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LITERATURE.

WITHERS ON THE ACACIA. Longman.

Numerous scientific botanists, whose names are
prominent as authorities, have of late years made it
subject of regret that the English Oak, whose solidity,
durability, and strength, have rendered it permanently
adopted in the building of our navies, should, from
various assignable causes, stand the likelihood of grow-
ing so far scant and degenerated, in the island, as to
be next to unavailable for the purposes which it is at
present employed for. Speculation and forethought
have, therefore, been at work to discover among the
race of forest trees, some particular tribe or member,
which, from its approved good nature and qualities,
should be capable of supplying its place. Many mem-
bers of the arhorescent kingdom have been proposed,
and their respective properties and qualifications di-
.ated on by their selectors and advocates, with dif-
ferent degrees of plausibility. But the first horti-
'ulturist who,, treading in the footsteps of Cobbett,
aas brought forward the Acacia tree, or Robinia
Pseudo Acacia, earnestly with this view, and in this
country, appears to be Mr. Withers, who, convinced
of the importance of the subject, and its needful con-
sideration, adduces, in his above excellent work, every
obtainable proof and fact corroborative of the worth
and advantageous qualities of this species.
Preliminarily it should be remarked that a decided
distinction must be drawn between the two varieties
of Acacia now existent in this country. The true
Acacia (Acacia vera) is a genus which comprises a
number of trees, natives exclusively of tropical cli-
mates. But the Acacia (the Robinia Pseudo Acacia)
—coming under Mr. Withers' consideration—is, on
the ether hand, a hardy tree of North America, and
ought not to be confounded with the former, as, if
they bear ;My relationship to each other, it is remote
and unconnected. Of its. name " Robinia," and its

introduction into Europe, it may be premised, that it
was John Robin, one of the professors of the Jardin
des Plantes, and from whom so many botanical trea-
sures were subsequently derived, who brought it in in
1600, during the reign of Henry IV. Linnaeus
afterwards justly decided that the benefit ought to be
commemorated by bestowing on the tree the name of

the botanist. -
Hitherto the Acacia has been used in England only
for the purposes of ornamental planting. The sym-
metry of its form and the elegance of its foliage have
made it an especial favourite in embellishing our
lawns, avenues, and shrubberies. In the summer
season its clusters of bloom, not unlike the orange
flower, fill the air with a similar perfume, and in St.
Domingo, are even made to distil a sweet and
palatable liquor. Evelyn used delightedly to sit in
the shade of the Acacia, meditative of his « Sylva :"
crowned heads have reposed beneath it in the old
Palace-yard, Westminster, and groups of love and
beauty formerly were held under it in the park of
St. James's.
But its utility, it should appear, surpasses its
luxury, while its profit rises beyond its beauty ; and,
with Mr. Withers, we proceed to show its importance
and value as a sterling timber tree. The. Americans,
better aware of its uses than ourselves, use it for a
variety of purposes—for hop-poles, vine-props, hoops,
mill work, and many sorts of machinery. Especially
they prefer it for the stern-posts and knees of vessels,
for which, in our British dockyards, only the finest
growth of the Oak is used. In France it has long
been found profitable to the forester in its use, as fire-
wood, and making charcoal, and its grained wood, for
furniture, puts it in request among turners and
sawyers. The tardiness of the Oak in growth is pro-
verbial, while that of the Acacia is astonishing in its
rapidity ; and it is a tree, which, on account of the
solidity of its grain and texture, the natives of
Louisiana style, par excellence, the hard-wood tree.
In this light, and other collateral views, it is in-
valuable for ship-building. From a growth of from
fourteen to twenty years, it acquires sufficient bulk to
be cut into beams and girders : at this age the wood
is fully as compact and hard as the Oak, and the older
the wood the more solid will be the planks. Its re-
productive
powers also in the plantations are such, and
so apparently indestructible is the vitality of its roots,
that while a thousand plants have been thought to be
eradicated from a tract of ground one year, during the
succeeding, ten thousand others have sprung up. It
thrives also upon those inferior sandy soils, where
other forest-trees barely exist.
Glancing, therefore, only cursorily over the few
well-supported statements above, Mr. Withers' laud-
able enthusiasm for the planting of this tree generally
in England, is far from unwarrantable. Cobbett, a
man of the strongest sense and judgment, accounted its
value such, that he himself imported some thousands
of seeds from America, having the benefit and even
safety of his country at heart. At Boston it is
almost wholly used in ship-building, and various
other towns in America employ it undeviatingly for
naval purposes. It has only to come more actively
into use, to be widely, if not universally adopted.
With one conclusive evidence in favour of its great
strength we shall close, viz., that by experi-
ments made at her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich,
on the comparative strength of this and other woods,
it was found that while very fine English Oak gave
1,672, by a number expressing its strength, and the
mean of other specimens of. Oak 1,535, Acacia by
the experiment gave 1,867. This fact, collated with
others adduced, will, we hope, win for Mr. Withers
that attention among horticulturists and the guardians
of our navy which the importance of the subject
demands.

