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GREAT FIRE IN BELFAST.
Messrs.MuSGRAVE, BROTHERS.—GENTLEMEN,—At your request, I beg to state, for the information of the public,
that the only property saved from the late fire, in the premises of Thomas S. Major and Co., was that contained in one of
Milners' Patent Safes. From the intense nature of the.lire, and the length of time the Safe was exposed to the action of the
Tames, I was fully convinced of the destruction of the books and papers it contained ; and feel very great pleasure in testify.
sag to this extraordinary instance of their preservation. I may add, that the Safe was placed on the third story, without any
protection, where it remained till the floor was burnt around it, when it fell to the room beneath, the floor of which was like-
wise destroyed by the fire.—Yours, truly, " JAMES S. HUNTER,
" Executor of the late Thomas S. Major, of the Firm of Thomas S. Major and Co.

•• Belfast, January 2nd, 185-1."
TRIUMPHANT RESISTANCE TO ROBBERS, AT MESSRS. BUTTERWORTH AND BROOKES'S,
MANCHESTER
"Sia,—Last night our Premises were entered by burglars, who made a desperate attempt upon the Milners' Holdfast
Safe we bought from you some time :since ; and, although they evidently had recourse to all the usual appliances of accom-
plished thieves, and ultimately to gunpowder in abundance, we are glad to say with no other effect than to injure the lock—
the opening of the Safe they found quite impracticable.
"We are happy to be enabled to express our unqualified approbation of the Safe; we believe it is impregnable to thieves.
"If our verbal testimony will he of service to you, you are at liberty to refer to us, and to make any use you please of
ibis communication.—Yours, respectfully, "BUTTERWORTH and BROOKES.
•• 76, Mosley-street, Manchester, October 22nd, 1831."

THOS. MILNER and SON select the following severe cases of successful trial of their Safes from hundreds of Certificates
of utility, as instances in which they believe that any other Safes than their own would have failed :
Great Fire at the Gutta Percha Company. Triumphant Resistance to Robbers,Glasgow, James Richard-
Great Fire in Haydon-sqnare, Coubro and Potter. son and Son.
Burglarious Attempt at the Bridgewater Offices. Great Fire in Market-street, Manchester, Thos. Haigh.
Great Fire at the London and North-Western Railway Station, Destructive Fire in Park-lane, Liverpool. Garniss and Co.
Coventry. t Entire Destruction of Offices at Birkenhead, including con-
Great Fire at Cape Haiti, W. D. Roberts and Co. I tents of strong Safe and Drawers, Milners' standing beside
Burglarious Attempt at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. it, red hot outside, but contents unsinged, J. and W.
Great Fire at Glasgow, Chas. Boyd and Son. I \Talker.
Destructive Fire in Gordon-street. Glasgow. Ker Doering & Co.
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Colds, Agues, Shortness of Breath, and, if taken after too free
an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to its
natural state of repose. They are an excellent aperient,
create appetite, relieve languor, and invigorate the spirits.
" For upwards of nine years (writes Mr. Thomas Province,
of Winchinore Hill. Middlesex,) I have experienced the effi-
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afflicted with headache and indigestion; but a friend having
induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I now inform
you that a few doses gave me great relief ; and during this
long period of time I have taken them in preference to any
other medicine; and I have the happiness of saying that I
never had a better state of health, which I attribute to
yrampton,s Pins. I beg further to add, that this medicine
is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing
to equal it."
Persons of a Full Habit, who are subject to Head-ache,
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too great a flow of Blood to the Head, should never be with-
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carried off by their immediate use. For Females, these Pills
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juvenile bloom to the complexion. To Mothers they are
confidently recommended as the best medicine that can be
taken during pregnancy ; and for children of all ages they are
unequalled. Asa pleasant, safe, and easy Aperient,they unite
the recommendation of a mild operation with the most suc-
cessful effect. By regulating the dose, according to the age
and strength of the patient, they become suitable for every
case, in either sex, that can be required.
Sold by all Medicine Vendors, price Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. per
box. See the name of "THOMAS PROUT, 229, strand, Lon-
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FOR GAS COALS AND CANNEL,
For Shipment, apply to
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Derby-buildings, Fenwick-street, Liverpool,
Sole Venders of Ince-hall Coal and Cannel.

