The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-26 00:00:00

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WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER-
TAINMEN TS.
The announcement that Mr. Wilson would recom-
mence, the favourite and popular entertainment of Prince
Charles's Adventures in the Highlands, comprising the
choicest of Jacobite songs and anecdotes, drew together,
on Monday, a crowded and fashionable audience at the
Music-hall. We have so often and repeatedly expressed
our admiration of this class of amusement, that it would
be superfluous to repeat it here ; but we may remark
that Mr. Wilson, being the originator of the: e entertain-
ments, which have now become so numerous, is entitled
to the highest praise of the public, which they fidly tes-
tify by their numerous attendance to listen to his dis-
course of " song and tale," not only last night, but on
e ery night of his appearance. All the songs of the
programme were deservedly applauded, and many were
lustily encored. Among those were—" Wha would na
fecht for Charlie," " Hey Johnnie Cope," and " Allis-
ter M'Allister," all w hich were sung with the
most thrilling enthusiasm by the " minstrel." After the
songs of the evening were given, Mr. Wilson announced
that he had the:honour of being requested by Major
Burns, son of the "Bard," who, with a party, occupied
a box there, to sing "Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled,"
the composition of his immortal father ; also, in com •
pliance with another, to give the humourous song of
" Harne cam our gude man." The former was recited in
a spirited stylep such as Wilson alone is capable of in-
fusing into a song of so noble and national a character ;
and the latter, by his happy mimicry of the dialogue
between the " gude man and gude wife," elicited bursts
of laughter. At the conclusion of the entertainment,
Mr. Wilson received tokens of the enjoyment his au-
dience had received by the hearty applause with which
he was cheered on leaving the platform, which he well
deserved, for he is not only a favourite here, but also in
the provinces.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
walked out early this morning. On the, return of her
Majesty and her Rural 3 Consort, his Royal Highness
went to hunt a ith his harriers. The meet was at Messrs.
Mason sod Aldrige's farms, near Chalvey.
The Prince was attended by the Earl of Hardwicke,
Major-General Sir E. Bowater, Captain Meynell, and
Major Gent-nil Weinyss. The royal party returned to
the Castle before two o'clock.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were
taken fur pony exercise this morning. Prince Alfred
was taken an airing in the middle of the day.
Sir Henry Wheatley arrived last evening on,a, visit to
the Queen, and left the Castle apin to-day.
Their Royal Highin ESQS the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, tc ok a carriage airing for
some time this afternoon.
The Countess of Charlemont has relieved the Vis-
countess Canning from her duties as the Lady in Wait-
ing on the Queen. Admiral Sir Robert Otway has suc-
ceeded Colonel Berkeley Drummond as the Groom in
Waiting to her Majesty.
The rain coming on, prevented her Majesty and Prince
Albert taking equestrian exercise this afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie
of Baden, the Baroness de Strumfeder, and the Baron
Roth de Schreckrnstein, arrived at the Castle yesterday,
on a visit to the Queen. The Earl of Aberdeen also ar-
rived on a visit to her Majesty.
The royal dinner-party at the Castle included her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Countess
Wratislaw, and Colonel Sir George Coupor, Bart.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during
dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended.
Yesterday the band of the Coldstream Guards were
in attendance at the Castle, and performed the following
pieces during Dinner:—
Selection from the Daughter of St. Mark Balfe.
Mazurka and Cellarius Valse
Grand Trio, " Al rigor" (Don Carlos) Costa.
The Alnwick Polka W. Saire.
Sestetto, " vide Come" (Ernani) Verdi.
Waltz, The Edward Labitzky.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in
the Castle, and performed the remainder of the evening.
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi-
lippstahl left Witley Court, Worcestershire, the resi-
dence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at ten o'clock
yesterday morning, and travelled to town rid Birming
Liam and Gloucester, and London and Birmingham rail-
ways. His Serene Highness proc: eded from the Boston-
square terminus to Fenton's I lotel, St. James's-street,
where he arrived at six o'clock yesterday evening.
Her Royal highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of
Baden, attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder and
Baron Roth de Schreekenstein, left the Duke of Hamil-
ton's; residence in Portman-square' shortly before four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, fur th,. Paddington terminus,
and left town rid Great Western Rails ny, for Windsor

theatrical establishments—the Covent-garden and Drury-
lane of the place—are the principal attractions.
On the opposite is Hylton's large menagerie of
wild beasts, with the wonderful performing elephant,
an animal of colossal size. This sagacious creature,
which appeared to be a great favourite with the
visitors, had its patience severely tested. It exhibited
gi eat fondness for its keepers. Hylton's menagerie is
the best thing at Stepney. Exhibitions of wax work,
national curiosities, works of art, legerdemain, learned
pigs, swings, ups-arid-downs, puppet-shows, and posture -
masters, were to be seen in profusion in this field, and the
noise of many bands of music playing against each other,
the sounding of gongs, the shouts of the people, and the
bawling of showmen, was quite deafening. The scene was
a most animated one. At night the fair was lighted by a
jet of gas from the main of the Commercial Company's
works, towering high above the people, and rendering
every object distinctly visible. This light, projected by
Mr. Peterson, contributed much to the safety and conve-
nience of the people. The number of persons who visited
Stepney Fair during the day was not less than 200,000, and
at nine o'clock there were at least 40,000 in and about the
fair. The gambling tables were broken up in the morn-
ing by the police, and the owners dispersed. Two of
them then retreated to a street near the London Hospital
with their " over seven, under seven" tables. They were
again routed, taken before Mr. Broderip, and committed
to the House of Correction. The police of the K division,
under the direction of Mr. Maynard, the superintendent,
and Inspectors Butt, Home, and Julian, performed their
arduous duties to the satisfaction of every one.
GREENWICH FAIR.—The park, the town, and the
hospital were as usual crowd.sl with the holiday folks.
Each place in turn was successively visited by the Lon-
doners, who went down in the steamers and per rail-
way, to forget toil and trouble amidst the amusements
and attractions of the place. The park, owing to the
recent heavy rains, was very damp, and did not boast of
so many promenaders as usual ; but the fair was filled
to overflow ; and Richardson's Theatre, conducted by
Nelson Lee and Johnson, performed an excellent melo-
drama and a pantomime twelve or thirteen times during
the day, much to the satisfaction of the visitors. Alger's
great Crown and Anchor booth, which exceeds in di-
mensions 'one of the same name at Stepney, was as
usual the main attraction of the place. The trains of
the Greenwich Railway were in requisition from an early
hour, and took down upwards of 12,000 persons
during the day. At night, when the people began to
return, the station at the Greenwich terminus was
thronged with people. The steamers also came in for a
share of the harvest. The Waterman's Company, with
eleven vessels running, carried the extraordinary number
of 30,000 persons between the Watermen's, Adelphi
Pier, Strand, and the Floiting Pier at Garden- stairs
during the day. The old companies, with their nume-
rous steam-vessels, carried as many to and from the
various piers. We did not hear of a single-material

