therefore, ,to win. the old man's favonr, she proposes
that Henry, Who has been_ at sea ever. since he was
fifteen,:sheuld introduce himself as a nobleman; and
as he has been for: some years messmate with Lord
Algernon Fitzurse, second son of the Marquis of
Plantagenet, it is determined that he shall introduce
himself to old Grigson under that title. In the next
scene we are introduced to the Earl nf Hunsdon
(Mr. Stuart) and his agent; Mr. Cogit (Mr. Tilbury).
The Earl is a high-born, high-mannered, cold, ambi-
tious, aristocrat—Cogit a shrewd, unscrupulous at-
torney, raising himself by ruining his patron. The
Earl is. endeavouring to raise money on mortgage,
in order, to contest the county, hoping, that if he
can return the county members and the member for
the borough of Oldfield, to keep up his interest, in
which borough he condescends to patronise Mr.
Grigson, he may be enabled to secure,to himself the
garter, the great object of his ambition. The second
act opens with an admirable 'scene between Mr. and
Mrs.' Grigson, in which old Jeremy Grigson (Mr.
Strickland) announces his intention of becoming the
'candidate for Oldfield under the auspices of the Earl
of Hunsdon. The acting of Strickland and Mrs.
Glover in this scene was excellent, and kept the
audience in a roar; and the manner in which El-
len (Mrs. Edwin Yarnold) entered, and he :cere-
moniously kissed her forehead, adding that that was
the way in which Lord Hunsdon did the paternal,
was rich in the extreme. Henry enters as Lord Al-
gernon, and is, of course, received by Jeremy in the
most fussily ceremonious manner-imaginable, to the
great delight of Mrs. Grigson. The Countess .of
Hunsdon (Mrs. W. Clifford), accompanied by her
daughter, Lady Mary Rivers (Miss Julia Bennett),
and Sippett, are announced. They have come for the
purpose of asking the Grigsons over to the private
theatricals at the castle, and on Ilv,nry being intro-
duced as Lord Algernon, Sippett is all obsequiousness.
The Countess insists on his • returning with them to
the castle,' recommending her daughter to pay him
particular attention, " "for his elder brother is in a con-
sumption"—while Jeremy Grigson recommends his
daughter also. to pay particular attention to Lord
Algernon. Mrs. Grigson is delighted with the suc-
cess of her plot ; but Ellen has no heart to give to
her cousin in either of his characters Her affections
have long been bestowed upon Rivers (Mr. Howe),
kinsman to the Earl, and nephew to Sir George
Mordent (Mr. W. Farren), a rich old bachelor, who
is on a visit at the castle, and whose acerbities are
tolerated by the Earl and his family on account of
the great expectances they have from blip. This love
affair is nearly discovered through the prying pro
-
penalties -of Bridget Prim (capitally acted by Mrs.
Humby); the servant of the Grigsons. However, old
Mrs. Grigson treats all Bridget's hints with contempt,
and the real state of.the young young lady's affections
remains undiscovered. The scene then changes to
Hunsdon Castle, where Rivers • has joined Mordent,
who had imagined that Lady Mary was the object
of his secret attentions, but finding that such 'is
not the 'case, he introduces him as Mr. Francis, a
young musician, who is desirous of superintending the
orAiestral arrangements of the private theatricals.
Meanwhile Sippett and Lord Bellamont begin to sus-
pect the truth as regards Henry, and, in order to
bring matters ton crisis, they spread a report that Lord
Algernon has left his ship' India, in consequence of
having killed a brother officer in• a duel, and Henry