• BRUSSELS, JULY 14.—The Journal de Flanders an-
nounces that the following statement has been commu-
nicated to it. The English schooner Racer, Captain
Lawson, coming from the Havannah with a cargo of raw
sugar to Mr. Charles Meulemeester, of Ghent, foundered
the day before yesterday off the port of Terneuzen.
The persons on board escaped, but there are no hopes of
saving the cargo.
Mademoiselle Rachel has just arrived at Brussels.
The Courier Beige had, the first account of the acci-
dent to the Duke of Orleans, announcing that it was not
likely to prove fatal.
Baussms, JULY 15.—We were far from thinking yes-
terday that the fall of the Duke of Orleans would termi-
nate so fatally. The Moniteur Beige of this morning, at
the commencement of its non-official part, announces in
the following terms the death of the-Duke of Orleans :
" A frightful event has plunged the august family of
the King of the French and all France into the most pro-
found affliction—the Duko of Orleans, throwing himself
Mutt his carriage with which the horses were running
away, fell with his head against the pavement, and was
taken up insensible. The efforts of the physicians were
of no avail ; the Mike of Orleans is dead.
" The King received the news of the death of the
Duke of Orleans yesterday at noon.
" The King of the French himself communicated to
her Majesty this deplorable intelligence, expressing a
wish to see him, with the Queen, immediately."
Yesterday, immediately after the arrival of the
courier at the palace of Lacken, with the news of the
death of the Duke of Orleans, the Ministers waited on
his Majesty, and soon afterwards the Marquis de
Itumigny, the French Ambassador, had an audience of
the King and Queen. It is. impossible to picture the
grief of their Majesties on learning this unhappy event ;
the Queen burst into tears.
Orders have been sent to Liege to announce that their
Majesties the King and Queen will not be present at the
fetes which are to take place in that city.
The Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha arrived yesterday
evening from Germany, and immediately proceeded to
the Palace of Lacken.
The King and Queen will set out for Paris to-morrow
morning at five o'clock.
The King sent despatches to the King of the French
by the iron railway with the last train.
About ten o'clock at night an extraordinary courier
from Paris brought desprtches from the Minister and tne
Diplomatic Agents at Brussels, with the official news of
the death of the Duke of Orleans. Thu courier, after
haying delivered the despatches, set out full speed for
Liege and Germany,
This morning several bankers and merchants at Brus-
sels received expresses from their correspondents at Paris.
THY HAGUE, JULY 13.-11 is Majesty King William
Frederick, Count of Nassau, accompanied by the Countess
his wife, arrived, yesterday evening, at the Palace of the
Noordeinde. A great crowd had gone to meet his Ma-
jesty at the end of the Bosch, who loudly expressed their
joy at his arrival. The King seemed much affected by
this cordial reception. llis Majesty the King imme-
diately visited his August Father.
The officers of the garrison were presented to the
Count of Nassau this morning.
AMSTERDAM, JULY 15.—Our readers will find in the
P.S., the accounts of the melancholy death of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Orleans.
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THE SALAMANDRINE.
How and Parsons, London, 1842.
The idea of this poem, if not altogether original, at
any rate deserves praise for its elegance and fanciful-
ness, and the skilful and feeling manner in which it is
worked out. Mr. Charles Mackay is the author, and
in the " Salamandrine" he has certainly produced his
most effective poem. His heroine,' as may be sur-
mised from the title, is a fire-spirit, whose destiny it
is to be cursed with a soul, which, after a succession
of ars, perishes together with her body, unless she
can find a mortal lover, in whom she can inspire a
deep, pure, and lasting attachment. The Salaman-
drine, after, we may suppose, a long and ineffectual
search, is fortunate enough to meet with a " sweet-
heart," in the person of a chivalrous young knight,
Sir Gilbert, who " keeps company" with her for some
days in the woods, and pledges vows of undying
constancy ; but on quitting her, and her combustible
brother, Porphyr, in order to return home for a season,
he soon forgets his vows, and makes love to a re-
markably handsome young gentlewoman, rejoicing in
the pastoral appellative of Rosaline, who accepts his
-suit, and promises to become Lady Gilbert. On the
marriage eve, however, the deserted Amethysta, the
Salamandrine, makes her appearance before the nup-
tial party, and by the force of her spells, compels the
recreant knight to follow her, a long and weary way,
through woods and across moors, until he finds him-
self in the presence of her indignant brother, Porphyr,.
who curses him with sudden Old age and infirmity, so
that none of his friends or relations shall ever be able
to recognise him. In this wretched condition Sir
Gilbert is ministered to by an old woman whom he en-
counters in the woods, and to whom he reveals his
story, at the same time acknowledging that he was
justly served for having made so ungrateful a return
for Amethysta's affection, and expressing the deepest
remorse for his conduct. Scarcely has he uttered
this penitent declaration, than his youth and strength
return, and the old woman undergoes a similar
startling change, when he instantly recognizes in her
his former love, the Salamandrine; and the poem
takes leave of them in a state of the most extatic con-
nubial felicity. Nothing can be more graceful than
the manner in which Mr. Mackay has versified this
fanciful legend, or more apposite than the imagery
with which he has surrounded it. He exhibits the
true earnestness and sensibility of the poet, and will
find more readers and admirers of his " Salamandrine"
than, judging from his modest and somewhat despond-
ing preface, he seems to calculate on.