DINNER at

EXHIBITIONS,

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Crowded as was the attendance, and varied, novel,
and magnificent the objects of admiration and the vehicles
el instruction presented on Monday at this centre of the
world's wonders, it is yet a pleasant variety iu our
holiday notices to have something to find fault with
omission to complain of—in the Easter arrange-
ments of the Polytechnic Institution. We advise Young
England to raise one eager and irresistible demand for
the speedy repetition of Professor Baehhoffner's Lectures
upon Astronomy, to which, and the beautiful transparent
series of orreries with which they were illustrated, the
unprecedented pressure of Parliamentary business during
Lent prevented anything like justice being done by the
press.. It is to be hoped that the call will be earnest
and general, and i hat no access of le welty, however start-
ling or abundant, will prevent an early resumption of the
learned and eloquent lecturer's admirable discourses upon-
the Most sublime of sciences. Under the nee e of popu
lar lectures upon astronomy we never heard an) thing
equal or approaching to Professor Bachhoffner's, either
in the clearness and comprehensivenes of the instruc-
den itself, or in the beauty of the dissolving pictures of
the heevens, by which each lecture was optically de-
monstrated. There seems no sufficient rea,on for con-
fining such attractive and exulting lessons to the one
season of Lent. Ot perhaps greater importance, as re
gards the immediate and practical effect upon the every-
day occurrences of human life, are the lectures of Dr.
Ryan upon " Phillips's Fire Annihilator," the limita-
tion of which to one day of the week (Monday) • might
lead ucto suppose that already almost every one in the
metropolis—the Treat storehouse: of destructive con-
flagrations—had been as thoroughly convinced of the
prodigious efficacy of the invention, as those who had
the good fortune to hear its powers explained, and tai
see its operation exemplified by one of the fittest
men living for the noble task. But we
think it scarcely too much to say, that as
the apparatus has not been yet brought into
universal use, as the attention of the authorities
has not been awakened to a sense of their duty as re-
spects the " Fire Annihilator," it continues part of the
duty of the directors of the Polytechnic, and an un-
finished part of Dr. Ryan's mission, to exhibit daily to their
thousands of admiring visitors and pupils, that there
exist, ready. prepared an I instantly accessible, the means
of extinguishing a fire in any building, however ex-
tensive, and of preventing the loss or a single life by fire,
even in London, where such calamities are so frequent
and deplorable. There is one most interesting part of
Dr. Ryan's lectures upon this invention to which it is
always desirable to revert—the model apparatus used by
the learned doctor does not occupy more span than the
size of a quart bottle, and in any bed room, provided
with it, the endangered sleeper, awaking amidst flames,
could, instantly and by the slightest effort, overcome the
appalling enemy, and be placed in perfect safety.
We trust that every one who has not yet witnessed the
convincing experiments of - this inappreciable invention,
and who values the lives of his fellow• creatures, will re-
member that Dr. Ryan exhibits them still on Mondays.
111-natured and grumbling we may, however, be fairly
deemed by the many hundreds, (the thousands two or
three) who on Monday participated with us in our surprise
at the fresh display of the institution's inexhaustible re-
sources, and the untiring skill and ingenuity of its pro-
fessors, artists, and contributors. Dr. Ryan commenced
a new course of lectures upon" The Chemistry of Do-
mestic Life" worthy of his reputation, and abounding
in those elegancies of diction and felicitous perspicuities
by which he makes the most abstruse subjects intel-
ligible and the dryest attractive and interesting. Every
one who regards the comforts, economy, and security of
" domestic" life should attend this course. Professor
Bachhoffner in the course of the day gave several lectures
upon different branches of natural philosophy in ad-
mirable sty le, and illustrated by varied and brilliant
'experiments. The excellent inventions of Mr. Long-
bottom, the highly talented secretary, the Physioscope,
&e., were exhibited as usual, and the Dissolving views
are enriched with new attractions of extreme beauty.
A valuable little work, entitled " The Companion to the
Lecture Rooms o; the Roy al Polytechnic Institution," by
H. Ault, Esq., of Gloucester :souse, West Ham, was put
into our hands. It is a complete glossary of all the
chemical and other technical terms made use of in the
lecture rooms with their meaning, derivation, and appli-
cation, with an alphabetical and descriptive signification
of the principal terms which are applied to the arts and
science. A careful exaniimaion of the book convinces
us that it will be found a mest useful companion, or book
reference, after a visit to the institut;on.

accident.
There was a fancy fair and bazaar in the Thames
Tunnel on Monday, which is to be continued during the
week. The stalls were neatly arranged with fancy
goods, works of art, and decorated with flags, banners,
and Chinese lanthorns. The shafts were also brilliantly
illuminated with gas, and dressed out with the. flags of
all nations. The cosmorama and saloon of arts in the
Rotherhithe shaft, the temple of magic in the Wapping
shaft, the electrifying apparatus, and various exhibitions,
afforded much delight to the various
.promeniders under
water. Fifteen thousand passengers went through the
Tunnel during the day.
The Tower was visited by the curious in great num-
bers,• and the armouries, or at least what remains of
them, and the Crown jewels, are as attractive as ever.
More than 8,000 passengers availed themselves of the
cheap excurt.ion trains to Dover and Brighton. The
holiday was a general one among the working classes.

Mr. Cavan lvd an interview with Lord Stanley yes-
;erday, at the Colonial-offic,:.
Mr. John Wood, Chairtran of the Excise, had an
.nterview with the Chancellor of he Exchequer yester-
lay. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General
to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt. had also an interview with the Right Hon.

Gentleinan.
The Portuguese Minister transacted business yester-
day at the Foreign-office.
Lord Marsham had an interview with Sir George
Clerk yesterday, at the Board of Trade.

SPORTING IN'rELLIGENCE
NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCIILEY HUNT
,RAVES.—YESTERDAY.
On our arrival at this sporting locality yesterda
morning, we were gratified to find that the promise,
alterations in and on the race-course had been carried
out to an extent, and with a completeness, highly to the
credit of the inhabitants and their representatives, the
Stewards, and Race Committee. The running ground
has been widened twenty feet, and the turns, formerly
so awkward, if not positively dange,ous, so greatly im-
proved, as to leave no possible cause of complaint.
Trainers and jockeys are alike loud in their commenda-
tions. The improvements have not been confined to the
course : at an outlay of 1,600 L, a sightly and commo-
dious edifice, within a spacious enclosure, has taken the
place of the ricketty affair that so long passed muster as
a Grand Stand, to the disgrace of the county and the
discomfort—if not to the peril—of those who, from lack
of a better, were constrained to patronise it. The
new building is capable of holding near 1,500
persons, affords a most excellent view of the races, and
abounds with conveniences, as well for the visitors as for
those professionally engaged. In all other departments
of the management, a spirit has developed itself that has
propitiated many influential residents who had pre-
viously been lukewarm in their support, and cannot fail
to give the Northampton a place amongst the best of our
provincial meetings. The races, wich are wisely
limited to two days, commenced yesterday, with favour-
able weather, a full and fashionable company, and a bill
of fare satisfactory alike in amount and variety. With
a punctuality that bespoke a determination to adopt one
of the many improvements effected under the Bentinck
system, the bell rang at a quarter before the time fixed
for starting, and at one o'clock exactly the horses quitted
the post for
The Trial Stakes, of 10 sous each, with 40 added. One
mile and a quarter. (Five Subs.)
Mr. Osbaldestone's Sorella, 4 i rs, Bst 61b ...(Butler) 1
Lord G. Bentinek's Clumsy, 3 yrs, 6st
Mr. Collett's Corranna, 6 yrs, 9st 71b
Mr. E. P General Nutt, 3 yrs, Gat
2 to 1 each agst Sorella and Clumsy, and 3 to 1 agst
Cerriaina. Won easy by two lengths. This race has
e effe:t of advancing Sorella to 25 to 1 for the Ches-