is immediately placed under arrest; notwithstanding
the earnest asseverations of Mrs. Grigson that he is
her nephew, and Lord Hunsdon goes to town to make
inquiries-at the Admiralty. A letter froth Mrs.
Grigson to her nephew, while in durance, happening
to fall into the hands of old Grigson, he takes it intd
his head to wax jealous, while Ellen takes advantage
of the' confusion to wed Rivera, a match at which
Grigson is highly indignant, until he hears that Rivers
is a relative of the Earl, and is the heir to Sir G.
Mordent, when his sorrow is turned into joy, and he
acknowledges Rivers as his son-in-law. The Earl
returns from. London ; but his return is too late, for
Lady Mary, acting on her mother's advice, has made
herself so agreeable to Henry that they also are married,
thus connecting the Grigson family with nobility
by a double alliance. In the meantime the hour of
election for Oldfield has passed over—and
.no Mr.
Grigson appearing, Mr. Cogit, who was in possession
of the Earl's letter of recommendation to the respect,
ble corporation of the borough, which was intended
for Mr. Grigson, uses it on, his own account, and, as
he expresses it, in order to preserve the Earl's influ-
ence, and is returned Member of Parliament
'for the borough, thus completing the day -of
dupes.
was followed by a lively epi-
logue, Thewells comedy
' by Mrs. Nisbett. The dialogue
of the comedy is very well written, and 'at times
brilliant and sparkling, and the actors all exerted
'themselves to the utmost. It was evident froth the
first that there was a party in the house bent
on condemning it if Possible, and this was naturally!
to be expected. There were ninety-eight comedies!
sent in, consequently there must have been at leastl
ninety-seven persons, each of whom was convinced
that he was an ill-used individual; and that he had
produced a comedy 'infinitely superior to the priie
comedy. It was, therefore, natural to expect that the,
friends of the-disappointed candidates would muster
strong last evening. Their disapprobation, however,
was drowned in applause until the end of the comedy;
when a vigorous effort was made to prevent the epi-
logue being heard. Webster, however, came forward
and briefly, addressed the audience, after which quiet
was restored, and the epilogue spoken, and atter),
tively listened to and applauded. The applauders wersi
in a decided majority during the evening, and having
passed through:the ordeal or the first' night;there ii
uo doubt but that the comedy will have a run. It
hai been put on the stage in the best possible manner;
and-will, with some judicious curtailment," make a
good, lively, bustling acting play. Webster was quite
right, under the circumstances, to produce it at first
as it was originally sent in ; having done so, he may
now, we think, venture to condense it—particularly
towards the.close--so as:to bring about the denouement
more rapidly. Great praise is due to all. the actors foz
their exertions, and snore particularly is honour due
to Mt. W. Farren for taking such a part as Mordent
any other harids it would have been 4
part infinitely insi4nificant—in his hands it bel
came One Of the principal charadters of the pieCe
and nothing could be more telling than his manner
of giving the bits sarcasm of with which the par
abounds. However opinions may differ as Ao the
merits of the comedy, there could be but one opinion
of the public spirit of Mr. Webster in offering the
prize of 5001. May his efforts' in the, cause of the
British drama be amply rewarded. •