TT OUGHT TO BE KNOWN that the Treat-
ment universally adopted by the Faculty in Great Britain,
in Cases of Deafness, is the result of a false theory, conceived
in lamentable ignorance of the Organs and Anatomy of the
Ear, and is in most cases calculated to accelerate and confirm
the malady it is intended to remove. DR. HAHN, late Sur-
geon, Aurist, and Physician in ordinary to the Grand Duke
of Baden, feels it his duty to announce to persons suffering
from Deafness, however long standing, and without regard to
the age of the Patient, that he will guarantee their immediate
and permanent restoration to Hearing, without any surgical
er other painful operation. The most obstinate Cases, how-
ever long standing, cured in one month The majority in
less than a week ! Recent Cases instantaneously ! Atten-
'dance daily at the Dispensary, Nottingham: fee one guinea,
payable on completion of the cure. Patients at a distance
/nay state their case by letter, enclosing one-third the fee
(75.), immediately on receipt of which the remedy, with full
instructions, will be forwarded, post free, to any address, the
remainder (145.) to be paid in one month after the cure is
completed. All communications, by post, addressed to CARL.
RAH r, M.D., at the Dispensary, Nottingham, will receive
prompt attention.

FEMALE COMPLAINTS. - KEARSLEY'S
ORIGINAL WIDOW WELCFI'S PILLS, so long and
justly celebrated for their peculiar virtues in Female Com-
plaints, and strongly recommended even by Members of the
Faculty, as a safe and certain remedy in removing those ob-
structions, and in regulating that periodic function, upon
which the health of young women so much depends.
These Pills are most valuable also in general debility of the
system—in stimulating the languid appetite—in removing
indigestion, and the host of nervous affections dependent
upon it—in palpitation and shortness of breath; which some-
times follow even the slightest exertion.

QIIFFERERS FROM CHRONIC RHEUMA-
TISM AND RHEUMATIC GOUT are respectfully
informed that there is scarcely any form of that acute disease,
however malignant, which will not immediately yield to the
remedy of PROFESSOR HAHN, late PHYSICIAN to the
GRAND DUKE OF BADEN, and formerly to the KING OF
WUKTEMBURG.
DR. HAHN, although residing in this country since 1549,
bas hitherto abstained from calling public attention to this
-remedy (which is the result of profound pathological study
and intense chemical research), apprehensive that he might
be classed amongst the numerous pretenders of the day ;
Laving, however, during the past year received a number of
highly satisfactory testimonials from noblemen and others,
with permission in some cases to refer to them, he is induced
to offer the remedy to the community, and will forward the
prescription. with all necessary instructions as to regimen,
diet, &c., on receipt of the fee of 108., by postoffice order,
.payable to CARL HAH ri, M.D., Dispensary, Nottingham.
Reference is permitted to the following Gentlemen, who
lave been permanently cured of Rheumatic Gout, in its most
distressing form :—Robert Colclough. Esq., Newfield Hall,
-11LIttoxetor, Staffordshire; W. D. Ludlam, Esq., Wingfield
park, near Alfreton, Derbyshire; Captain Gresham, Hunslet
Hall, Leeds. Copies of testimonials from the Archbishop of
Dublin; the Mayor of Bristol ; Sir George Sitwell, Bart.,
Reinabaw Hall, Derbyshire; T. Dalby, Esq., Toxteth-park,
Liverpool; the Mayor of Southampton ; Dr. Clarke ; Dr.
Ferguson ; and the principal Medical Gentlemen in the Mid-
land Counties ; from nine Noblemen, and from upwards of
thirty Members of the present House of Commons, will be
sent on application.
We are happy to hear that Professor HA HN, whose recent
lectures to the students at Guy's, on DEAFNESS, its causet
and cure, gave such complete satisfaction, is preparing for
the faculty a translation of his work on Gout, published as
Manheim, in 1848.—London Medical Gazette.
I am constrained, however, to admit, that as a specific ap-
plicable to every form of Gout, none has yet been discovered
of equal potency to that of Dr. HAHN, of Manheim.—Dr.
Afarvey's Practice of Physic, page 238.

This Medicine is perfectly free from any deleterious ingre-
dient. It may be taken at all times and in all seasons and
climates.