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, Mucci' 25. Wind T
S.E., fresh breeze and cloudy
SHEERNESS, MARCH 24.— he Gale, Temperley, from
Odessa to London, got entangled last night between the
Nore Sand and Grain Spit, but came off this morning, with-
out damage, and proceeded for Standgate.
MARGATE, MARCH 24.—The Cumberland, APeartney,
from Marseilles to Lynn, was assisted in here last night,
Very leaky, having been ashore on the Goodwin Sand —cargo
discharging in a damaged state.
DEAL, MARCH 24.—Wind p.m., S.S.E., very light.—Arrd.
Thomas Sparks, Matches, George Fife, Pyke, Seringapatam ;
Voss, ;
Cassopea, Hodson, Mauritius ; Ganymede, Ichaboe ;
Parsee, Chivas, and George Armstrong, Paxton, Cal-
cutta
Dyson, Crooker, Pernambuco for llamburgh ; Rosalind, Gale,
Berbice ; Bolivar, Otter, St. Vincent's ; Brothers, St. Do-
mingo; Superb, Nissen, Boston for Hamburgh. Ski. Fores,
Hobart Town ; Seadrift, St. John's, New Brunswick ; York,
St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Mayflower aad Haidee, St.
John's, New Brunswick ; Zealous, Quebec ; Ottawa, Montreal,
and the rest of the outward-bound. A small portion of the
cargo of the John Knox, consisting principally of coir rope,
and some bundles of silk, have been landed here in a da-
maged state; the hull remains embedded in the sand, and
bilged.
OFF HASTINGS, MARCH 24.—Xambrian, Chaddick, Madras ;
Fleetwood, Richardson, Mauritius, sailed December 26.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind N.W., *flee.—Acrd.
Quebec, Hebard, New York, and sailed for London.
OFF TORBAY, MARCH 19.—Acrd. Adler, Hohurst, New
York for Bremen.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind N.N.W., light breezes.—
Arrd. West Indian, Chapman, Ichaboe.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 24.—Wind N.N.W., light.—Arrd
Isabella Cooper, Guthrie, Calcutta; Lord Stanley, Dodd
Bombay; Caroline, Curry, Ichaboe; Royal Mail, Siveright
Cuba ; Adams, Grey New Orleans ; Ocean Queen, Warren.
Savannah. Sid. William Fisher, Montreal. The Odessa.
hence for St. John's, New Brunswick, has put back with
damage, having been in contact with the Sir 11. Pottinger
bound to Quebec, which *proceeded.
CHALE, ISLE OF WIGHT, MARCH 24.—The Russian sloop
Perdoltw, from Lisbon to a port in Russia, was wrecked on
this coast yesterday morning; crew saved.
GLOUCESTER, MARCH, 24.—The 'schooner Elbe Packet, of
London, in making for the basin at Sharpness Point yester-
day, ran into the pier, and carried away her bowsprit, &c.,
and received other damage in her hull.
Conk, MARc ft, 22.—Wind S. W., m oderate.—Arrd. Brooks,
Locke, John Hall, Thwaites, and Velocity, Dickson, Ichaboe.
Off, Durango, Parker, ditto (64 days.)
OFF YARMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Eliza, Ichaboe, Peterhead.
SUNDERLAND, MARCH 23.—The Royalist, of this port, is
ashore near here, with damage.
RAMSGATE, MARCH 24.—Several bales of raw silk, and 33
cases (contents unknown), coils of coir, and other articles,
have been landed here from the John Knox, wrecked on the
Goodwin Sand.
YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, MARCH 24.—A barque-
rigged ship was ashore this morning in Compton Bay, about
lb miles east of Freshwater Gate, with the name Siam on her
flag, cargo discharging (apparently chests of tea, &c.) Two
smacks and a pilot have reached her with assistance. No
communication has at present been had 'with the shore.
LYNN, MARCH 23.—S1d. Britannia, St. John's, New Bruns.
wick.

ter Cup.
The Aithorp Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added, for
23 rs old; colts, Bst sib, and fillies, Bst 21b. Half a
mile. (14 subs.)
Lord G. Bentinck's r-lherokee (Nat) 1
Lord Spencer's The Crupper
Mr. W. Scotts Malt 3
The following also ran :—Mr. M. Ongley's Mount
Pleasant— 4;r. W. Sadler's The Pretender—Lord Lons-
dale's c. by Glaucus, out of Benevolence—Mr. Wood-
miti's Land Surveyor—Colonel Anson's Toronto—Mr.
Watson's f by Stockport, out of Ganymede—and Mr,
F. ltobbins' Sweetbrier.
5 to 4 agst Cherokee, 6 to 1 agst The Crupper
7 to 1 asst Malt, 7 to 1 agst the Pretender, and 8 to 1
agst Toronto. \Von in a canter, by two lengths.
Land Surveyor turned round at starting, and was left
behind.
The Great Nosthamptonshire Stakes of 25 soya. each
15 tt, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added, the
second to receive 25 sovs. out of the stakes. (85 subs.,
65 of whom declared.)
Lord G. Bentinck's Discord, aged, Bst
Mr. F. Ongiey's Roderick, 6 yrs, Est 101 b 2
Mr. Sailler's Sparsholt, 3 yrs, 4st 71b
The following were not placed :—Mr. Anson's Napier,
5 yrs, Bst 51b—Lord Warwick's Yardley, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—
Mr. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs, 7st lib—Mr.
Worthington's Dr. Husband, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Mr. W.
Payne's -Queen Mab, 6 yrs, 7st—Mr. Milbank's Lord
Saltoun, 4 yrs, 7st— Mr. Berrington's Father Mathew,
4 yrs,_ Est 111b—Lord Howth's Warp, 4 yrs, Est 91b—
Mr. Howes' ch c by Ratcatcher, out of Turquoise, 4 yrs,
6;t 61b—Mr. Robinson's April Noddy, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—
Mr. 2 Hook's Bastion, 3 yrs, sst 71b—and Mr. Coleman's
Velox, 3 yrs, sst 71b,
3 to 1 agst Discord, 4 to 1 agst Bastion, 6 to 1 agst
Lord Saltoun, 6 to 1 agst Napier, 10 to 1 agst Father
Mathew, and 10 to 1 agst Sparsholt. Won in a canter by
three lengths, Sparsholt a bad third, and the others
tailed off.
The Tallyho Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10ft. Two miles.
Gents. riders. (4 Subs.)
Mr. W. Manning nd br c, by D'Egville, 3 yrs, Bst 91b 1
Mr. Wesley's Solitude, 3 yrs, Bst 6lb bolted
7 to 1 agst Solitude.—The race is disputed on the
ground that the winner carried two stone over weight,
without the necessary declaration having been made
before the first race of the day.
The Farmers' Plate was not over when our parcel was
dispatched.
LEAMINGTON STEEPLE- CHASES--Moxuss.
The Hunt Club Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with
100 added by the Town, list 71b each, &c. Four
miles. (20 subs.)
Mr. Brooke's Eagle (Captain Peel) 1
Colonel Gooch's Newmarket
Mr. Shirley's The Orphan 3
The following also started, but were not placed :
Hon. F. Craven na, Ostrich, Mr. E. H. Clarke 's White-
nose, Mr. W. H. Cooper's Coningsby, Mr. A. W. Wil-
liams's Albert, Captain Boyd's Exquisite, Mr. Bennett's
Martingale, and Mr. Bruce's Curate.
Match, 100 soya. Three miles.
Mr. Nunce's The Friar (Captain Peel) 1
Captain Windsor's Major A full
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with a Whip added for the
second, list 71b each. Three miles. (15 subs.)
Mr. P. P. Rolt's Nimrod (Owner) 1
Mr. Sheldon's Dudu 2
The following were nut placed :—Lord Vane's Hornet,
Captain Wellington's Queen of Trumps, Captain A.
Williams's Perfection, Mr. R. Clifton's Puff arid Dart,
Mr. R. IL Carea's Waverley, Mr. Brook's The Irish
Lady. and Mr. G. Hobson's The Prince.
PRINCE ALBERT'S HARRIERS.—The Prince hunted
to-day (Tuesday) on the farms of Messrs. Mason and
Alldrige near Chalvey. His Royal Highness enjoyed
a capital run previous to his return to the Castle. The
Prince was attendA by. Major-General Wemyss and Sir
Edward Bowater. The Earl of llardwicke and Captain
Meynell wire u!so or the Royal tarty.