• ' - - • •.
"give tableau Ijitci)it or the
_picture from-which the name
of theldece ha: been "adopted. In short, each-sUcceed!
ing scene seerm:ll to add, fresh interest to- this'dratna of
domestic lift, -.find- the, curtain -•fell amidst unanimous
applause. Th principal performers were called before
the -curtain at the end of the piece, acid duly aCktioW-
ledged the congratulations of the audience. • -

'LITERATURE...
WESTM NSTER REVIEW. No. LXXXL
Clarke I.6ndoii, 1844.

..- • I
Tl-n 4 first artiele in the. Number before us .is . de-
voted to a consideration of the public charaeler and
conduct 'of the present Home Secretary, 'from- the
period when lw commenced his political career—now
nearly a quarter of a. century since—as a Whig "and
something down to the present day, when he
sits in.a front.' seat on the Treasury benches as an
official supporter of the Tory principle of legislation.
The Right lien. Baronet will _assuredly not be best
pleazed With .the cOrnments which the Reviewer
.is
pleased to make on his various changes in _politics;
and still less \kith the numerous significant extracts
.which he a ive frorn'theonce well-known, 'but novv
almost wally forgotten pamphlet on " Corn and
Currency,", ,v.hicit the ..11Oine Secretary published in
the veer 182f1.. and the principles advocated in which
he has • long. since seen- cause to repudiate. ,• But
though the ar!ielf is certainly . severe; it .is• by •no
moan -an tin.;
.one;. andif it blames his frequent
political inc.:;;-.i,teney, it does justice to his temperate
and judicious management of the navy, when he was
First, Lord of the Admiralty, under the Grey Admi,
ininisty4ttion.. "New Spirit of the Age" is a notice
of ..Mr.. Horne.;recently-published. work under this
title. - 'The Iteviower admits him to be -a man of
Went, but dales • him the 'possession of genii*. and
ohServes, in rei'erence to his last quality :—" Genius,
that 1,, the p.)wer of creation, we take to be, an ema-
nation' of the divinity, that shapes our ends, -and can
nc! more. Nvulli. for hire than God himself could in the
•uroation.(:;.t.i.o world.' Surely this is not the fact.
Walter Sc.at • and .Lord Byron were
_both men of
ge-nius; yet both'. of them _avowedly ."worked • for
hire,' s,, t,,,0s did. Moore, when teropted by ,the bribe
'or- three' tilogand guineas to compose his splendid
poem o 4 L5.11a Rookh."- 'Moreover, are not Brunel
• and Stevenson, the engineers, men of genius, and. do
they not, r-a!ise a .handsome fortune by thediligent
exercise, of that faculty ? Its the majority of in-
stances our teen of genius in modern times have been
men of the World also, who have no notion of giving
the'rich fruits of. their intellect to the world, except
for a, handsome equivalent.-- " Alison's. History of
' Europe" is *a thoughtful and carefully reasoned essay,
in which the . consummate- military abilities of the
Emperor Napoleon—perhaps the greatest master of
the art of war that the world ever saw--=are alluded to
In a discriminating spirit. We must confess, hew-
eVer, that it is with no little difficulty that we bring
ourselves to think otherwise than with horror and
detestatiyo -of: these magnificent military despots—
the wholesale plunderers and murderers of their fel-
low-creatures., In the article' on 'the " Affairs of
India" the, Reviewer rejoices
;in the recal of Lord'
Ellenborough, and• the appointment of his successor,'
Sir ,Henry liardinge, " whose 'experience and firm-
ness' of character," he says, " afford the promise of a'
happy dawn to millions.' We quote the following
sketch of the Home Secretary's character as a poli-
tician and a Minister:— •

" On tile Whole review of Sir James- Graham's po•
litibal life and opinion's, we find one point, and only one
(his championship of the Irish Church' being not per-
fectly :clear of exceptions) from which, -so far as we
know, he . has never swerved :--viz., that the class of -
mertgaged and indebted landowners are a class worthy
of special -legislative protection. On this point, we
believe :we may pronounce his public character to, be
witlioutspot or blemish of inconsistency. The-doctrine
has shaped itself differently in his mind, at different
tithes : once it was the, sponge, now it is the. sliding-
,scale,-:that must save the aristocracy," preserve the
landOWners' estates' :from harpy. creditors, and `prevent
.the landed property of England from changing bands:"
—but, however the means may have varied, the end has
always been the same—either by adjustment of incum-
hrances, or .by protection of rents, to save insolvent
owners of land from breaking. This is Sir James Gra-
ham's strong point. This is the one light speck in the
general huize—the dot of terra firma in the-chaos. Sir
James Grahain may fairly boast that, amidst incon-
sistencies and self-contradictions without number, he has
always been consistent to the principle that the landed
aristocracy and gentry must have Acts of Parliament
-put between them and their creditors—must have their
debts paid, or somehow provided for, at the public cost. 1
His sympathies have been, through life, with a class
of men - the most mischievous that any country can be
curs ed.with.—the needy people of quality, the insolvent
lords and gentlemen, the opulent knaves, who cannot
live without their hands in other people's pockets. We
do not know what, if any, may be the Netherby Ba-
-1-61-IA
's individual interest in the maintenance of this
doctrine of the right of landowners to have their debts
provided for by Act of Parliament, and have no disposi-
tion to: inquire. Nor is it necessary to waste. words in
diScussing the honesty of it. The political morality
:which protects and patronises the great opulent knave-
interest fitly accompanies the political religion which
stands up for the purity and integrity of the Church- of
England in Ireland. These two are the only net pro-
duct that was can find of Sir James Graham's political
life. After striking out all the inconsistencies and con-
.tradictions'—halancing and neutralising every plus with
its corresponding minus—these are all that the equation
gives us. It would be scarcely fair to close our estimate
of Sir James Graham's political character, without ac-
knowledging that he possesses, in a high degree, many
of the qualities of a useful servant of the, State, His
administrative abilities are, we believe, generally allowed,
by those who have the best opportunities of judging, to
be of the first class. He is a ready, capable man, both
in oMce and in Parliament-, with-a fine talent for getting
through businoss. lie made an excellent First Lord-of
. .