It is necessary, owing to the numerous imitations, to
inform the Public that KEARSLEY'S is the only ORIGINAL
and GENUINE MEDICINE of this description ever made,
and that it has been prepared by the family for nearly a
century. Purchasers are particularly requested to remark
that, as a testimony of authenticity, each bill of directions
contains an affidavit, and bears the signature of "C. KEA RS-
LEY" in writing, also engraved on the Government stamp,
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36 postage stamps ; and by all respectable Medicine Venders
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Extract'of a letter addressed by Dr. Kernot to the Proprietor
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" feel a pleasure in recommending Woolley's Pectoral
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apy of a letter from Mr. T. F.. Ker, Chemist, (late of the
Manchester Royal Infirndaymah2i!egzxoss_lane, filanchester.
"Manchester, January 13th, 1853.
41 Sir,--I had the pleasure of hearing one of my customers
been Woolley's
the other day speak very highly of
Pectoral Candy. He said that he haddr
, and had
very much dis-
tressed with a troublesome cough for many
rYiennettrhae newspa-
pers most of the patent medicines advertised
pers for coughs, colds, &c., but, he rerrettedrotrovanaliwithout
finding any beneficial effects from them.
ever, he received a handbill concerning Woolley's Pectoral
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upon making a final trial for tne cure of his cough, -3 I
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chasing a box without delay; he did so, and the result of
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I am, sir, yours faithfully,
" T. FORSTER KER.
sPectoral Candy, Maidstone.,,

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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MORNING

TuE past week has been a busy one among Ministers
and their protegtis and underlings. It opened by
a cabinet council held at the Foreign-office on Monday,
which sat from three o'clock till near seven, and was at-

tended by all the members of the Cabinet, except the
Marquis of LANSDOWNE, whose absence at such meet-
ings has on more occasions than one been looked on
as significant, since the rule of the British empire fell into
the hands of " all the talents." On Tuesday, HER MA-
JESTY held a privy council at Windsor, which was fully
attended by the ministers and great officers of state. The
subjects of deliberation in both cases can, of course, only
be guessed at, the ostensible business of the latter finding
public utterance in the farther prorogation of Parliament
to the 14th of December, and the swearing in of Sir
BENJAMIN HALL, Bart., president of the General Board
of Health, as a member of HER MAJESTY'S most honour-
able privy council, the radical baronet taking his seat on
the occasion.

Rumour is again busy with another alleged hitch in the
many-coloured cable which moors the coalition barque to
the anchorage of office, the conduct and •present position
of the war being, it is said, the twisting-point on which
the incongruous fibres of the ministerial cordage become
individual and rebellious. Numerous circumstances are
referred to by the quid nuncs in illustration of this theory;
conspicuous among these has been the wonderful silence
which pervaded the orations of Lord JOHN and the
HOME SECRETARY, at the. LORD MAYOR'S banquet, in
reference to the war—a silence which left the whole dis-
cussion on that most interesting and at present all-
absorbing topic entirely in the hands of the PREMIER,
who, it was observed, tripped as lightly over the subject
as if he had been treading on eggs. Not a few shrewd-
enough observers declare themselves. unable to trace
much resemblance between the ministerial promises
made and, the projects carried out; and they call
painfully to memory that the preparations for commenc-
ing the war, although costly in the extreme, were more
calculated to make a show of power than to produce effect
by their efficacy. They, upon review, remember that two
splendid naval armaments were fitted out and despatched
one to the Baltic, and the other to the Mediterranean,
where they respectively effected nothing during the whole
summer, or, at all events, nothing in any degree commen-
surate with their magnitude and cost, or such as to reflect
credit on the national renown. They do not cease, even
amidst the rejoicings which have followed partial, though
dearly-earned and glorious victories, to recollect that, while
our fleets were manceuvring in profitless displays, varied
now and then by the mystery of total inaction, our soldiers
were cooped up in an unwholesome camp, plenteous tar-
gets for the shafts of disease, which thinned their ranks
while it enervated and dispirited the survivors. Such in-
dividuals cannot bring themselves to forget, even if they
would, that the invasion of the Crimea, the point on
which the credit of the campaign rests, was delayed till
public impatience became too powerful for further re-
straint ; and that it was not undertaken till ample time
had been allowed the enemy to take means for concen-
trating his forces in that peninsula, and increasing the de-
fences of his stronghold. Still further, the painful con-
viction forces itself upon the public mind, that, from the
conjoined co-operation of these causes, the operations,
brilliant though they have been, were protracted or
delayed to a period of the year at which the inclemencies
of the season offer more formidable barriers to military
achievements than the efforts of opposing armies--when
those achievements are in no small danger of being
rendered abortive by the wasted energies of a gallant army
worn out in preliminary warfare, while labouring to crown