The extreme fineness of the weather on Monday cause
the various exhibitions with which the metropolis
abounds to be crowded throughout the day by the holi-
day-makers, who conducted themselves with the greatest
propriety and decorum. Among the exhibitions:—
THE NATIONAL GALLERY was crowded throughout
the day 'by a very orderly company, and by far more nu-
merous than on any previous occasion. In order, how-
evtbeing
r, to prevent the rooms from over crowded, the
number admitted at a time was limited to 300. Those
paintings which attracted the greatest notice were,
Hogarth's series of" Mnrriage I la Mode," fvbich were
painted exactly a century since, the palette under the
portrait of himself and dog baring the name " William
Hogarth, 1745 ;" and " Mit d Fiddler," and
"Village Festival."
WEST3IINSTER ABBET.—Since the reduction in the
price for viewing the various chapels and tombs in the
ancient Abbe) of Westminster, the number of persons.
anxious to see them has gradually increased, and on no
occasion have there been so many visitors as yesterday.
Instead of going round with three or four as formerly,
the verger who shows the tombs, &c., had a company of
from forty or fifty at a time during the day. The principal
points of attraction were Henry the Vll.'s chapel, with
its beautiful roof, and the brais tomb of that monarch,
the shrine of Edward the Confessor, and the coronation
chair, in which many pretty young girls sat during the
day, inquiring of their lovers, who generally accompanied
them, it' they looked like queens. In Poet's Corner,
many persons during the day had atlratuitous peep at
the monuments raised to the 'iambi), of England's poets.
TILE CHINESE EXHIBITION.—On Monday, the Feast of
Lanterns, with an addition of many hundreds of lanterns
was reproduced at this unrivalled collection of all that
relates to the Celestial Empire, with great splendour.
The room in which the "feast" is held was well
attended, and every person appeared delighted with the
treat they had experienced.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The number of visitors to
this national institution on Monday was 15,316, being a
decrease in the number, as
.compared with Easter
Monday last ) ear, of 6,023, when the number was 21,339.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—The number of visitors who
attended this talented lady's admirable exhibition on Mon-
day, was far greater than has been known on any
previous occasion. From the hour the rooms were
opened to the public until their close in the evening they
continued densely crowded. The last new group, the
Hens() of Brunswick at one view, was the most admired.
The figures of the Bishop of Exeter, Mr. Cobden, and
Tom Thumb, were highly sp Aten of by the visitors.
PANORAMA, LEICESTER BQIIARE.-=-The view of the
city and Bay of Naples, by moonlight, with the eruption
of Mount Vesuvius, recently opened at this exhibition,
was visited by a large number of holiday folks on Monday.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LIGHT-SHIP OFF FALSTERBO REEF.
A communication has been received by W. Dobson, Esq.,
the Secretary to Lloyd's, from the Swedish and Norwegian
Consulate, stating that the light-ship Cyklossen, which, was
removed from her position at Falsterbo Reef last year, would
resume her station in the course of next July. Pilots would,
as before, be stationed on board.

DEATH OF ALEXANDER BLACKWOOD, ESQ.— We
deeply regret to state that Mr. Alexander Blackwood
died yesterday, at his house in Great Stuart-street. This
event will be learnt with sincere sorrow by a numerous
circle of truly attached friends, to whom the deceased
was endeared by the manly sincerity, the warm cor-
diality, and genuine worth of his character. Much might
be properly said of the excellent qualities and talents of
Mr. Blackwood • but we shall now simply observe that,
as a member of the eminent house of William Blackwood
and Sons, in which capacity he was known to the public,
he uniformly maintained the high position acquired by the
habitual sagacity, enterprise, and integrity of his late
distinguished father. We had hoped that a long career
of usefulness and honour lay open to him in conjunction
with those who, alas ! can now only deplore the great
loss they have sustained in his early removal from
amongst us.—Edinburgh Evening Post.
THE WILL OF THE EARL OF MORNINGTON.—
Limited probate of the will, as far as relates to the pro-
perty in England and Wales, of the Right Hon. William
Wellesley, Baron Maryborough, of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Earl of Morning-
ton in in Ireland, was granted on the 20th inst. to the
Right Hon. Lord Fitzroy James Henry Somerset,
K.C.8., and John Parkinson, of Lincolu's Inn-fields,
Esq., two of the executors. A power is reserved to the
Right Hon. Catherine Elizabeth Dowager Lady Mary-
borough, Countess of Mornington, to prove the will
hereafter. His Lordship died on the 22d of February
last, was formerly of Saville-row, and late of Grosvenor-
square. The will is short, dated 23d April, 1844, signed,
" Mornington." Personal estate within the province of
Canterbury sworn under 100,0001. Directs that 2,0001.
shall be immediately paid to the Countess, and leaves
her all the plate and household furniture absolutely.
Bequeaths several annuities to be paid out of the perso-
nal estate. Devises and bequeaths hii freehold, copy-
hold, and leasehold estates, and the residue of his per-
sonal estate to trustees, Lord F. Somerset and Thomas
Parkinson, in
to convert to money, and invest the same
in funded Securities ; the dividends and interest to be
paid to the Countess for her life, and gives her a power
of appointment over the principal to his three daughters,
the Countess of Westmoreland, Lady Mary Charlotte
Anne Bigot, and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, in default of
such appointment in trust for his daughters.
MORE GAME OUTRAGES.— Some nights ago, a
gamekeeper named Bridges was told there were two well-
known poachers, named Rutter and Ashcroft, residing in
Bewdlcy Forest, in the Rance Wood, in the parish of
Mamble, near Cleobary Mortimer, upon which he and
his informant went in search of th. m. After waiting in
the neighbourhood of the wood for some time, without
seeing the poachers, Bridges and his companion parted
to return to their respective homes.
Shortly afterwards
ethlaTterinthwehnosepulli d out the stock.
Bridges heard the report of a gun, and on going back he
saw the poachers coaling out of the stood, upon which
BlZourfinod:ple:slo'ohfn the head with such violence that
pocket he fat the
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naeemrdl
frsaeesei
rooll t(
consciousness
ground senseless. Some time afterwards
thecsoln4ladess returned, and he succeeded in reaching
Mamble, when Mr. Jones, surgeon, of Cle,,bury Morti-
mer, was called in, and that gentleman found ho had
received a severe wound on the fixehead, several inches
in length. •We are happy to state that he is now in a
fair way of recovery. The poachers are supposed to have
made their way into Staffordshire, for they had not been
taken when this account was sent to us.—A. few nights
afterwitrds, William Inett, who acted as gamekeeper in
the absence of Bridges, saw two Tenhury poachers,
named Baldwin and Williams, going towards the Forest
Cover, upon which he watched their motions, and shortly
afterwards saw them snare three rabbits. He accord-
inglyhlleinlgaid senseless, till a young
Bthhaiestepgsoucanac.mhHeeresurpfeeand assisted him home, when
interfered, when he was served as Bridges hadbeen,
him to the ground with
tbmheee:b,anoraurmeel of,dof
Mr. Jones dressed his head, and he is now doing well.
It is expected that the offenders in this case will soon be
cediershire Chronicle,
in custody, if, indeed, they are not already taken— Mr-

THE FAIRS AT GREENWICH, STEPNEY, AND
THE TUNNEL, THE RIVER, &c.
Two years ago Stepney fair, which had laid under the
magisterial interdict for twenty-five years, was revived
with great success. This year it has been laid out on a
mos: extensive wale, and deserves the first notice. Two
large fields have been appropriated to the fair, which
are separated from each other by Charles-street. In the
first, called Manor Field, behind the Prince of %Villas
Tavern, faeing the Thames Polio-court, is a splendidly-
decorated booth called the Crown and Anchor, belonging
to Mr. Stevens, the celebrated Essex higgler. It is just
350 feet in length, and 50 feet in breadth, and after
sunset was illuminated with variegated Limps and de-
vices ; and in the evening, when the Polka was being
cLinead by more than 200 couples, with great vigour,
and the plaeawailighted up, the effect was very brilliant.
The hand is a mat excellent one. To do justice to the
dancers, if they did not dance the Polka with all the ele-
gance of an assembly at Almack's, they acre more indus-
trious, and oft.m had recourse to the ham and beef and the
bottled stout, to recruit their exhausted strength. The
" Polka at St 3pney Fair," then, must be a new dance for
the Court after this. There are other booths for dancing
and refreshments, neatly fitted up, belonging to young
Stevens, the Essex phenomenon ; and Bckett and
Hicks, of the Cricketers, in London-street. They were
all filled to overflowing. Price's equestrian and gym,
nastic company, and the veteran Clarke, well known at
Bartholomew Fair, have each pitched a large tent in this
field, and the performances were witnessed by admiring
thousands during the day. The scenes in the circle. the
horsemanship, and evolutions of the Acrobats, tight-
rope dancers and others, at both places, were uncom•
manly well done. The rivalry between Price and
Clarke was carried on noisily ; but with the greatest
good humour. Leaving this fied and its amusements for
the adjoining one, the scene baffles description. A
space, as large as Lincoln's Inn-fiefs has been laid out
with free taste by Messrs. Peterson and Johnson, whose