the. Admiralty '; and improved the efficiency of the navy
I' while curtailing its expenditure. Although he refused
i` to almlish impressment, he placed two Acts on the
IStatute Rook calculated to diminish its necessity and mi-
tigate its 'practical oppressiveness. Unfortunately for
the public, his 'present share in. the Ministerial cast of
parts 'is one in which mere 'administrative dexterity is
but a poor set• off against a shabby spirit, a rough tem-
, per, and an unscrupulous partisan conscience. As a
Home Secretary, Sir James Graham is one of the worst
and most dangerous Ministers we have had these twenty
years." •

BAND-13'00K FOR CENTRAL EUROPE.
i; • Hughes, London, 1844.
The compiler of this volume, Mr. Coghlan, is well
known for his numerous guide-books, which have
proved of great -service to our tourists in the summer
and autumn seasons. His present work is on a
larger scale than any of his preceding ones, and con-
tains minute, practical directions for travellers through
Belgium, llolland, the Rhine, Germany, Switzerland,
and France, together with a full description of Paris,
the Channel Islands, and the fashionable continental
spas, and a list of the steam-packets to and from ali
the foreign ports.

LIVES 'OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND
- • , Va. VII. -Colburn, London, 1844.

The Life of Queen. Elizabeth, with which the
authoress, aware of the interest and importance of the
subject, has taken unusual pains, is brought to a close
in this volume. It is by far the completest and most
circumstantial biography that we have yet met with,
of this' great Sovereign ; and it possesses the additional
recommendation of being wholly free from anything
like fulsome . eulogium. The documentary evidence
brought forward by the authoress is exceedingly
copious; and much of it will be new to the majority
of our readers ; but the most •interesting portion of
the work is that which describes the death-bed of
Elizabeth, and the intrigues of the Ministers and the
courtiers 'the instant they became aware of the utter
hopelessness of her recovery. The portrait of the
Queen, prefixed by way of frontispiece to the
memoir, represents her as being much more comely
in feature than she has been generally supposed to be.