A GENERAL ARMORY of ENGLAND, SCOT.
LA ND, and IRELAND. Churton, London, 1842.

This is a very careful, pains-taking compilation, and
one of the complQtest of the sort with which we are
acquainted. It gives the armorial bearings, &c„ of
almost every respectable family in the empire, to-
gether with a dictionary, minute and copious, of the
various • technical terms used in heraldry. The vo-
lume is prefaced by a brief, ingenious essay on this
ancient science, in which the writer justly observes
that " Heraldry, cherished since its\ nativity, has
flourished in every age, in every country, and under
almost every form of government. In England it has
been more than fondly fostered; throughout the other
countries of Europe, armorial bearings were esteemed
as part and parcel of the trappings of nobility ; here,
a coat of arms has always been the indispensable
appendage of a gentleman, and, be it inherited or ac-
quired, it is equally an object of pride and display."
The work forms a thick volume, imperial octavo, is
handsomely got up, and, considering the immense
amount of matter it contains, is remarkably cheap, in
point of price.

WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. LXXIV.
Hooper, London, 1842..
In a controversial disquisition, entitled the " Thirty-
nine Articles," which heads the present Number, the
Reviewer endeavours to revive the discussion respect-
ing the Oxford Tracts. He writes in a free and
liberal spirit of inquiry, but his subject is against him,
for it is one that has long since lost all claims to
novelty, and it is scarcely possible to revive the
interest that once attached to it. The Oxford Trac-
tarians may be still making proselytes, but the sober,
common-sense portion of the community having de-
clared against them, their sayings and doings have
become, comparatively speaking, of little public im-
portance. The paper,on the " Roman:Empire and its
Poets" furnishes the Reviewer with an opportunity of
expressing his opinions of the poets who flourished in
Rome subsequently to the Augustan age. His in-
troductory remarks on the want of nationality among

the subjects of the Empire, are ingenious, but they are THE WEATHER.—Noon, JULY 18.
too strenuously insisted upon, and pushed to too great ROYAL GALLEItY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE.-STRE,S%
a length. " There was no Roman people," he ob- Thermometer.— 71 ) Highest .72 I L0we5t.......
serves, "no public to address. The Empire retained I Barometer 29..81.—Wins N.W.
its unity, but it was heterogeneous ; it was the abode
of many nations, but no people." This is too broadly
put. The remark should have been more qualified.
'f he Romans in the days of the CEesars, were certainly
not what they were in the days of the Republic ; still
they gloried in the name of citizen ;" it was their
prime boast that they formed part and parcel of the i ---if --•
great nation; and so long as a spark of this patriotic
feeling lingered among them, it could scarcely be
said that they were "no people." Alluding inci-
dentally to Seneca, the Reviewer repudiates the
notion that his tragedies are so indifferent as they are
generally said to be, but he does not prove his
hypothesis, nor indeed can any critic—except for the
mere purpose of paradox—deny that they are cold,
bombastic, devoid of action and passion, and con-
stantly running into extravagance. The "Medea" is
the best ; but even this is sorry stuff, when compared
with the noble drama of Euripides' on the same
subject. Speaking of Seneca's (Edipus, the Reviewer
says—" We will quote one passage which has always
appeared to us conceived in the intense spirit of our
old dramatists. It is at the close of the CEdipus,
when the unhappy King is left with the corpse of his
mother on the ground, and his eyes torn out with his
own frantic hands ; after addressing Apollo, and
accusing him of his misfortunes, he determines to
leave Thebes, the scene of his incest and misery ; he
feels his way forward for a pace or two, when he
arrests his steps, for fear of stumbling against his
mother. Siste, ne in matrem incidas !' This is
very grand and pathetic, and• in the highest dramatic
spirit." The passage is impressive certainly, and
would seem to have suggested a similar one in Galt's
clever novel of the " Entail," whore a young boy, on
entering church with a relation, suddenly pulls his.
companion back, as he is about to tread unconsciously
on the stone that covers the ashes of his grandfather,
observing, "It's grandpapa ; dinna tramp on him!"
Of Persius, the Reviewer says with truth, "his lan-
guage is obscure and corrupt, and his rythm perfectly
ludicrous ; his verses are the gaspings of a premature
and asthmatic muse." Persius is indeed the most
obscure' in his meaning, and dissonant in his verse, of
all the Roman Satirists ; his very Latinity differs
from that of every other versifycr, and it. is worth no
one's while to undergo the labour consequent, on an
attempt to fathom his meaning. " Frederick the
Great" is a spirited article, wherein a faithful portrait
is draWn of this illustrious soldier, and would-be phi-
losopher. " Mines and Collieries" discusses a subject
in which the public lately have taken the deepest in-
terest. The Reviewer, of course, adopts the humane
—which is also the rational—side of the question, and
warmly comftiends Lord Ashley for his generous in-
terference on behalf of the poor, unbefriended chil-
dren condemned to wear away their lives as slaves in
mines and collieries. Altogether the Number is one
of average merit.