A splendid ball took place at the White Horse
Assembly-rooms, Uxbridge, un Monday evening, which
was attentik-cl by roost of the elite of fashion in the
reighbourhood and surrounding county. The ladies'
patronesEes were—Lady- Strafford, Lady Emily Drum-
mond, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. J. Ilibbert, Mrs. New(legate,
Mrs. C. Mills, Mrs. Herning, Mrs. Partridge, Mrs. Mor-
gan. The following gentlemen officiated as stewards:—
Lord Strafford, C. N. Newdegate, Esq , M P
~ Major
Lawvetison, T. T. Clarke, 14:sq., Charles Mills, Esq., R.
Harvey, Esq. At ten o'clock the company began to ar-
rive, roan after which dancing commenced to Guinnes's
excellent band from London, who performed with their '
usual skill several charming non/mile polkas, waltzes,
quadrilles, &c. The refreshments, supplied by Mr.
Trehern, proprietor of the ion, were excellent. • - ,
An inquest was held yesterday at the Prince
Regent, Sidmouth-street, before Mr. Wakley, to in
quire into the cause of death of Mr. Arthur Milner, of
10, Calthorp-place, Gray's Inn-lane. It appeared, by
the evidence of a friend, that the deceased, who was a
bootmaker, while at work on Thursday morning last
complained of a pain in his head, and took a drink of
cold water, but shortly after fell on one side, and before
medical assistance arrived, breathed his last. Verdict—
Natural death- •
•

T LIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNIADAY MORNING-, MARCH 26 1845.

ON-HOUSE.

On Monday the Lord Mayor gave a grand entertain-
ment in the Egyptian-hall, at the Mansion-hous ‘, when
about three hundred sat down to a sumptuous banquet.
Amongst the distinguished guests present were Lord
Stanley, the Earl of Lincolu, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Peter-
borough, Mr. Baron Ralfe, Sir H. Pottinger, the Cheva-
lier Bunsen, the Prussian Ambassador, the Buenos Ayres
Minister, Sir Felix Boath, Alderman Moon, &c.
After the banquet, the cloth having been removed, and
" Non nohis" snug by the professional singers engaged,
The LORD MAYOR gave " The Health of the Queen,"
and in doing so reminded the assembly of the high
honour which her Majesty had dune to the City of Lon-
don within the last twelvemonth, by presiding at the
opening of the Royal Exchange, and also by visiting
Christ's Hospital at supper time.
The toast was drunk amidst enthusiastic cheering.
" God save the Queen."
The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Queen Dowager,"
which was drunk with all the honours.—Glee.
The LORD MAYOR then gave " Prince Albert and the
rest of the Royal Family," observing that his Royal
Highness had become a governor of all the royal hos-
pitals in the City.—(Hear.) Drunk amidst loud cheer-
ing.—Glee.
The next toast was " The Army and Navy."
" Rule Britannia."
The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Health of the
Foreign Ministers in this country."
The Chevalier BUNSEN, the Prussian 'Minister, re-
turned thanks, and expatiated on the importance of
maintaining peace, for the benefit of the communities of
all the states in Europe. Whilst England maintained
her present firm position, in opposition to hostile move-
ments, it was impossible for any nation in Europe to
disturb the present amicable state of affairs.—(Hear.)
The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Health of her
Majesty's Ministers," and complimented them upon the
manner in which they had restored the balance between
the revenue and expenditure of the country.—(Hear.)
Lord STANLEY begged to return thanks for the honour
which had been done to himself and the colleagues with
whom he had the pleasure to co-operate. In under-
taking this pleasing task he could not help regretting the
absence of other members of 'the Administration, who,
he was sure, would have felt proud to have been present
on this occasion. The Premier had gone to his family
seat in Warwickshire, and the Duke of Wellington had
been obliged also, by the infirmities which age brought
upon him, to go into the country during the vacation.
But he was happy to say, and he thanked God fur being.
able to say it, that the infirmities of the body were not
accompanied by any diminution of the mental faculties.—
(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord then proceeded to say
that he cordially concurred with his Excellency the
Prussian Minister as to the importance of the main-
tenance of peace. War presented no advantages com-
mensurate with the horrors which it incurred. Apart
from all religious grounds of opposition, he believed it
was now generally agreed that the horrors of
war should not be wantonly incurred by the
nations of the world.--(Hear, hear.) The inci-
dents of war were of a terrible and revolting cha-
racter, which would not be incurred unless under the
most stringent occasioa.—(Hear, bear.) . Considering
the matter in this light, her Majesty's Governhaentbad
telt it their duty, whenever a difference of opinion arose
with a foreign power, not weakly to yield to the demands
of that power, but to ask for those explanations which
by the nature of the case could be given; and it had not
occurred in any of these cases that they had had occasion
to desire to seek other means of obtaining what was their
due.—(Hear, hear.) Whilst seeking to promote a general
peace, however, the Government had not neglected to
place the resources of the country on such as footing as
to enable them to meet at any time any hostile movement
which might be made against them. With this view
their first object had been to place the resources of the
country upon such a footing that they should be well
iprepared
them.t o
Tmeet e acinuy fair i
edne ma n
f thendthat
expendituremi gh t come
and
the
revenue of the country was one of the first points of
anxiety with her Majesty's Ministers, and the country, '
by generously seconding and promoting those views, had
ably done its duty, and ensured a permanent advantage
to their commercial relations and fiscal position.—(Hear.)
Her Majesty's Ministers, after the success which had
attended them in this matter, felt with pleasure that, if
at any period, however near, they should be superseded
in their official position, they had laid the foundation for
a permanent peace, which no country in Europe would
heedlessly dare to interrupt.—(Cheers.) The Noble
Lord, in conclusion, proposed the health of the Lord
Mayor.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and then proposed
" The Church of England." If true to itself, it must
stand.— (Cheers.)
The Bishop of LLANDAFF returned thanks.
The next toast was " The Bishop of Peterborough,
and thanks for his sermon to-day at Spital church."
The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH returned thanks.
The next toast was " The House of Peers."
Lord CANTILUPE returned thanks.
The Chevalier BUNSEN then proposed " The Health ci
the Lady Mayoress."—Drunk amidst loud cheers.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks.
The ladies then left the room.
" The Members of the House of Commons" was the
next toast,
The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER returned
thanks.
The next toast was 6` Sir Henry Pottinger."
Sir HENRY PuTTINGER returned thanks.
After some other toasts the assembly adjourned to the
drawing-room-, where dancing commenced, and was kept
up with great spirit for some hours.