TRAVELS IN KPRPOFAN.
• • , 'Madden, London, 1844.
From the preface-to this. volume of travels we learn,
that the author, Mr. Ignatius Pallme; a Bohemian by
birth, undertook . the journey to Kordofan, of which
he here professes to give an account, on commission
for a mercantile establishment at Cairo, in the hope of
discovering new channels of traffic with' Central
Africa. In the pursuit of his object, he remained
longer in th,':!-eountry than any. European had ever
done before him ; and the information which he fur-
nishes 'us with respecting the existing condition of
this province of. Etiypt may consequently be looked on
as strictly authentic. But though M. Pallme's Volume
ah.eunds, in :useful information, it is not,.generally
specking,: very entertaining • in its character, for the
author's mode of narration is dry and matter-of-facti
and fie lays too miich,Stress on matters of trivial mei
meat: *His account the.preSent state of slaves
lilerfloka,wiil be read'with. attention by.those
rested in this most complicated and difficult question,
which seems' to bid defiance to all attempts at a satis-
factory i6ltrenient; but We prefer quoting instead his
de%cription'of the Sheikhs or saints who, .it appears,
irre.trea.ted with a' world of respect, not to say, reverl.
,•encir,;.-throughout the entire province of Kordofan
• " The'S-e,SheikliS, or 'saints, are, what 'we call idiots.They:tiro unfortunate beings, who, although neglected
by nattiro, are considered in this cduntry. *4 direct apostles
froiri G6d,- to inform the children of Men of their destiiiy.
These 11,-,or wretches are all but idolized, every one
being anxious to show them the utmost respect. When,
they walk out in the streets, they are stopped by old and
young,-who kiss their face, hands, and even their feet,,
and olter.them everything they wish fore Beings of this•
description are generally very apathetic, and accept little.
or nothing; they are, In
,fact, generally to be met dressed
'in the ui9st disgusting clothes,.in rags, or utterly nake4,o
although they would he,provided.with the finest raimenti:
if they merely expressed the slightest wish. Theiri
parents,, sisters, or other relatiOns, on, the_. ooi.or hand,:
klitiw. how to turn their misfortune to • the best account,.:l
arid accept considerable presents- for their intermesh-qv
with these saints, or For procuring others an opportunitfrk,
of consulting this oracle. They give the most absurd;
and ridfonlous answers to questions that-are put, to then,,.
;partly as :a.conseqUence of their fatuity, and partly b 4-.
eatise taught to-do'sO; 'lt Is, tideed, searcelrpossiblol a4'

1844,

times to-giress'at their meaning. The more• 'absurd the_
answer, the more _contented is the party interested; and
absolutely delighted, if he can only make' out a single
word of the _whole rhodomontade, which in the slightest
agrees with ,his wishes.. To these saints the women
flook in numbers, to beg for fertility., Besidel these
Sheikhs, there ,are others, and Fakeers, who ;write
amulets, which the women wear on their arms, or heads,
firmly believing that their most fervent wishes-will:be
then fulfilled. The latterprofession is exceedingly lucre.
tive, and I have seen several persons who have made a
small fortune in this manner, and very well understood
the art of imposing on the people, and of persuading
them to purchase a fresh charm, although experience
must have convinced them of the futility of the last." •

MISSION TO THE COURT OF VIENNA.
Longman, London,
_ 1844. •
The diplomatic. mission to Vienna, of which this
volume furnishes us with. a memoir, was undertaken
by the Righb Hon.: Sir Robert. Adair, at a most
critical period in our history—namely, the year 1806,
shortly after Pitt's, death, and when Fox had just
succeeded to office as Foreign 'Secretary of State."
The volume consists for the most part of official
documents, bearing on the negotiations between this
country and Austria, whose power had been recently
crippled by the decisive battle of Austerlitz ; but
though supplying adinirable authentic materials of
some future historian of that feverish period, when
an apprehension of, the ambitious views of Napoleon
was the one general feeling of Europe, yet these
documents will be of -little interest to the majority of
readers, for they are, with' few exceptions, dry,
business-like State dispatches, whose tact and
sagacity pan only be appreciated by those who are
conversant with the complicated politics of thosse
times. Sir Robert 'Adair appears to have' acquitted
himself' with signal dexterity in his diploMatic mis-
sion, and possessed the most full and entire confidence
of Fox, of whose princiPles he was a cordial supporter,
and of whose foreign policy the volume before us may
in some degree be considered: as the defence. It is
,dedicated to -Lord Grey in a brief address; wherein
the author gracefully and"touchingly .observes,
." accept the work in the name of our fifty years'
friendship, increasing on my side in veneration as life
:and its business recede from me;" and is introdueed
.by a neat, sententious preface, in the course of which
Sir Robert Adair explains the reasons that indUced a
large portion of the upper:and .middle classes, to, re-
gard Mr. Fox as the advocate of unconstitutional and
revolutionary principles. ,