}DWI WATEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. _
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 16.—The Cleopatra, 26, Capta:
Wyvill, arrived yesterday from Sheerness, preparator
to her proceeding to the East Indies. She will be paid
advance of wages on Monday.
The Talbot, 26, Captain Sir Thomas Thompson,
Bart., sailed on Thursday evening, for South America.
The Geyser, steam frigate, Commander Carpenter,
sailed on Sunday, for the Mediterranean, with about 10
officers and 100 seamen, to join the squadron on that
station.
The Satellite, 18, Commander Gambier, went out of
harbour cn Tuesday; and the Albatross, 16, Commander
Reginald Yorke, on Thursday. The former will proceed
in a few days to South America, and the latter to Ber-
muda, and with the Sydenham's crew, which she takes
out, will be paid advance of wages on Monday.
The Rhadamanthus, steam transport, arrived yester,
-day from Plymouth, and came into harbour.
The Tweed, 20, was at Barbadoes, on the 27th May ;
the Ringdove, Scylla, and Gleaner (steamer), were at
Bermuda, on the 24th June. Sir C. Adam had not then
returned from Honduras.
Her Majesty's steamer Styx arrived at Fayal on the
28th June.
The Goliath, 80, and Virago, a large class steamer,
will be launched from the Dockyard at Chatham, on
Monday, the 25th instant. The Goliath is to mount
sixty-eight 32-pounder long guns, and twelve 6-inch
guns. The length of her gun-deck, 190 feet ; her
breadth extreme, 56 feet ; and burden, in tons, 2,599.
The Virago is to mount two long guns. 84-pounders, and
four 32-pounders. Her length on deck is 180 feet ;
breadth extreme, 36 feet ; and burden, in tons, 1,060.
The ships Owen Glendower and Maidstone, having
taken in stock and provisions, left Spithead yesterday
for Bengal.
The Meteor steamer was commissioned, yesterday, at
Woolwich, by Lieut. George Buttler.
The Avon steam vessel, at Woolwich, will be ready
for sea next week. The Columbia, Licut. Kortwright, is
nearly ready, having received the surveying instruments,
&c., required for her duties. The Dee and Salamander
are nearly manned, and getting forward with their equip-
ments.
A French man-of-war cutter arrived on Monday from
Cherbourg, and returned the following day.
The ships Lady Raffles and Madagascar, with pro-
visions, stores, &c., left Spithead yesterday, for the China
expedition.
The British Queen, Belgian steamer, finding the
Southampton water inconveniently shallow, took her
passengers in at Spithead, on Sunday evening last, and
proceeded to New York.
The Malabar, free trader, for Bombay, now at Spit-
head, will sail on Monday evening.
The Childe Harold, for Bombay, is hourly expected
at this port to take in passengers and stock.
The Quebec, Now York packet, arrived on Sunday