with victory the glorious exertions of an arduous campaign.
One ministerial act connected with the war meets with gene-
ral approbation, and that is the General Order addressed
by command of HER MAJESTY to the army in the Crimea,
acknowledging the gallant services by which it achieved
so glorious a victory on the heights of Alma. This im-
portant document having been transmitted to the head-
quarters of the army was there, published, and has been
thence returned—an interesting manifestation of public
gratitude to our gallant countrymen. It is, in most re-
spects, a judiciously drawn up expression of general, as it
is also of individual, feeling, and states in forcible lan-
guage the national approbation.
The war, its progress, and its probable results, are
themes on which every tongue is forward to dilate. It
forms the subject of remark in public and in private—in

clubs and at street corners; and is discussed with an
earnestness which throws every other topic into the shade.
If the recondite features of policy, and the tortuous mys-

teries of state-craft, are valuable increments in the debates
which ensue among the members of the former, from the
latter we receive many shrewd observations as to the
general bearings of the question, and no small amount of
insight into the actual state of public feeling on the im-
portant subject. Among both classes the speakers are
loud in admiration of the noble daring and unconquerable
bravery which have enabled mere handfuls of men to
achieve feats which would be considered honourable to
armies. In each class of speakers to whom we may
listen, the remarks are more expressive than complimen-
tary when they contrast the sayings with the doings of
the Ministry in relation to the war. Each class, in its

own way, remarks upon the pretended amplitude of pre-
paration which it was said had been made, and indignantly
demand to know where the indications of that preparation
are to be found ? In answer they recall to memory how
Ministers prated about their reluctance to enter upon a
war, but having, as they said, entered upon it, how fully
they were resolved that it should be prosecuted with
vigour. How they talked about our magnificent arma-
ments by sea and land, and, eventually, when they re-
solved, in obedience to popular demand, to adventure
an invasion of the Crimea, how we were talked to
death by the full bray of Coalition oratory as to the
splendour and power of our Eastern fleet and army.
That army entrusted to the command of able officers—
under their guidance effected a landing, and speedily
achieved a victory so glorious as entirely to outstrip
expectation, and to add yet another wreath to the national
laurels. At this unexpected and gratifying turn of events
—for which small thanks only were due to the home
authorities—the shouts of Ministerial laudation rent the
air, the topics of their jubilations being their own fore-
sight and magnanimity which they sounded at every
banquet where a Minister was privileged to edge in his
visage, or was permitted to wag his tongue. "See," said
they, " the victory we have achieved ! Sebastopol is in-
vested—besieged—bombarded—and will speedily be ours!"
In thus apportioning to themselves the merits and fruits
of an unachieved conquest, they committed an act which
is never forgotten or excused among the unsophisticated
ranks of our common-sense practical countrymen. They,
to use a homely phrase, were discovered "counting their
chickens before they were hatched." From time to time

Lay, we have been prever

westing Sebastopol, or, at all events, that we have
.om cutting off its supplies; and, seeing

these glib-tongued Ministers told the nation of the nume-
rous successes by which our gallant troops sustained the
honour of British valour—but they never reflected that
even victories are costly of life ; and they entirely omitted
to furnish the supplies of men necessary to fill up the gaps
occasioned by the ravages of disease and the vindictive
efforts of a baffled enemy. True, a succession of achieve-
ments, unsurpassed in ancient, and scarcely paralleled in
modern times, had followed the efforts, but could hardly
be said to have crowned the valour of our arms ; yet,
like Pvnasrus of old, we were constrained to admit
that victories were costly; and with him we have also
almost been tempted to exclaim, " One more such
victory and lam undone." At this conjuncture came the
ministerial hurry-scurry of undeliberated resolutions—
reinforcements were to be despatched in whatever con-
dition they were found—transports to be procured,
wherever, however, and at whatever cost they could be
obtained—then more enterprises undertaken at a moment's
notice, for which ample time might have been easily
secured; and channels of commerce were interfered with,
which, under a better system of operations, might have
been left undisturbed. With such a course of action
forced upon their observation, is it singular that the
general voice condemns the judgment and utters sus-
picion er +1

been preyente(:

all this, it will not be slow in exacting a definite answer
from those who are responsible as to why a neutrality so
detrimental to Britain, so beneficial to Russia, is permitted