DARING STREET ROBBERY.—Yesterday informa.
Lion was received at the head station of the D division,
Meryleb ,ne-lane, of the following daring street robbery
having been committed on Saturday last:—At about
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a lady of the name of
Bryant gut into one of the omnibuses running between
the Elephant and Castle and St. John's-wood, which set
her down at the junction of Crawford ani Baker-streets.
Before quitting the omnibus Mrs. Bryant pulled cut her
purse, for the purpose of taking out the fare, and imme-
diately returned it to her pocket. On reaching the home
of a friend, only a few doors up Crawford-street, she
found that her purse, with its contents, a Bank of Eng-
land note for 401., six sovereigns, and some loose silver,
with a " Punch's Pocket-book," had been stolen. It has
since been ascertained that two young men, accompanied
by a lad, who are supposed to belong to the swell mob,
sat opposite Mrs. Bin ant in the omnibus, and on her
getting out immediately followed her, and were observed
to walk close behind her along Crawford-street, when,
there is no doubt, they picked her pocket. One of them
is described as about five feet six inches high, twenty-
one or twenty-two years old, thin and dark, dressed in
a dark great coat, a light fashionable cravat, with a
large common pin displayed in it, and two scars on his
face. The other about the same height, and dressed in
a similar style. The lad was about fifteen or sixteen
years of age, pale, and his face very much freckled,
dressed in a dark groat coat, with two neckerchiefs on
(blue and brown), avid wore a common pin in them. All
three can be identified.
A SINGULAR COUPLE.—At Rochdale petty ses-
sions, on Monday last, a tall, good-looking female, aged
27 years, named Eliza Wilson, from the township of
Bamford,' near Heywood, was brought up under a war-
rant, charged by Andrew Wilson, her hush ind, aged 85
years, with having assaulted him on the Tuesday pre-
views. Mr. Jackson, solicitor, appeared on behalf Of
complainant, and said the couple had been married about
five years. During that time defendant had had one
child, which is a fine boy, about four years of age, and
which stood by its mother. The old man was possessed
of considerable property. The old husband and the
young wife had separated several times, and he had
taken out warrants against his wife, but the affairs, ex-
cept the last, had always been compromised. The old
men complained of having been struck with a fire poker
by his wife. The magistrates rsquested the parties,
together with their solicitors, to arrange mitters. In a
short time they returned into court, when it. was stated
that the wife had agreed to accept of 9s. per week. The
old man was requested to pay her that suns during his
life, to which he consented. The parties reside in sere&
rate lodgings at Bamford.—Preston Guardian.
REMOVAL OF TUE NEW WATERMEN'S FLOATING
PIER AT LONDON-BRIDGE.-0a Saturday afternoon
considerable excitement was created at London-bridge,
in consequence of a party of the Thames police, acting
under the direction of the harbour-master, proceeding
to remove the two new floating piers, moored by the
free w atertnen at Lon ion-bridge ; one at the plying
stairs on the north shore, adjoining Fishmongers' Hall ;
and the other on the south shore, alongside Fenning's
Wharf. It appears the waterenen who claim the privilege
of landing and embarking passengers at the plying
stairs had, during the night of Thursday, without any
notice to or aatbority from the river authorities, brought
the piers from above bridge, and moored them at the
places mentioned, and on ood Friday the watermen's
boats plying between Chelsea, London-bridge, and
Greenwich, for the first time commenced landing and
embarking passengers. On Saturday, in consequence of
representations being made of the circumstances under
which they had been moored, and the obstruction in the
river created by them, an order was issued directing
their immediate removal, which was served upon the
parties in charge of the piers, who at once refused to
obey the order, and set the police at defiance. After a
parley of upwards of an hour, the police, acting under
their directions, let go the moorings, and succeeded in
effecting their removal. On Sunday m eming the dis •
conafitee watermen removed the mooring-chains which
they had sunk in the river, and thug the matter rests
for the present.
DEVON AND CORNWALL WRESTLING.—Monday
afternoon the wrestling, without shoes, between the
natives of the above counties, commenced at the Breck
neck Tavern, Camden-town, and a great number of per-
sons attended to witness this ancient sport. The after-
noon's play was confined to making " standards," the
double and treble play for the prizss commencing this
day. The play of Bond (Cornish), a deformed man, was
good, as was also that of Gainer, who lifted his com-
petitor over his shoulder, and threw him a genee fair
back. The principal play of the afternoon was between
Chapple, of Devon, and Gill, of Cornwall, two good
wrestlers. They played together for some time, and
both went down, but Gill, after a very severe struggle,
easight his opponent in the Cornish " lock," and threw
him, amidst great cheering. The playing off is expected
to be good.
DINNER TO SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—At a spe-
cial meeting of the town council held to day in their
hall, Wilson-street, it was unanimously resolved to in-
vite Sir Henry Pottinger to dine with the corporation
on the occasion of his. visit to Glasgow, on the 16th of
April next ; also to present Sir Henry with the freedom
of the city, in testimony of their respect for his eminent
pservices.,—Glasgow Saturday Pod.
• •

LITERATURE.

speaking a unique language peculiar to that society which
had Voltaire for instructor ; full of smart, poignant `re-
partees, which rendered him as formidable as he was
attractive ; by turns caressing or disdainful, demon-
strative or impenetrable ; careless, dignified, lame with-
out loss of i..sacefulness, in short, one of the most ex-
traordinary personages, and such a one as a revolution
alone can produce, he. was the most sedneieg of negotia,
tors, but at the same time incapable of directing, as head,
the affsirs of a great state ; for every leader should pos-
sess a resolute will, settled views, and application, and
he had none of these. His will was confined to pleas-
ing, his views consisted in the opinions of the moment,
his application was next to nothing. In a word, he was
an accemplished ambassador, but not a directing minis-
ter : be it understood, however, that this expression is
to be taken in its most elevated acceptation. For the
rest, he held no other post under the Consular Govern-
ment. The First Consul, who allowed no person the
right to give an opinion on the affairs of war and of diplo-
macy, merely employed him to negotiate with the Foreign
Ministers, on basis previously prescribed, and this M. de
Talleyrand did with an art that will never be surpassed.
Ile possessed, however, a moral merit, that of being fond
of peace under a master who was fond of war, and of
showing that he was so. Endowed with exquisite taste,
uniting with it unerring tact, and even a useful indo-
lence, he was able to render real services, by simply op-
posing to the First Consul's exuberance of language, pen,
and action, his sobriety, his perfect moderation, and his
vary propensity to do nothing. But he made little im- •
pression on that imperious master, from whom he ex-
torted no resp2ct either by genius or by conviction.
Thus he had no more empire than M. Fouche, nay, even
less, though quite as much employed, and more agree-
able. . •_ •

HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND THE
EMPIRE; or FRANCE UNDER NAPO-
LEON. By M. Thic,.s. Vol. 11.
This'volume possesses more interest and variety
than the fir-4, though that furnished ample and
graphic details of the passage of the Alps and the
battle of Marengo—one reckoned the most remark-
able military mo.ement in modern times, and the
other the great step by which, Napoleon mounted the
imperial throne. It made him First Consul, and from
the consulate to the empire the transition was easy.
M. Thiers has devoted a considerable portion of the
second part to the state of Egypt after the departure
of General Bonaparte, the discontent of the army and
its leader, General Kleber ; his victories over the
Turks ; his defeat at El-Ariseh, and his assassination
at Cairo. Though not disposed to go out of his way
to pay compliments to the English, and least of all
English naval officers, the author does justice
to Sir Sidney Smith, whom he describes as a
man of generous feelings, and to Colonel Douglas,
who did everything in his power to save
the wreck of the garrison from the fury of the
Turks. " Some of these unfortunate men," says
he, " obtained quarter, thanks to Colonel Douglas,
and owed their lives to the interference of that hu-
mane, gallant, and distinguished officer." He de-
scribes also at c onsiderable length the famous battle
of Hohenlinden; attributes, though reluctantly, praise
to Moreau, and modifies it with the imputation of
great faults committed in several movements, and en-
deavours t.) lessen his glory on that occasion by an-
ticipation of events which, unfortunately, cast a
shade on his early career. lie cannot, however,
deny him the merit of prudence, vigour, and suc-
cess. "Moreau had proved himself capable of corn-
mending 100,000 men with prudence and vigour ;
no man, excepting Napoleon, had manoeuvred such
a force so well in the present century ; and though
the plan of the conqueror of Hohenlinden be at
an immense distance from that of the conqueror of
Rivoli, of Marengo, and Austerlitz, that plan is, never-
theless, glorious, and would have remained glorious,
if criminal misconduct, the fatal effects of jealousy,
had not subsequently sullied a life till then noble and
pure." The celebrated passage of ti-e Splugen by
Macdonald is described in a few lines, though it
rivals, perhaps eclipses, the passage of the Alps by
Bonaparte. The leading features, however, of this
section of the work are the domestic policy of the
First Consul, the negotiations with foreign powers,
and the vast schemes he formed for uniting the whole
of Europe against the great barrier to universal
dominion, England. In all these Bonaparte displayed
the greatest ability, and, with perhaps some excep-
tions, is entitled to the highest praise. He arranged
the discordant elements of a great nation, put an end
to anarchy by moderation, justice, and humane plans;
was lenient to the errors, or rather the prepossessions
of the unfortunate royalists and the priests ; and was
only the bitter enemy of that unprincipled portion of
the community who delighted in endless revolution
from selfish motives, and would have sacrificed the
honour, the glory, and safety of their country for
even the chance of temporary power. To these men
for a long time he attributed all the attempts on his
life, and nothing but the most indubitable evidence
could convince him that Georges and other royalists
were the real authors of the infernal machine. We
regret to find that M. Thiers here forgets the im-
partiality of a great historian, gives as facts what he
cannot prove, nay, what are fully denied by as good
Frenchmen as himself, and ministers to vulgar preju-
dices and national antipathies in language, though
not direct, yet not to be mistaken, by leaving the
impression on the minds of his readers that the assas-
sins were the tools of the English Cabinet, and that
they were furnished with English gold to carry their
diabolical schemes into effect. This it is true was
the belief of the First Consul, but we believe he was
afterwards disabused by the earnest and indignant
asseverations of Mr. Fox, independent of other proofs ;
yet M. Thiers still sticks to the original calumny
and uses such expressions as these :—" Georges,
having returned from London to the Morbihan, was
full of money, thanks to the English, and secretly
directed the plunder of the diligences. He had sent
some of his cut-throats to Paris, for the purpose of
murdering the First Consul." And elsewhere—" In
a lower sphere conspired other wise than by words
the intriguers in the service of the Bourbons, and
lower still, but more dangerously, the agents of
Georges, with their hands full of money, supplied by
England." These and some other national pre-
judices are unworthy of M. Thiers' high rank, ability,
and acquirements—they only injure his own charac-
ter, and detract from the value of a work of great
merit. But this littleness, to apply the gentlest term,
is not unfrequently an accompaniment of the brightest
genius, and latterly diminished that halo of glory
which surrounded the head of Napoleon himself.
lie has been admired by the vulgar chiefly
for his great victories. These, however, entity:
him to the least praise. They were obtained
at enormous sacrifices ; human' beings were treated
as mere machines ; the best blood of France was shed
to gratify his lust of dominion, and at last, in the
utter recklessness of despair, he sacrificed himself
and his country. His highest merit consists in his
domestic administration, in composing civil broils,
improving the civil code, retrieving the finances, and
carrying out vast and national works. From No-
vember, 1799, to September, 1800, the face of France
was changed ; the public funds had risen from 12 to
40, and the public creditors, to their astonishment and
delight, received a half-year's dividend in money—a
thing which had not occurred since the commence-
ment of the revolution. " This financial phenomenon,"
says M. Thiers, " produced a great effect, and it ap-
peared to be not one of the least of the victories of the
First Consul. This was an enigma which the mass
of the public explained by that extraordinary power,
which he was already said to possess, of doing what-
ever he pleased. But there is no miracle in this
world. There is no other cause for real successes
but sound sense, seconded by a strong will." M.
Thiers thus sums up the labours in which this won-
derful man was engaged during the winter of 1800-
801 :

The First Consul prized the plain good sense of M.
Fouche, relished the graces of M. de Talleyrand, but
absolutely believed neither the one nor the other on any
subject, and, as for his confidence, had given that, given
it wholly and entirely, but not to either of those two men—
to his colleague Cambaceres. The latter, with an under-
standing far from brilliant, had extraordinary good
sense, and an unbounded attachment to the First Consul.

Having trembled for ten years of his life under pro-
scribers of all sorts, he loved, with a kind of affection,
the powerful master, who at length procured him the
faculty of breathing at his ease. He loved his posier,
his genius, his person, from which he had not received,
and hopel never to receive, anything but favours. Ac-
quainted with the weaknesses of men, even of the greatest,
he counselled the First Consul, as one ought to counsel
when one wishes to be attended to, with perfect sincerity,
with extreme discretion, never for the purpose of show-
ine off his own wisdom, but always to be serviceable to
a 'Government which he loved as dearly as himself,
always approving of all its acts in public, whatever they
might be and never disapproving
.of them but in pri-
vate, in an absolute oe-ez tote with the First Consul;
keeping siler.ce when there was no good to be done, and
when censure could be but a vain pleasure of finding
fault ; sure to speak his mind, and with a courage highly
meritorious in a man sso extremely timid, when he was
in time to prevent a blunder, or influence the general
conduct of affairs. Arid, as if a character which- is in-
cessantly under self-restraint must needs be betrayed
into some weakness, the consul Cambac‘ It exhibited a
puerile vanity with his inferiors, lived with some subale
tern courtiers, who paid him fulsome homage, walked
every day in the Palais Royal, in a ridiculously magni-
ficent dress, and sought, in the gratification of a gour-
mandise that has become proverbial, pleasures which
were suited to his vulgar but prudent soul. Of what
consequence, however, are a few foibles, redeemed by
superiur reason !
The First Consul cheerfully forgave these foible* in
his colleague, and made much of him. He appreciated
that superior good sense, which never wished to shine
but to be useful, and which Threw a tempered and true
light upon everything. He appreciated, above all, the
sincerity of his attachment, laughed at his weaknesses,
but always with delicacy, and paid him the very high
compliment of confiding everything to him alone, of
never being concerned but about his judgment. Hence,
he was susceptible of no influence but his--an influence
scarcely suspected, and on that account very great. .
To convey an accurate idea of the circle surround:
ing the First Consul, we must say a word concerning-his
family. He had four brothers, Joseph, Lucien, Louis,
and Ji:ome. The two latter we shall notice in due time.
Joseph and Lucien only were then of any importance.
Joseph, the eldest of all, had married the daughter of a
wealthy and respectable merchant of Marseilles. He
was mild, tolerably acute, agreeable in person, and
caused the brother less vexation than any of the others.
It was for him that the First Consul reserved the honour
of negotiating the peace of the Republic with the states
of the old and the new world. He had charged him to
conclude the treaty which had been signed with Ame-
rica, and had just appointed him plenipotentiary to
Lut.6ville, thus seeking to assign to him a part which
should be popular in France. Lucien, at present Mi-
nister of the Interior, was a clever man, but of unequal
mind, restless, ungovernable, and, though possessing
talent, not having sufficient to make amends for what he
wanted in point of good Dense. Both flattered the pro-
pensity of the First Consul to raise himself to the su-
preme power ; and this was but natural. The genius of
the First Consul, like his glory, were things personal to
himself ; one quality only could be transmissible to his
family, that was the princely quality, if he should one
day assume it, in preference to that of first magistrate
of the Republic. His brothers were amongst those who
asserted, with least reserve, that the present form of
government was but one of transition, devised to -lull
revolutionary prejudices ; but that he ought to make
up his mind, and that if he wished to found something
truly stable, it was indispensably necessary to introduce
greater concentration, unity, and durability. The drift
of all this was very evident. The First Consul, as every
one knows, had no children, which greatly embarrassed
those who already dreamt of the transformation of the
republic into a monarchy. It was, in fact, an inconsis-
tency to pretend to be desirous of insuring the regular
and natural transmission of the supreme power in the
family of a man who had no heirs. Thus though,
hereafter, this default of heirs might be a personal ad-
vantage for the brothers of the First Consul, it was now
an argument against their prceirets, and they frequently
reproached Madame Bonaparte- fur a misfortune, of
which, they said, she was the cause. Having quarrelled
with her, from sheer jealousy of her influence, they had
not spared her in conversation with her husband, and
persecuted her with their remarks, incessantly and loudly
repeating that it was absolutely necessary for the First
Consul to have a wifo who should bring him children,
that this was not a prix ate but a public consideration,
and that a resolution on this point was indispensable, in
order to insure the future welfare of France. They
caused these cruel sentiments, pregnant with the most
sinister consequences for her, to be repeated by all
lips. The wife of the First Consul, apparently so for-
tunate, was, therefore, at this moment, very far from
happy.
J‘e etthine Bonaparte, who had been married first to
the Count de Beauharnais, then to the young general
who had saved the Convention on the 13th Venda-
miaire, and now shared with him a place which began
to resemble a throne, was a Creole by birth, and had
all the graces, all the defects, usual in women who are
so born Kind-hearted, profuse, and frivolous, not a
beauty, but perfectly elegant, and endowed with infinite
fascination, she could please einuch more than women
who were superior to her in understanding and personal
charms. The levity of her conduct,. depicted to her
husband in the most unfavourable colours when be re-
turned from Egypt, filled him with anger. He had
th tights of separating himself from a wife whom, right
or wrong. he believed to be culpable. She wept a long
time at his feet ; her two children, Hortense and Engine
Beauharnais, both very dear to General Bonaparte, wept
too ; he was overcome, and yielded to a conjugal ten-
derness which, for many years, was with him paramount
to policy. lie forgot the real or alleged faults of
Jo laeline ; he loved her still, but not as in the early
period .of .their union. The unbounded extravagance,
the vexatious imprudences, in which she daily indulged,
frequently excited in her husband gusts of iirpatience
which he could not repress ; but he forgave her with
the kindness which prosperity inspires, and could not
long be angry with a woman who had shared the first
moments of his nascent greatness, and who, from the
day of their union, seemed to have brought Fortune
along with her.
Madame Bonaparte was altogether a woman of the
anoien regime, devout, superstitious,
nay, a royalist, de-
testing what she called the Jacobins, who hated her in
return ; seeking only the society of the ancient nobility,
who, returning in throngs, as we have said, used to visit
her in the morning. They had known her the wife of
an honourable man, pretty high in rank and military
standing, the unfortunate Beauharnais, who died on the
revolutionary scaffold ; they found her the wife of a
to go and solicit
pina,lETunruo,pbeut; otfbacyl,)a
drviteinuumotorheepsiotea•teerful than
_any prince
her upon
power,her aiid Sheto
favours,
was eager ,
render them services. She even took pains to excite. in
while
t maafikeee affecting
gmt to
partakers look
do
'ovfn
them a sort of illusion which they were fond of indulge
ing. that, in reality, General Bonaparte was
Bou only wait-
ingrbons, and
fora favourable occasion to 1
this illusion which she de-
And, sing.ularly. enough,
to restore the inheritance which belonged to them.
almost fain have
• ld rather have seen her hus-
bandshared herself ; for she would lighted to instil into them, she would '
a subject of the Bourbons, but a subject the pro-
tector of his kings, surrounded by the homage of the
ancient French aristocracy, than crowned monarch by
the hand of the nation. She was a very faint-hearted
woman. Though giddy, she loved that man who covered
her with glory, and loved him the more since she was
less beloved by him.