last, in 18 days. The Mediator, with a full cargo of
passengers and loading, will leave Portsmouth for New
York on Wednesday next.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Roya!
George, Pique, Echo (steam-tug), Adventure (naval
transport), Seaflower and Sylvia cutters.
At Spithead—Cleopatra, Satellite, Albatross, Marquis
of Hastings (convict ship), and Malabar (East India•
man).
PLYMOUTH, JULY 14.—The steam transport Rhada-
manthus, M'Laen, Commander, arrived on Friday from
New York ; and the Netley tender, from Liverpool with
newly-raised men. A Dutch transport, named the Ma-
cassar, arrived on Saturday from Antwerp, bound to
Singapore. The Actaeon, 26, Captain Robert Russell,
arrived on Monday from Portsmouth, and came into har-
bour to be paid off. The Volcano, steam-vessel„ Licut.
Featherstone, also arrived the same day. from Ports-
mouth, and sailed the next day for Bermuda. The Phi-
lomel, 10, Commander B. J. Sullivan, dropped dropped
into Barnpool, on Tuesday; she will be paid wages in
advance, in a day or two, and will proceed shortly to
survey the Falkland Islands.
In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Actaeon, Con-
fiance and Rhadamanthus steamers.
In Barnpool—Philomel,
APPOINTMENTS.—Commander—N. Robilliard to the
Seaflower, when re-commissioned.
Lieutenants—George Butler, to the Meteor steam-
vessel ; T. A. Alldride, to the Talbot, vice Harper ; J.
A. Dunbar, to the Albatross, vice Heard; G. Lank, to
the Isis ; G. C. Fowler, D. H. M‘Neill, J. B. Massie, E.
J. Napier, H. C. Toby, Henry. Croft, and A. Hamilton
(all additional), to the Queen, in the Mediterranean,
Master—A. M. P. Mackey, to command the African,
tug steamer.
Second Master—Wm. Byford. to the Caledonia, for
service in the Sylph tender • D. G. C. Slaughter, to the
Rhadamanthus ; G. J. Gibbon, to the Seaflower.
Surgeon—J. Lardner, to the Jaseur.
Chaplains—ll. B. Illingworth, to the Madagascar ;
Rev. J. Connolly, to the William and Mary.
Mates—F. Shortt and C. A. Lodder, to the Excellent ;
R. M. Sandom, to the Niagara ; A. C. Hobart, to the
Excellent.
Midshipmen—E. D. D. Aplin, to the St. Vincent ;
W. H. Budd, to the Iris ; H. V. A. Powlett, to the
Howe ; G. S. Pullen, to the Columbia.
Clerks—B. Kellard (in charge), to the Seaflower ; T.
A. Telfer, to the Salamander.
Volunteer, Ist Class—W. IL Neale, to the Albatross.
COAST G UARD.—Removals—Comm ander Jerning-
ham, from Newcastle to Harwich, vice Commander New-
ton, to Bridgewater ; Corn. Spettigue, from Tralee to
Falmouth, vice Com. John Morgan, resigned ; Mr. W.
H. Walters, chief officer, from Dungeness to Sizewell
Gap, vice, H. P. Higginson, to Lydd. Appointments—
Lieut. V. 11. Jones, in command at Ecclesbourne; Lieut.
Jonathan Hatcher, in command at Sltegne.s.