to exist,

The state of matters at Sebastopol, although furnishing
abundant reasonior anxiety, affords no ground for despair,
and scarcely any for apprehension. Three severe battles,
if not four, have been fought in its immediate vicinity,
the object of each being to drive the besieging armies
from their position. Irialt of the three the Russians have
been defeated with immense loss, and in each the prestige
of the British name has been nobly maintained, indeed
elevated. Henceforth, when the moral influence of devoted
heroism is figured by reference to the illustrious dead, the
valiant warriors of our light cavalry brigade, who fought,
conquered, and perished on the plains of Balaklava, will
take rank with the immortal defenders of Thermopylae,
and its survivors with the victors of Marathon and
Leuctra. The intrepid, dreadful bravery of our country-
men, on the occasion referred to, transcends all praise,
passes comprehension, and almost exceeds belief. Foiled
in repeated efforts to drive the British from their
position, the enemy had taken up ground, about a
mile and a-half from our front, when an order
was conveyed to the General of the Cavalry com-
manding the Light Division to advance rapidly, and pre-
vent the enemy from carrying off the guns captured from
the Turks. Under the circumstances of the field, this
order, if attempted to be carried out, was plainly a death-
warrant. The cavalry, infantry, and artillery of the
Russians were somewhere about 20,000 strong, and
in position at a mile and a-half off ; and from this
force, so placed, the Light Division, numbering few
more than 600 sabres, was ordered to rescue the cap-
tured guns. The order is said to have been a mistake, or
to have been misunderstood, and it was questioned, no
wonder, and explained, "There are the enemy, and there
are the guns, sir, before them; it is your duty to take
them." The division was marshalled in two lines, led by
Lord CARDIGAN, and in execution of that duty they went
to do and die. On go the two small lines, in all the pomp
and panoply of war, to swift and sure destruction ; at first
they move into a steady trot, a gallop takes its place, and
anon the pace acquires the sweep and majesty of the
charge, shot and shell, in the meantime, flying among and
thinning their ranks, the gaps in which are rapidly filled
up. They advanced unchecked until they came within
range of the murderous fire of the batteries, and still
onward till they reached the guns, sabred the gunners,
and encountered overwhelming masses of cavalry and
infantry. For a few seconds swords, lances, and plumes
are tossed upon the tide of battle, and then is to be seen a
scanty handful of men clearing their way through the
throng of the enemy. While thus engaged and mingled
in the heady and deadly fight, the Russian gunners,
regaining possession of their guns, poured a murderous
fire of grape and canister on the mass of struggling men
and horses, slaughtering indiscriminately friends and foes,
an act unparalleled for savage atrocity in ancient or in
modern annals. As in this unequal combat the enemy
must have been at least as five to one of our devoted coun-
trymen, the passive slaves of Russian savages who com-
manded those guns must have considered it valuable
service to take the chance of killing five of their brethren
in arms for one Englishman. Out of this ruthless carnage,
marvellous to say, a hundred and fifty of the six hundred
contrived to fight their way back into their original posi-
tion. Well did a French officer who beheld this frightful
contest exclaim, " C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la
guerre." The French press has almost exhausted their
vocabulary of panegyric in reference to the sustained
bravery evinced by our troops on that occasion. It is also
stated that the ExpEßon, on reading an account of the
heroism of the British cavalry, in the encounter at Balak-
lava, exclaimed, " Voila des braves. S'ils etaient a moi
chaque soldat revenant de ce combat recevrait la
medallic)."

Another severe battle took place between the Allies
besieging Sebastopol, and a large body of Russians, on the
sth of the present month. The details of this battle have
not yet been published, but enough is known to show that
it also has been a desperate affair, but, like that at Balak-
lava, terminating in favour of the Allies, and still further
demonstrating the vast superiority of morale possessed by
the Allied troops over the Russian hordes. The battle
lasted from dawn till past noon, and the conflict was an
exceedingly sanguinary one, in which the Allies lost in
killed and wounded 3,800 men, while the enemy lost
upwards of 8,000. In the encounter the English had
three generals killed, including General Sir GEORGE
CATHCART, G.C.B. This gallant officer was son of the
celebrated Earl of CATHCART, and brother to the present
Earl, who greatly distinguished himself at Waterloo, as

did also the deceased general, who, as aide-de-camp to
the great Duke on that memorable occasion, gave the
order to the Guards to charge. The general had just
returned from the Cape of Good Hope, where, as successor
to Sir HARRY Snirn, he had finished a long and harrass-
ing war. Previous to his return from the Cape, he
received the appointment of Adjutant-General, and had
little more than reached the British shores, when duty
called him to the East, whence he was destined never to
return. These repeated defeats of the Russians must,
without doubt, have tended greatly to disspirit them, and,
as yet, they have not been able to effect any relief to the
besieged, and as reinforcements for the Allies had begun

to arrive, and large numbers are known to be on the way,
every reason exists for anticipating that our efforts will
be crowned with success. Still, the question forces itself
on every thinking individual, how comes it that, when
reinforcements are urgently needed, they are only about
to be sent ?