All things were being organised at the same time,
with the harmony which a comprehensive mind is
capable of introducing into its works, with the rapidity
which a resolute energy, an authority already punctually
obeyed, is capable of imparting to them. The genius
which accomplished these things was without doubt ex-
traordinary ; but, it must be confessed, the situation was
as extraordinary as the genius. General Bonaparte had
France and Europe to move, and victory for a lever ; he
had to digest all the codes of the French nation, but
then at the same time all ranks were disposed to submit
to his laws with implicit obedience; he had roads, canals,
bridges to construct, and the necessary resources for
these objects at his undisputed disposal ; he had even
nations ready to furnish him with their treasures—the
Italians, for example, who cheerfully contributed to the
expense of opening the Simplon, and to the endowment
of the Hospices raised on the summits of the Alps. Pro-
vidence does nothing by halves. For every mighty task
she furnishes a great genius, and to every great genius
she assigns a mighty task.
For details of these useful and noble undertakings,
we refer to the work itself, which, we may add, im-
proves on acquaintance. The style is and, at
at times, highly eloquent. The narrative flows natu-
rally, and without effort. The interest never flags,
and the writer, unlike some who claim the character
of historians, never obtrudes himself, and rarely his
individual opinions, on the notice of the reader. His
remarks abound with good sense, and his occasional
deviations from impartiality must be attributed rather
to his national propensity, and to his admiration of
the hero of the work, than to wilful misrepresenta-
tion. He draws characters with a masterly hand, in
a few words paints to the life their defects and their
virtues, and in the narration of a tragical ever.t
stands unrivalled. As proofs of these historical
abilities, we subjoin the characters of two or three
leading men of that period, with those of Napoleon's
brothers, Joseph and Lucien, and his wife Josephine.
FOUCIIE, TALLEYRAND, CAMBACERES, JO-
SEPH AND LUCIEN BONAPARTE, AND
JOSEPHINE.
M. Fouche, charged to exercise this power, formerly an
Oratorian and a Conventionalist, was au intelligent and
a crafty personage, neither good nor wicked, well ac-
quainted with men, especially the bad, and despising
them; employing the funds of the police in supporting
the agents of troubles as much as in watching them;
always ready to pracure bread or a place for every per-
son weary of political agitations; thus making friends
fur the Government, and more especially for himself;
creating for himself obliged dependents, far superior to
credulous and deceitful spies, who never failed to inform
him of everything that it was his interest to know;
having persons under obligations to him in all the par-
ties, even among the Royalists, whom he knew how to
manage, and to repress at the right time; always fore-
warned, never overrating danger, nor exaggerating it to
his master; clearly distingutshing an imprudent nrin
from one really to be feared, knowing when to caution
the one, to proceed againstlhe other; in short, managing
the police better than it was ever in:inaged: for it con-
sists in disarming animosities as much as in repressing
them; a superior minister, if he had had elevated inten-
tions, if his indulgence had sprung from any other prin-
ciple than an indifference to good and
thane a
vil, if hiss activity
had proceeded from any other motive irksome
and interfering in everything, which rendered him
and suspicious to the First Consul, and frequently gave
him the appearance of a vulgar intriguer. For the rest,
his intelligent but ignoble countenance, was a faithful
mirror of the qualities and vices of his soul. . . .
M. de Talleyrand descended from a family of the
noblest lineage, destined by his birth for tilt army,
doomed to the priesthood by an accident, which deprived
him of the use of ono foot, having no liking for this im-
posed profession, successively bish )p, courtier, revo-
lutionist, and emigrant, then afterwards minister for
foreign affairs under the Directory. M. de Talleyrand had
retained something of all these different states ; there
was to be found in him a touch of the bishop, of the man
of quality, and of the revolu'ionist. . llaving no firmly
fixed opinion, but only a natural moderation, which WJS
opposed to every species of exag,geratioa ; capable of
entering at once into the feelings of those whom he
wished to please, either from liking or from interest i

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LEICESTER STATE or TRADE.—conEsxegeleipenteeinof tthhee
cotton department trade dull—no alteration in prices.
ye
e extentdemando rthe upon
fors
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shipping
fallth,ids
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slp.lpti,rraeoitan:‘,pgr-
• s has closed.
trade is not encouraging.
On Wednesday Mr. Chapman held an inquest at
the Black Horse public-house, Canal-street, on the body
of Cluistopher, son of Thos. Jones, of 81, Canal-street, a
boy aged eight, years. (I ceased, who slept in the front
pirlour of the house, with his Grandfather, had risen early
uu Moailay morning. and his parents having gone out,
he went to his grandfather to get a pipe of tobacco to
stn.ke. The tobacco was given him, and having lighted
it, he commenced puffing, and with the view to ape more
nearly those who had taught him the accomplishment, he
turned his back to the fire. While in this position his
pinafore caught tiro, and his clothes were speedily in
flames. The grandfather having lost the use of one side
him in vain, and at length
boy,:eprparoal,lye.rti
na,tittehmsPurodkte°, bsealpuk up
on the bed in a state
of insensibility. The smoke issued from the window
into the street, and this attracting attention, John
AtKenna, of Millstreet, ventured into the room, and
saved the old min, but the body of the boy was found
upon tb.a hearth reduced to a cinder.—Verdiet,
is 4cei.
dental death."—'Manchester