NAVAL OFFICERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF '/'HE SUN.

SIR,—It was with much surprise that I heard Mr.
Hume state in the House that a young man can be a
post-captain at 26 years of age. Why, Sir, they can
be, and are made post-captains at 22 years of age ;
which is shameful, for post-captain is an exceedingly
high rank.
They (the sons of the elite of the aristocracy) are
made lieutenants at 19, commanders at 21, and post-
captains at 22. Now when Sir George Cockburn, Sir
Thomas Cochrane, Admiral Dacres, &c., were made
captains, the law was that no one should be lieutenant
under 20 ; yet, despite of that law, Dacres and Cochrane
were made post-captains at 17 years of age, and I be-
lieve Cockburn was under 20. Dacres's father was
Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica, and Cochrane's father
Commander •in-Chief at Barbadoes, at the time that
each conferred that rank on his son.
I hope this will come under the notice of Mr. Hume,
that he may take the earliest opportunity in his place in
Parliament, of correcting the error into which he has
inadvertently fallen.--I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A NAVAL OFFICER..
London, July 16, 1842.

ROWING MATCH.—'NEWCASTLE V. LONDON.—This
event, which has excited a great deal of interest. came
off on Saturday, in favour of the London crew, who won
by three or four hundred yards.
DEATH OF AIR.. RICHARD POTTER.---ll is with
feelings of no ordinary kind that we annoucce the death
of Mr. Richard Potter, late M.P. for Wigan, a gentle-
man who—although from continued (bodily affliction of
the severest kind he has been recently lost sight of by
the inhabitants of Manchester—will not soon be forgot-
ten-by those who had to fight the battle of local and ge•
neral reform, under the adverse and discouraging cir-
cumstances which existed twenty or thirty years ago.
Mr. Putter, who was in the 65th year of his age, died on
Wednesday last at Penzance, where he has been resid-
ing for some time past. Manchester Guardian.