Your readers may remember that, some time ago, Mr.

SAUNDERS, Consul-general in London for the United
States, presented a long, questionable, and quasi-official
letter to the Swiss Federation, reflecting on the conduct
of that government in its treatment of the European poli-
tical refugees, and counselling the Federation to take
steps for spreading democratic and republican opinions.
The letter excited some attention at the time ;—it has
been formally disavowed by the Cabinet of Washington,
which denies that any powers to interfere in such a matter
were conferred upon Mr. SUNDERS ; it also expresses
disapproval of his proceedings.
On Wednesday last Mr. DISRAELI, having been put in
nomination as successor to the Earl of EGLINTON, as Lord
Rector of the University of Glasgow, was defeated by the
Duke of ARGYLE, whose supporters carried his election by
a majority of nearly two to one. The wonder is, not that
Mr. DISRAELI was defeated in such a contest, but that he
got any votes at all, the influence of Inverary Castle being
nearly omnipotent at Glasgow, three-fourths of the
university students in which, in all probability, rejoice in
the family patronymic of CAMPBELL, the remaining fourth
being less or more connected with that clan.
Every now and then a dispute, if not a quarrel, is ori-
ginated between the representatives of the British Museum
on the one hand and the plenipotentiaries of the book-
trade on the other, relative to the privilege of receiving
presentation copies of all published works from the latter
by the former. The dispute has lasted many years, and
assumed various forms, as well as changing combatants; in
each instance, however, the national might prevailing
over the individual right. The vicarious champions,
victims if you will, of the long-waged war against the
Museum claims are MeSsrs.. SUTHERLAND and KNOX, of
Edinburgh, who complain, and show good reason for their
complaint, that they have been very scurvily, and, as they
insinuate, unfairly treated by Mr.-PA:gum and his agents.
Of course the latter repudiate the charge, and make out a
strong case to show that they are all right " in law," and

charge the unhappy publishers with being their own worst
friends as delinquents. Where a law interposes a rule of
action, it may be unwise to resist its dicta, but it cannot in-
volve much practical criminality to inquire how far that
law is just and wise. The law claims for the British
Museum and some other public institutions a copy
of every work published, and confers on certain
parties the right to enforce that claim with certain
prescribed penalties, if it be not voluntarily recognised
and satisfied. In this country no man is expected to ren-

der service or to give a contribution without receiving a
benefit of some sort in return ; but the British Museum
confers no benefit on authors or publishers : and although
it is no doubt very desirable that there should be one or
more national depositories of every work published,

it is scarcely reasonable to insist that the public should
be so accommodated at the expense of an author or pub-
lisher. The National Gallery is not furnished at the cost
of artists, yet it is a national depository for reference.
Whether through rival idiosyncrasies, or simply through
rival commercial interests, it might be difficult to deter-
mine, but the Athenecum and Critic range themselves on
opposite sides of this controversy—the former appearing
to favour the " legal" view, the latter the " rational"
aspect of the case. In addition to this subject, a very

pretty case of mutual accusation has been got up bet

those two literary rivals, relative to the purity and disin

chess of the respec

;ive motives of their public

tions. The to quoque argument is•lxudied about between

nanner little becoming tiw. pretensions of

.not calculated to eley_ate the &a.

acter of journalism or

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interests of literaturd

At the. very best, as they show off the matter, it is only a
"pot and kettle" quarrel after all, in which the public•is
not likely to feel much interest.
In the death of CuABLEs KEMBLE, which took place on
the 12th instant, we have lost one, and the last one of
the histrionic Titans. CHARLES KEMBLE, at first distin-
guished as the brother of his sister and his brother, be-
came afterwards famous for the tact, beauty, and polish
of his own impersonations in the highest walk of genteel
comedy. As representative of the man of elegance and
refinement, he was long without a rival on the British
stage; and those who remember his Lord Townley, Mr.
Oakley, Charles Surface, Colonel Freelove, and such

characters, will readily admit that his like has not been
seen since he quitted the stage, now a good many years
ago. Besides being an able and accomplished actor, he
was a man of education and refined manners, and was
generally respected and esteemed.

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